[Ansteorra] medieval soldiers' surnames

[Coblaith Muimnech]

We have over the last couple of days discussed the database for the  
The Soldier in Later Medieval England project, at <http:// 
www.icmacentre.ac.uk/soldier/database/index.php>, on this list, in  
threads with the subject lines "check this out", "here is the web  
site", "100 Years War soldier list", and "Agincourt war records".   
Questions were raised as to whether some or all of the surnames in  
the database might have been normalized, due to an ambiguous  
statement on the website.  So I used the "for more information  
contact" link at the bottom of the index page to ask for  
clarification.  Dr. Adrian Bell, Senior Lecturer in the History of  
Finance and Director of Teaching and Learning at the ICMA Centre,  
answered my inquiry, confirming that while the given names have been  
normalized, the surnames are unaltered.


Coblaith Muimnech
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