The ff is the 16 th century equivalent of a capital F. If that helps. Peter >From: "M. Nason" <mfcn@btinternet.com> (by way of Geoffrey ><lists@sog.org.uk>) >Reply-To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com >To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [SoG] Christian name >Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:03:54 +0100 > >In the 1586 will of Edmund NASON, made in Wellesbourne,Warwickshire, a >daughter is named as 'ffrizard'. If the 'z' is read as a 'yogh' it >still remains unfamiliar. > >Edmund's other children have common or garden English names, saving that >of Isabell (which might be considered less English than Thomas, Anne, >etc.?), a recurrent family name. > >A 'Google' presents some French genealogies within which the name >Frizarde' appears as a C13th family name (FRIZARDE de LAVEDAN). > >Can any one suggest a more suitable transcription or comment on this >incidence of the name? > >MN > > > > >-- >Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.1/104 - Release Date: 16/09/2005 > >