ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1046 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1046 ************************************ 22 Jun 1998 Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel. You asked the Academy whether the name would be an appropriate name for an Elizabethan Englishman. Here's what we found. is an excellent name for an Englishman from the 16th century. Both parts of this name were in use during that time. We found two forms of your given name: in 1522 and in 1577 [1]. Your chosen surname, , was fairly common until the middle of the 14th century; after that we find far fewer examples. However, we found a in 1526 and another person bearing the name in 1520.[2] We also found a in 1612.[3] We hope this letter has been useful to you. If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask us. I was aided in researching and writing this letter by Talan Gwynek and Walraven. In Service, Margaret Makafee ---------------- References: [1] Julian Goodwyn. "English Names from pre-1600 Brass Inscriptions. WWW: SCA 1997. http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/brasses/ [2] Woodcock, Thomas, Janet Grant, and Ian Grahm. Dictionary of British Arms, vol II. The Society of Antiququaries ofLondon, 1996. [3] Bardsley, Charles. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980