Kemp

Name origin: In old English, a soldier, one engaged in single combat. The name is derived from the Saxon word to kemp or combat, at the present time a foot-ball match in Norfolkshire is called camping or kemping, also in some parts of Scotland the striving of reapers in the harvestfield is called kemping.

• Thomas Kemp (1354- )

Thomas Kemp

CHILDREN included:

1. John Kemp b.abt.1390 d.March 22, 1454 bur.Canterbury
2. Isabell Kemp b.abt.1427 Strelley, Nottinghamshire, England m.bef.1450 prob.Gloucestershire, England Robert Strelley

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