Feminine Given Names Found in the 1523 Subsidy Roll for York and Ainsty, England

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Feminine Given Names Found in the 1523 Subsidy Roll for York and Ainsty, England
(sorted Alphabetically)

by Karen Larsdatter (Karen Harris)

Names listed in bold are the standard modern spellings. The key to the locations (with links to the Genuki listings) is as follows:

Code	Location
1 -	WARDURA DE BOWTHUM EBOR
2 -	WARDURA DE WALMEGATE CUM POSTERNA DE CASTELGATE PREDICTE CIVITATIS
3 -	MONK WARDE DICTE CIVITATIS
4 -	WARDURA DE MYKELLYTH CUM POSTERNA DE NORTH STRETE
5 -	WAPENTAGIU' DE LE AINSTY QUOD EST LIBERTAS PRENOMINATE CIVITATIS EBOR'

Name		Count	Locations	Name		Count	Locations
Agnes				Isabel
	Agnes	14	1, 2, 4, 5		Isabell	10	1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Alice				Jane
	Alice	6	1, 3, 5		Jennet	2	1, 2
Anne					Johanna	6	1, 2, 3, 4
	Anne	1	5	Katherine
Denise					Kateren	2	1, 2
	Diones	1	1		Katheryn	1	4
Elizabeth					Katheryne	2	5
	Elizabeth	1	2	Margaret
	Elsabeth	4	2, 5		Margaret	7	1, 3, 4, 5
Ellen					Margarett	4	1, 2
	Ellyn	1	2		Margery	2	3
Emma				Maude
	Emmote	1	2		Mawde	3	2, 3

Instead of some women's given names, the records use "Widow" and then the woman's byname. Of these, thirteen use the spelling "Wydo," and another one uses the Latin word for a widow, "Viuda."

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