Comper Family History

from Middle English compair ‘companion associate comrade’ (from Old French compere ‘godfather associate friend’). in Sussex it appears also to be a derivative in -er of the place-name element comp ‘field’ associated with traces of Roman activity;

note John Comper of Wartling (undated) who appears to have been of the same family as Richard atte Comp 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Sussex) of the same parish

and a similar pairing occurs at Findon.