POTTS

POTT. POTTS. The reason for the assumption of this name is notvery obvious; yet similar words have designated families of importance in other countries. For instance, there were in Flanders, in the XV. cent., a noble family of Pott, who bore a pot in their armorial coat. There was also au Italian house called the ' Little-Pots," (Pignatelli,) while a line of Spanish grandees rejoiced in tlie thrice-illustrious name of Padilla, or " Frying-pan !" Dixon.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.