WAGSTAFF

WAGSTAFF. Applied to one who could brandish or iraff a staff with effect. It belongs to the same class as Shakeshaft, Longstaffe, Shakspeare, &c., and is the most common of that class. It is curious to observe, among the archives of Stratfordupon-Avon, record of proceedings between Richard Wagstajf and John ShaJtcspere — the latter being the poet's father. See Halliwell's Life of Shakspeare, p. 41. H.R. Waggestatf, Wagestaf.

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