ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1620 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1620 ************************************ 14 Apr 1999 From: (Josh Mittleman) Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked for help choosing an appropriate name for a 14th century Englishwoman, with as your given name and either or some form of as your surname. This letter is a brief answer to your question. Your choices for your name are perfect for your period. is the standard Latinized form of a fairly common name from your period. Women recorded as were probably called , , , or something similar [1, 2]. We find an example of from 1332, referring to one of several places in Lancastershire, Surrey, and Sussex [3]. Up to the mid-14th century, placenames were incorporated into English personal names with the preposition , e.g. . Late in the 14th century, they were often used without it: . The surname is recorded in your period in a variety of spellings [3, 4]: Godwyn 1239 Godwin 1273 Godewyn 1273, 1379 Godwynn 1296 Goudwyne 1327 Gudwen 1327 Godewynes 1327 Gudwyn 1388 You may be interested to know that there is a woman in Atlantia who has registered the name . We hope this brief letter has been useful. Please write us again if you have any questions. I was assisted in researching and writing this letter by Talan Gwynek and Evan da Collaureo. For the Academy, Arval Benicoeur 14 Apr 1999 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - References [1] Talan Gwynek, "Feminine Given Names in _A Dictionary of English Surnames_" (SCA: KWHS Proceedings, 1994; WWW: J. Mittleman, 1997). http://www.panix.com/~mittle/names/talan/reaney/ [2] Beautrice Hammeltoune, "Names taken from the Rutland Lay Subsidy, 1296" (WWW: privately published, 1997), based on Postles, David A., "Rutland Lay Subsidy 1296" (WWW: Self-published, January 1998). http://www.le.ac.uk/elh/pot/ruthome.html [3] Reaney, P. H., & R. M. Wilson, _A Dictionary of English Surnames_ (London: Routledge, 1991; Oxford University Press, 1995), s.nn. Hazelhurst, Godwin. [4] Bardsley, Charles, _A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames_ (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980), s.n. Goodwin.