Where does the name warman originate from?

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Where does the name warman originate from?

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Romantically, this very interesting English medieval surname would suggest a one man army, but this is almost certainly not the case! The
name derives either from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Waermund", consisting of the elements "waer", meaning "faith",
and "mund", protector (Protector of the Faith), or from the Olde English "waru" meaning "goods", plus "mann", a merchant, in effect one
who sold "wares". The nearest modern equivalent would be a draper or haberdasher. The surname, perhaps most surprisingly, is very early,
and one of the first "proven" occupational names. In addition to the first recording (below), other examples include Richard Wareman of
Northampton in 1263, John Waremund in the 1275 Hundred Rolls of Berkshire, and William Warman of London in 1330. Later
recordings include William Warman who married Alice Smythe at Therfield, Hertfordshire, on July 25th 1595, although earlier, on May
30th 1562, Agnes Wareman was christened at Kelsall, parents not recorded. On November 27th 1681, Eliza Warman married a John
Squire at St. James' Church, Dukes Place, London, in the reign of Charles 11 (1660 - 1685). The first recorded spelling of the family
name is shown to be that of
Henry Wareman, which was dated
1214, in the "Curia Regis Rolls of Northampton", during the reign of
King John, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216.