Daillon of France

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paul bulkley

Daillon of France

Legg inn av paul bulkley » 04 apr 2006 17:56:02

Renia recently quoted a recognised procedure in France
- the family name descending to the eldest son - the
younger sons left to adopt a name of a property,
occupation, or whatever but not the family name.

I have read of this claim by a number of authorities.
However it could only have applied to a few affluent
criminal lords and kings. I am sure that this kind of
methodology would not apply to the majority, and could
not be feasible with the ever expanding population and
limited resources.

I have no doubt that individuals in the 1100s were no
different to their descendants in the USA and UK now.
Family pride, whether real or affected, was common
place, and the procedure as described by Renia would
have been ignored. And this pride would become ever
increasingly commonplace due to the very rapid
numerical increase of families within a very poor and
limited agricultural society.

The majority of individuals (boys) had little wealth,
and there was a singular lack of wealthy girls of
property available for marriage and their treasured
family name! Thus it is not unreasonable to assume
that many of modest means ignored the procedure that
could only apply to the top wealthy.

For example the BULKLEY family of London, Essex,
Suffolk, and Norfolk, of French extract, commonly used
the name Bucallie, Bucceleia, Bukeler, Bokeler,
Bukele, Bucler during the period 1100-1400. There is
no doubt that they were named after small French
villages that still exist to this day.

There are many examples of brothers using the
identical name in London that can be found in BHO
(Alderman, Taxpayers, Subsidy Rolls etc) And no doubt
there was a strong sense or need of unity in major
cities that encouraged that usage.

And of course, reverting to the procedure described by
Renia, how did younger brothers resolve their
predicament if they remained unmarried and their only
occupation was "gentleman", and they lived in the same
neighborhood as their eldest brother???

No I suggest that the procedure in France, although it
seems awfully convenient and organised, in fact made
no sense at all for the majority of a population that
was ever increasing in number.

Sincerely Yours,

Paul Bulkley

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