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Robert “the butcher” Fuller - Robert “the butcher” Fuller

Started by Anthony Joseph Sanderell, GED Match A219272 KS7316059 on Tuesday, April 29, 2025
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IF it is in his about I am sorry I missed it. But do we know why this 13th GGF of mine was called "The Butcher". Was he a meat cutter or did he get to be called that from violence in war / battel?

His occupation was as a butcher.

From the “about”:

In a will written 4 Feb 1558/9 in Redenhall, Norfolk, England, John named the following children:

  1. John, inherited Hollands Close
  2. Robert, called "the butcher" and "yeoman"
  3. Alice

The will was proven 12 May 1559.[2]

Will

'He [John] left a well dated 4 Feb 1558-9, proved 12 May 1559, 'Gives to son John Fuller all lands and tenements both bound and free, in Redenhall, Wortwell, as elleswyer,' he paying to my son Robert Fuller 10p. To Ales my daughter 6p, 8s, 4d... Son John executor; witness, Thomas Fuller, Thomas Warde, John Barne, William Norton."

Thanks Erica I feel like a dumb but for not looking over at OCCUPATION. If all the questions on here were just that easy.
His occupation was also listed as being a "yeoman" I see.

Good read on the history & etymology of yeoman ........ " The etymology of yeoman is uncertain, for several reasons." see link below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeoman

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