SPAIN

SPAIN. SPAYNE. May have had several distinct origins, from as many early settlers. The Essex family of Hispaine, or Spayne, were descendants of Alured Hispanieusis, or De Ispania, wdio at the Domesday survey was a tenant in chief in various counties. Morant's Essex, ii., p. 363.

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