Collected Precedents of the S.C.A.: Cornish


Name Precedents: Cornish

Laurel: Date: (year.month.date) Precedent:
François la Flamme 2003.11 Submitted as Dwynwen of Eldestawe, the byname was documented from O.J. Padel's Cornish Placenames. However, this source is not on the no-photocopy list and no photocopies of this information were included. As the College was unable to confirm that the information was as cited, this byname cannot be registered.

While the submitter allows only minor changes, she explicitly allowed her byname to be changed to the modern form Padstow if the submitted form could not be registered. As Padstow is found in Speed's The Counties of Britain (map of Cornwall, map dated to 1610), it may be registered in that spelling. We have, therefore, made this change. [Dwynwen of Padstow, 11/2003, A-East]

François la Flamme 2003.11 Listed on the LoI as Glynd{w^}r of Chesshire, this name was submitted as Glyn of Cheshire and changed at Kingdom because no documentation was found for Glyn as a period name. The byname was also changed at Kingdom to use a documented period form. Glynd{w^}r is a placename in period, not a given name, and so is not registerable as a given name.

However, Crescent was able to date Glyn as a given name to 1590 in Cornwall. Therefore, we have returned the given name to its submitted form in order to register this name. [Glyn of Chesshire, 11/2003, A-Meridies]