THORNES

THORNES. " The name is local, from Thornes in the parish of Shenstone, in the countj" of Stafford, where Robert, son of Roger de hi Thorne, was resident early in the fourteenth century." Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men.

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