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 MN -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.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