PURKISS

PURKESS. PURKISS. When "William Eufus was shot in the New Forest, his body was conveyed to Winchester in tJie cart of a poor coal-man or charcoal burner, wliose name, according to tradition, was Purkess. " He became the ancestor of a very numerous tribe, who have always lived near Stoney Cross, and some of whom may still be found at Minstead : —

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