Vipont (surname)
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Vipont is the name of several people:
- Elfrida VipontElfrida VipontElfrida Vipont was the pen name of Elfrida Vipont Foulds , a British children's author. She was also a schoolteacher and a prominent member of the Society of Friends in England.-Parentage and education:...
, pen name of Elfrida Vipont Foulds (1902-1992), a British children's author. - Thomas VipontThomas Vipont-Life:Vipont was a member of the family of the lords of Westmoreland but attained a magister degree from the schools. He was rector of Greystoke before he was elected bishop about September 1254, and consecrated on 7 February 1255...
, a medieval Bishop of Carlisle.
- "Vipont" is also an alternative spelling of the surname "VieuxpontVieuxpontVieuxpont is the name of a significant family in the history of Westmorland. According to Thomas the name originated in France on or about 1066 as Vieuxpont - alternative spellings include Vieuxpont, Veteripont Vezpont, Veepon, Vexpont, Vipont, Vypont, Vispont, Vypunt, Vespont, Vipond, Vypond,...
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