Släkthistoria för Pontifex
Pontifex Vad efternamn betyder
perhaps a humanist adoption for Bishop from Latin pontifex. Compare Robert Bisshop 1307 in Subsidy Rolls (Cheshunt Herts) with the 1600 bearer below. For humanist translations of vernacular surnames into Latin see Armiger Faber and Pictor.
Källa: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
