Well, maybe, Sandra - or at least Da'ood or something like it... In any case, you are assuming the pre-Christians of Britain had no name anything like "David". That's a rash assumption, I think. I am suggesting (not assuming) that there might have been such names, and that conceivably Digwed's predecessors (whatever they were) might have been among them. Gordon > NOT ! David is a biblical name, after all. (Sounds like a surname used as a > forenmae.) > > SANDRA LOVEGROVE > > > > "....by Digwed her husband twelve pence ....." (not two pence) > > > > > What a lovely name for a husband! My guess is that the modern development > > of the name is David - following a g-y shift in some local dialect. Any > > other offers? > > > > Gordon Barlow > > > > ______________________________ > >