[ANSTHRLD] Name usage

[Tim McDaniel]

On Tue, 27 Jul 2010, Lynda Boots <primevalooze at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a client who wishes to use the name William de Thwenge
> (England, early to mid 1300).  Unfortunately, there was a William de
> Thwenge, brother to Marmaduke de Thwenge
> (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Thwing/Thwing92.html)
>
> Is he famous enough for this to be an issue?

Who?  I've never heard of any Marmaduke except the big dog in the
funny pages.  One of the criteria considered is inclusion in a printed
general encyclopedia.  The 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica via
<http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Alphabetical_index> doesn't have any
article title starting with "Thw" or "Marmaduke".

The source you provide,
<http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Thwing/Thwing92.html>, says
"His descendant, Marmaduke de Thwenge, distinguished himself in the
Scottish wars of Edward I., and was by that king summoned to
parliament as a baron. He obtained a charter of free warren in this
and other manors; at the same time he received the grant of a weekly
market here, on Wednesday, and a fair yearly, 'on the eve, day, and
morrow of St. Thomas the Martyr.'"  Doesn't sound very distinguished
to me.

Unfortunately, I don't have convenient to hand the precedents on
people famous enough to protect.  There are criteria other than
appearance in a printed encyclopedia.

Daniel de Lindonio
-- 
Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com