Protestant Exiles from France/Book First - Chapter 15 - Doigneau
Doigneau.
A child of this name was baptized at Norwich in 1610, and I extracted the entry on account of a slight resemblance to my own name. But this family’s surname was never correctly ascertained, even by its own members. In 1616 the same man appears in the register as Jean Douargneau. It is said that it is the same surname that appeared in the register in 1600 as Honneneau. But passing from registrars to members of the family, the following are signatures in the Norwich Book of Discipline. An elder signed on 16th June 1590 as Jan de Honueingneu, and another office-bearer on 4th July 1615 as Jan Doueneaw.