ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 3379 http://www.s-gabriel.org/3379 ************************************ 1 Apr 2009 From: Gwenlliana Clutterbooke Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You asked for assistance assembling a name for a 12th-13th century Englishwoman living in what is now King's Lynn. You specifically asked our opinions of the names , , and . Here is what we found. First, a note on the languages used in England during your time period. Most records are written in Latin. The spoken English form of names often differed somewhat from their written Latin form. We will recommend both forms of the names you are asking about when appropriate. We have found an example of the English feminine name c. 1250. [1] This is a Latinized form of the name and would have been pronounced roughly \MIL-l@\, where \@\ represents the sound of in and . may also be the English form of the name but we are not sure. is found in the 1292 Subsidy rolls of London. [2] This may be the French form of the name, and would have been pronounced roughly \sah-BEE-n@\. The English form of the name is wich would have been pronounced \SAW-bin\ There are several instances of in the 13th century. [3] This is the vernacular form of the name and would have been pronounce roughly \AWL-dith\. The Latinized form would be . (pronounced \de LEN-n@\) is a fine locative byname (i.e. a byname that describes the bearer in terms of a place) for your time period. It is found in London in 1319. [4] In summary, we can recommend , and for an English woman. Talan Gwynek, Aryanhwy merch Catmael, and Ursula Georges contributed to this letter. We hope it has been useful to you and that you will not hesitate to write us again if you have any questions. Gwenlliana Clutterbooke 1 April 2009 - -- References: [1] Talan Gwynek, "Feminine Given Names in _A Dictionary of English Surnames_" (SCA: KWHS Proceedings, 1994; WWW: Academy of Saint Gabriel, 1997); s.n. . http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/ [2] Uckelman, Sara L., "Index of Names in the 1292 Subsidy Roll of London" (WWW: Self-published, 2006) http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/english/london1292.html [3] Talan Gwynek, op. cit. s.n. . [4] Uckelman, Sara L., "Names in the 1319 Subsidy Roll of London" (WWW: Self-published, 2006) http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/english/london1319.html