English - mothers side seem to have been Shropshire for centuries and my fathers side from Norfolk although I believe that my dads side were originaly Flemish weavers who came over I don't know how long ago and were granted the freedon of the City of Norwich and that is when the surname changed. It doesn't mean anything except keeping up an old tradition but I am a heriditary Freeman of of The City of Norwich, as is my father and my 3 brothers.

Receiving the freedom was quite an event for me and my brothers as we waited until Paul my youngest brother was 18 and entitled and went together - somehow we even managed to get free tickets to watch Norwich play Liverpool (in the posh area - behind glass and with a bar) and we won 2-1.

Jon