What made Czar Nicholas II a weak ruler? I have a couple more questions if you could answer them that would be great. What were some characteristics of Czar Nicholas? Why was Nicholas II overthrown? Was he the cause of the Russian Revolution?
Spratt derives either from the Old English sprit meaning a  slender person or from esprit meaning an elf. Like many Anglo-Saxon names it originated as a nickname before becoming a surname in the modern sense. The earliest records of the name come from the English counties of Dorset, Somerset and Essex.
What is ceratin is that with all the villages names and hence the surname, the translation is the same. The name derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century wic meaning a dwelling place, or a dairy farm, or sometimes a landing place.To this prefix is added fen meaning a marshland, or water meadow.The surname is first recorded on the Scottish side of the Border Country, (see below), and almost all early surname recordings are from this region.These early recordings include Thomas de Fenwyk, a witness at the 1279 Assize Court of Northumberland, and Nicholas Fynwik, who was the provost of Ayr, Scotland, in 1313.o this prefix is added fen meaning a marshland, or water meadow. The surname is first recorded on the Scottish side of the Border Country, (see below), and almost all early surname recordings are from this region.