There are a number of mentions on the IGI that indicate this name appeared more or less simultaneously from populations of WHIPPs, at Padiham in Lancashire 1577, Guiseley in Yorkshire 1585, and Owersby in Lincolnshire 1602. Those at Littleborough in Nottinghamshire 1631 are assumed at present to be descended from one of the other groups.
Facts will be entered on this page as and when IGI information is verified in parish registers. They follow in chronological order:
In 1591 an Exchequer deposition mentions that John QUIPP of Sturton is then 54 years old. ie he was born about 1537. Sturton in Nottinghamshire is close to Littleborough in Notts and Gainsborough in Lincolnshire
At Owersby in Lincolnshire (but close to the Nottinghamshire border) we
see the following sequence of baptisms
Richard WHIP son of Cutbert WHIP 1595
Robert WHYP son of Cutbert WHYP 1597
Symon QUIPP son of Cutbert QUIPP 1602
Isachar QUIPP son of Cutbert QUIPP 1603
This surely demonstrates that QUIPP is a variant of WHIPP and there are
many examples of both place names and surnames whose spelling through
time have shown a confusion between QU and WH. Note also that in
English, question words usually begin with the letters wh- whilst in
Latin they usually begin with qu-.
There is a will left by John QUIPP of Littleborough Nottinghamshire in
1666 in which he mentions
Son William QUIPP
Son John QUIPP
Daughter Mary SMITH
Grandchild Christian QUIPP
Grandchild John SMITH
Grandchild Ann SMITH
Kinswoman Margaret SIMSON
There is a will left by a QUIPP (John or William?) of Littleborough,
Nottinghamshire in 1690 in which he mentions
Daughter Sarah LAMB
Daughter Mary
Brother in law Edmund WOLF
Daughter Elizabeth
Children of his brother WOLFE, brother JOHNSON, brother SMITH and
brother QUIPP
Wife Dorothy
There is a marriage bond dated 1713:
William QUIPP of Brattleby gent & Margaret POLLARD of Lincoln City
spinster at Waddington or Harmston or Canwick
Definition: In earlier times, a marriage bond was given to the court
by the intended groom prior to his marriage. It affirmed that there was
no moral or legal reason why the couple could not be married and it also
affirmed that the groom would not change his mind. If he did, and did
not marry the intended bride, he would forfeit the bond. The bondsman,
or surety, was often a brother or uncle to the bride, not necessarily a
parent. The bondsman could also be related to the groom, or even be a
neighbour or friend, but those situations occurred less often.