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Rimmer Family History

Recorded as Rimer, Rimmer, Rymer, Rymmer, and possibly others, this was an occupational name for a poet or minstrel. It derives from the early French word "rimour or rymour" meaning one who wrote rymes. The word was probably introduced into the British Isles after the famous Norman Conquest of England in 1066, and the original "rymers" were almost certainly employed in royal or noble housholds to teach song and dance. Later they had a more public roll, being either members of the famour travelling theatres of the Medieval times, or as newsgatherers passing from village ot village.