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Show The ff in ffarington. Mrs. ffarington, who is engaged to Mr. Tom Curtis, is the widow of the late Mr. W. E. ffarington of Worden, Lancashire. The spelling of this ancient an-cient name with the small "ff" found in old manuscripts is merely the retention reten-tion of the old form of capital "F." Deeds of conveyance in the time of George II. and III. recite: "George of Great Britain ffrance and Ireland King," etc.; the form could not therefore there-fore be due to ignorance, as has been said, for in days when gentlemen of estate were gentlemen of quality such a spelling in deeds could hardly arise from lack of knowledge of spelling. The ffaringtons of Worden hall, Lancashire, Lan-cashire, prefer, like several other well known families, including the ffolkes and (Trenches, to retain the archaic capital "ff." The family trace their descent from Hugo de Meolis, who came to England with the Conqueror, and they have been associated for generations gen-erations with the court, army and church, and with public life. From I the Court Journal. |