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Answer:
Chaiplen: from the
same source as Chaplain/Chaplin. From the office of "chaplain". The
first written reference to the name was in the reign of Malcolm IV (1153-1165)
and its frequency appears to have been predominantly in South-East Scotland and
up the East coast.
A brief search of the
name in Scotland shows a total of 24 "Chaiplens" between 1620 and
1645, all in St Andrews, Fife.
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