[ANSTHRLD] naming practice
Coblaith Muimnech
Coblaith at sbcglobal.net
Mon Jul 19 20:53:38 PDT 2010
Garreth wrote:
> Was double-barreling a period practice? Such as Tamsin Fox-Davies.
Double surnames were used in some places at some times before 1600.
In England, the practice emerged in the late 16th century and
remained very rare through the end of period. I am not aware of any
instances in which the surnames were conjoined with hyphenation.
There is some discussion of the earliest English double surnames in
the introductory material to Elizabeth Gidley Withycombe's _The
Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names_. Portions of it were
quoted in the LoAR of July, 1992 <http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/
1992/07/lar.htm> and February, 2002 <http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/
2002/02/02-02lar.html#87>.
Some additional instances of the pattern in period names were cited
in responses to a question I asked on the SCAHRLDS LISTSERV <http://
listserv.aol.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1004A&L=SCAHRLDS&P=R3675>, along
with some knowledgeable commentary on its use.
Coblaith Muimnech
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