Definitely agree: Morley.
Clearly begins : "Morle" (not Ma...)
The y - in all 3 words: - the left side of the "u" part (which can look very "v"-like) is considerably lower than the right side which rises quite high then lowers and continues to become the straight-down, no-loop tail. The Y tails - indeed all downward strokes where the stoke is final or is not part of a following upswing (as in the K) - are all written with some pressure while the nib it sees to me, is being pushed flat down.
I think in this case the tail of the Y ( in formerly) has been:
1) crossed slightly by the high right side rise-fall of the surname Y.
2) the first Y tail has 'blended' into the tail of the second, creating visually what looks like one large tail shared by both words. But you will see where the is a slight "waist" in the stroke, where all 3 points meet - the riser, the bottom of tail 1 and the top of tail 2.
Certainly don't think the surname ends with an "r". Though this clerk does write his r's in 2 diff styles, he finished the final R in Kerr with a backward loop flourish - not a flick up and off to the right.
Cheers
AMBLY
