[ANSTHRLD] name documentation help needed

Alden Drake alden_drake at sbcglobal.net
Wed May 24 14:09:02 PDT 2006


I have a client who wishes to register the name: Anne Barrington.  I've done some preliminary documentation, but I can't validate the name without using "de" (i.e. Anne de Barrington).  The submitter does NOT want to use "de".
 
<Anne> 
Withycombe, E.G., The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 1977, pg. 25, Heading: Ann, Anna, Anne, Annette, Annie: “It occurs first in England about the beginning of the 13th C (1218 is the earliest record), but it was rare until the beginning of the 14th C, when it began to come into more general use, perhapse partly owing to the influence of Anne of Bohemia, queen of Richard II.”
 
Reany, P.H., Wilson, R.M., A Dictionary of English Surnames, Revised Edition, Oxford University Press, 1997, pg. 124, Heading: Dambell: “… Richard Dam Anne 1327 SRSo ‘lady Anne’”
 
<Barrington> 
Reany, P.H., Wilson, R.M., A Dictionary of English Surnames, Revised Edition, Oxford University Press, 1997, pg. 29, Heading: Barrington: “Fulk de Barenton 1198 FFEss; Geoffrey de Barrington’ 1219 P (Do/So); Nicholas de Baryngton 1344 FFEss; John Barrington 1642 PrD.  The first example is probably from Barentin (Seine-Maritime), the later ones from Barrington (C, Gl, So). 

 
Any help to get around using "de" is greatly appreciated.
 
Alden



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