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Variants, Pennycook, Pennycuik, Pennycuick .A name of
territorial origin, from the barony of Penicuik, in Midlothian, meaning, 'of
Penicuik.'This name is of Scottish descent and is found in many ancient
manuscripts in the above country. Examples of such are a David de Pennicuik,
who witnessed a charter of the lands of Innuerpefir in 1250 and Alexander de
Penycuyck, was master of arts and perpetual curate of the church of
Kilconquhar in Fife, recorded in 1463. Names were recorded in these ancient
manuscripts to make it easier for the overlords to collect taxes and to keep
records of the population at any given time.When the overlords acquired
lands by either force or as gifts from their rulers, they created charters
of ownership for themselves and their vassals. Other examples of this name
were found in the person of George de Pennicuik, who appears in record as
bailie and burgess of Edinburgh, between the years 1467 and 1473. |
