Greetings Teresa Many thanks for that. Yes, I have come across Richourd, a female, in one family. I guess it is as you say - transcribed by someone who doesn't know the old letter shapes. I'm not at all sure yet if this is my line, just that it seems it may be so - more checking needed. Cheers Pam Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia -----Original Message----- From: DEVON [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Teresa Goatham Sent: Monday, 14 November 2016 4:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [DEV] Subject: What is this name? Hi Pam, I don't know where Pychovil came from, but it's clearly a transcription by someone who doesn't know the old letter shapes and was guessing based on how we write - a recipe for disaster! It clearly says Rychord, which was quite a common female name in Devon at one time (I doubt you've got back to the C16th without coming across it but in case you haven't though similar to Richard, and sometimes mistranscribed as Richard, it generally has an o in it - Richord, Richoard, etc.). It you have a subscription to FMP you can see a good image there. Teresa - with Hambling etc ancestors but no idea where they were in the C16th On 13/11/2016 15:35, [email protected] wrote: > Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2016 16:05:38 +1000 > From: PMR<[email protected]> > To: "'DEVON Mailing List'"<[email protected]> > Subject: [DEV] What is this name? > Message-ID:<[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Greetings Listers > > > > It seems (not yet proven) that my HAMLIN family resided in > Frithelstock in the 1500s and 1600s. > > > > One possible ancestral couple is William HAMLIN who married > Pychovil MARTIN in Frithelstock on 5 Jul 1588. > > > > I'm intrigued by the bride's first name. Is there a modern > equivalent? > > > > Does anyone else have any connection with the Frithelstock > HAMLINs? > > > > Many thanks > > > > Cheers > > > > Pam > > Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus