ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2971 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2971 ************************************ 15 Dec 2004 From: Aryanhwy merch Catmael Greetings from the Academy of S. Gabriel! You wanted to know if any of , , , , or is an approriate surname for an English woman named living in the 14th century. Here is a brief letter with the information we have found. As we said in our earlier correspondance with you, is a fine choice for your name; we find it in 1327. It is a pet form of the name , and various forms of it were in use in England from the early 12th century to the mid-14th. [1] This particular spelling is Latin. In spoken English, the name was probably or . This was pronounced roughly \DJAY-vuh\ for most of the period it was in use but probably just \DJAYV\ in the 14th century in at least some dialects. Most of the bynames that you asked about are appropriate for your period in some spelling or other. We found a number of 14th century examples of , including 1327, 1332, and 1391. [2,3,4] We found one in 1377; this is a form of . [2] We found a number of forms of bynames based on , but none beginning with . 14th century spellings that we found include: [2] del Clyfes 1315 Undertheclif 1327 atte Cliue 1327 ate Clif 1327 de Cleue 1327 atte Clyve 1361 atte Cleve 1361 Any of these is appropriate for your period. There is no place called in England [6], though we did find two similar place names that might interest you. The first is a place called 'shaw (copse, small wood) on a brook', which we find recorded in 1574 as . [3] We found no earlier examples of this, but we have no doubt that there could have been a minor place in the 14th century that had this name. If this option interests you, please write us again and we can research 14th century forms of the name. We also found a place called 'bright stream'. It is spelled in 1202 and 1230. [5] If this option interests you, we can research possible 14th century forms of this place name. We hope that this letter has been useful to you and that you won't hesitate to write us again if any part was unclear or if you have further questions. Research and commentary on this letter was provided by Arval Benicoeur, Talan Gwynek, Maridonna Benvenuti, and Margaret Makafee. For the Academy, -Argantguia filia Catmaili, 13 December 2004 -- References: [1] Talan Gwynek, "Feminine Given Names in _A Dictionary of English Surnames_" (SCA: KWHS Proceedings, 1994; WWW: Academy of Saint Gabriel, 1997). http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/ [2] Reaney, P. H., & R. M. Wilson, _A Dictionary of English Surnames_ (London: Routledge, 1991; Oxford University Press, 1995). s.nn. Attewode, Cliff, Ellesmere [3] Bardsley, Charles, _A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames_ (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980). s.nn. Attwood, Brookshaw [4] Franklin, Peter, _The Taxpayers of Medieval Gloucestershire: An Analysis of the 1327 Lay Subsidy Roll with a New Edition of its Text_ (Dover, NH: Alan Sutton Publishing Inc, 1993). pp. 80, 82, 87 [5] Ekwall, Eilert, _The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place- names_, 4th edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991). s.n. Shirebrook [6] It is possible that can be justified as a constructed byname. If this possibility interests you, please write us again and we will research it.