Meaning of a "say" date

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Symonds

Meaning of a "say" date

Legg inn av Symonds » 18 jul 2005 23:43:02

For Douglas Richardson especially: In the MCA book, specifically, have
you any guidelines to give me for the "say" dates? Have you used a
meaning of plus or minus 5 years or other figure?

Marilyn

Todd A. Farmerie

Re: Meaning of a "say" date

Legg inn av Todd A. Farmerie » 23 jul 2005 18:34:06

Symonds wrote:
For Douglas Richardson especially: In the MCA book, specifically, have
you any guidelines to give me for the "say" dates? Have you used a
meaning of plus or minus 5 years or other figure?

I can not speak for Mr. Richardson's use, but the convention is that
this is used for dates which are estimated, based on rules of thumb such
as generation length, average age at marriage, or just halfway between
known before and after dates, as opposed to dates that are calculated
from age later in life. As such, there is no hard and fast application
of a plus/minus figure - it depends on the specific circumstances.

If someone was known to have been unmarried in 1159 and married by 1165,
you could derive a 'say' date of 1162 (+/-3), but in a different
example, if you subtract back 85 years to cover the appropriate number
of generations to arrive at a date, it could be +/-20 years.

taf

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