Talking about pronunciations I once had dealings with someone called Featherstonehaugh (surname). It was apparently pronounced Fanshaw. Imagine going though life explaining that!
I asked my friend StJohn Cholmondely-Marjoribanks about that. He just smiled.
Was Mr Corpse the parish sexton?
(sorry, Martin - I'm in a silly mood today!)
The earliest records of CORPSE (exact spelling only) on FreeReg are in Norfolk, in Aldeby and Burgh St Peter in the 1720s.
Philip
