ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1757
http://www.s-gabriel.org/1757
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Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel!

Here's the information we found on a Burgundian surname from between 1100
and 1350, and on your proposed arms, which we blazoned "Azure semy-de-lys
argent, a pale argent semy-de-lys azure."

Most of the names you suggested can be found in period French sources. [1]
For the others, we found examples in a modern French surname dictionary
that we have found to be a reasonably reliable guide to late-period
naming. [2]

Of the North                    <none> (we found no examples of French names
                                meaning "from the north/south/east/west" 
                                at all.)

From the Oak                    Quenne          15th C.
                                du Quesne       15th C.
                                du Chesne       14th C.

From the Oaks                   des Quesnes     14th C.
                                Desquennes      15th C.

From the little oak             du Kainot       14th C.

The bold or brave               Hardi           1414, 1292 [3]
                                Hardy           1394
                                Vaillant        1404

the Hunter                      le Chasseur     13th C.

by the stream or creek          du Rieu  15th C.
                                d'Outru  15th C.
                                du Ruit  14th C.
                                du Ru    15th C.
                                Rivart   14th C.
                                dou Ruissel 14th C.
                                du Ruissel 15th C.
                                du Russel 15th C.
                                Ruisselet 15th C.

the stout-hearted               see "bold or brave"

the large (stout)               <Pis> 14th C.
                                <Gros> 15th C.
                                <Legros> 13th C.
                                <li Craz> 14th C. 
                                <le Cras> 13th, 15th C. 
                                <le Crasse> 13th C.

the fat                         <Pingart> 15th C.
                                <Lespes> 13th C.
                                <le Massis> 13th C.
                                <Massut> 15th C.

the round (stout)               <Boulle> 15th C.
                                <la Boule> 15th C.
                                <le Reboule> 13th C.
                                <Boulet> 13th, 14th C.
                                <Boulart> 15t C.
                                <Rondel> 13th-15th C.

the short & round               <Bondele> 13th C.
                                <Bondin> 15th C.

by the lake                     du Lac  (undated)

from the Island                 de l'Isle (undated)

A semy counterchanged is an unusual element in medieval heraldry, but
it was done occassionally.  We found one early example, dated to
1280. [4] The arms we found were English.  However, the family that
bore them was originally from France and we found that even in 1280
different branches of the family were using a "semy-de-lys
counterchanged" in different colors.  This suggests that the design
had been used members of the family for some time, and so it is likely
that the arms originated in France.  As far as we can tell, your
design does not conflict with any armory protected by the SCA.

 
Mari Elspeth nic Bryan, Walraven van Nijmegen, Arval Benicoeur, Talan
Gwynek, Zenobia Naphtali, and Rouland Carre contributed to this
letter.

We hope this has been helpful, and that we can continue to assist you.

In service,
Alan Fairfax
Academy of S. Gabriel
13 Jul 1999

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References

[1] Morlet, Marie-Therese, _Etude d'anthroponymie picarde, les noms de
personne en Haute Picardie aux XIIIe, XIVe, XVe siecles_ (Amiens,
Musee de Picardie, 1967).

[2] Dauzat, Albert, _Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de Famille et
Prenoms de France_ (Paris: Libraire Larousse, 1987), s. nn. Dulac, Delile.

[3] Colm Dubh, "An Index to the Given Names in the 1292 Census of
Paris", in _Proceedings of the Known World Heraldic Symposium 1996_ (SCA:
Montgomery, Alabama), s.n. Fromont Hardi

[4] Brault, Gerald J., _The Rolls of Arms of Edward I_, Aspilogia III,
2 vols. (London: Boydell Press, 1997), I:182 (entry 69 in the Camden Roll)