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Kemp: Origin, Geographical Distribution
In old English, a soldier, one who engaged in single combat The name Kemp is derived from the Saxon word to kemp, or combat, which in Norfolk is retained to this day; a foot-ball match being called a camping or kemping; and thus in Saxon a Kemper signifies a combatant, a champion, a man-at-arms. In some parts of Scotland the striving of reapers in the harvest-field is still called kemping.
Kemp Surname Origin
Kemp: Place of Origin : Norfolk (United Kingdom) \| London (United Kingdom) \| Suffolk (United Kingdom) \| Kent (United Kingdom) \| Lancashire (United Kingdom) \| Essex (United Kingdom)

KEMP Brighton, Sxe, Royaume Uni, Kemptown (East Sussex, England, United Kingdom) 1841 - 1841

KEMP England (England, United Kingdom) 1839 - 1839

KEMP Middleton (Suffolk, England, United Kingdom) 1853 - 1853

KEMP Inglaterra, Gran Bretaña (England, United Kingdom) 1992 - 1992

KEMP Cotgrave,Nottingham (Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom) 1710 - 1745

KEMP Farnborough Church (United Kingdom) 1865 - 1865

KEMP United Kingdom (United Kingdom) 1781 - 1781

KEMP London (London, England, United Kingdom) 1865 - 1865

KEMP Yarmouth (England, United Kingdom) 1841 - 1841

KEMP Gb Royaume Uni (United Kingdom) 1804 - 1804

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A genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... Jane, 3rd dau. of Sir Robert Kemp, of Ubbeston, in Suffolk, and dying in 1738, left a son, Charles, who ...

A genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... LL.D., Archbishop of Canterbury, and Thomas Kemp, his grace's nephow, who was consecrated Bishop of London in 1449. ...

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