Wright
Wright is an occupational surname originating in England. The term 'Wright' comes from the circa 700 AD Old English word 'wryhta' or 'wyrhta', meaning worker or shaper of wood. Later it became any occupational worker (for example, a shipwright is a person who builds ships), and is used as a British family name.The word's use as an occupational title continued until the mid-19th century, often combined with other words such as in shipwright, wheelwright, wainwright and playwright. '', Wright'' was the eleventh most common surname in England.
The word ''carpentier'', now "carpenter", was introduced into England in the years after the Norman conquest in 1066 and slowly replaced the traditional name and meaning of wright in most of England. 'Wright' is still used in Scottish English in the original meaning of 'skilled woodworker'. The Incorporation of Wrights of the Trades House of Glasgow, and the Incorporation of Wrights and Masons of Edinburgh Trades retain the word in its original meaning in their role of promoting the woodworking trade.
Wright is also an anglicised version of the Scots Gaelic clan name "MacIntyre" or "Mac an t-Saoir", meaning "son of the wright" (son of the carpenter). In Ireland, the native Gaelic Mac an Cheairt sept of County Mayo occasionally changed their name to Wright. This is a literal translation meaning, "son of the right or righteous". Provided by Wikipedia
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by Wright, Samuel
Published 1714
Published 1714
printed for J. Clark at the Bible and Crown in the Old-Change, near St. Paul's-Church; and E. Matthews at the Bible in Pater-Noster-Row
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by Wright, Samuel
Published 1727
Published 1727
printed for E. Matthews, at the Bible in Pater-Noster Row, and R. Hett, at the Bible and Crown, in the Poultry near Cheapside
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by Wright, Samuel
Published 1733
Published 1733
printed for E. Matthews, at the Bible in Pater-Noster-Row; and R. Hett, at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry
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by Wright, Samuel
Published 1734
Published 1734
printed for Eman. Matthews and D. Farmer, at the Bible in Pater-Noster-Row ; and R. Hett, at the Bible and Crown, in the Poultrey
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by Wright, Samuel
Published 1718
Published 1718
printed for John Clark, at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry, near Cheap side
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by Wright, Thomas
Published 1799
Published 1799
printed by J. Rider, Little Britain. Sold by J. Scatcherd, NO. 12, Ave-Maria-Lane; and at the Anti-Jacobin office, Charing Cross
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by Wright, Samuel
Published 1707
Published 1707
printed for Whattoff Boulter, at the Angel and Bible in the Poultry