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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