[ANSTHRLD] name check
Chris England
drachenhohle at suddenlink.net
Tue Apr 21 22:55:39 PDT 2009
There is also some evidence of its use as a Norman spelling which is not a
big stretch if timed early after the conquest.
http://books.google.com/books?id=6KANAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA45&dq=willem+norman&lr=&n
um=100&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES#PPA46,M1
Footnote quotes the period text using "Willem King" to reference William the
Conqueror.
Gerold
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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:10:05 -0500
From: Maridonna <maridonna at maridonna.com>
Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] name check
To: "Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc."
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Jennifer Couch wrote:
> Greetings all
>
> I am still new to Heraldic search, so I thought I would double check my
> findings. I am checking for the name Willem de Bath. For an Englishman.
> He is not wanting to use the spelling William at all.
I found a patronymic in Reaney and Wilson, s.n. Williams, etc.,
p.493. It lists a Ralph Willem, Willeam in 1304, 1315.
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