Släkthistoria för Chequer
Chequer Vad efternamn betyder
from Middle English cheker an aphetic form of Middle English Anglo-Norman French escheker originally a chessboard later the table that gave name to the king's exchequer; a table for accounts; the Court of Exchequer. As a surname it probably denoted a clerk in the exchequer although Laurence de Scaccario (1279 Hundred Rolls ) who has left his name in Chequers (Bucks) was no doubt one of the leading officials of the Exchequer.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
