These are English surnames and the explanations are from the Oxford book called A Dictionary of English Surnames.

Horrabin, Horabin, Horobin: Henrie Horerobyn 1596 DWills¹; William Horabin 1783 ib. 'Grey Rabin or Robin', OE² har and a pet-name of Robert. cf. Jolyrobin 1332 SRCu³; Agnes Greyadam 1297 MinAcctCo⁴.

Penney, Pennie, Penny, Penning, Pennings: Gilebertus filius Pening 1206 P (L⁵), probably identical with Gilebertus Penning 1204 P (L); Ralph Penig 1191 P (Hu⁶); Ailnoth Peni 1204 Cur (Sr⁷); William, Ralph Pening 1206 AssL⁸, 1219 AssY⁹; Alan Pani 1219 AssL; William Peny 1221 AssSa; Geoffrey Pennyng' 1305 Clerkenwill (Lo). This is usually a nickname from the coin, OE² pening, penig, ME¹⁰ peni. Pening is clearly used as a personal name in Lincolnshire in 1206 and may be a survival of a similar, unrecorded use in OE ¹, thus lending support to the derivation of Peningestone, earlier Peningeston from this personal name. The surnames may also, at times, be patronymics.

Crisp, Crispe, Chrisp, Cripps, Crips, Chrippes, Scripps: Benedictus Crispus c1030 OEByn¹¹; Henry le Cresp c1200 ELPN¹²; Walter Crips 1273 RH¹³ (Hu⁶); Richard Crysp 1275 SRWo¹⁴; Richard Crispe, Crips 1289 AssCh¹⁵; Joan le Crypse 1297 MinAcctCo⁴; Gilbert le Crispe 1311 Battle (Sx¹⁶); John Chrispe 1589 SfPR¹⁷. OE crisp, cryps, Lat crispus 'curly, curly-haired' or OFr¹⁸ crespe 'curled'. Crisp may also be a short form of Crispin. cf. Odin Crispi filius c1095 Bury (Sf¹⁹), Roger filius Crispi c1150-60 DC (L⁵). Scripps is for Cripps, with inorganic initial S as in STURGE.

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