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Mary Jane Battaglia

Boudica

Legg inn av Mary Jane Battaglia » 05 aug 2006 07:10:08

Although this is Off Topic (or at least, Too Early a Topic) I would appreciate some suggestions from readers as to where to find some accurate information on REAL early British history..
A neighbor with the surname of PEABODY claims descent from kin of Queen Boudica (Boadicea) who participated in the revolt against Rome in AD 60.
My only source, "BOUDICA, the British Revolt against Rome AD 60" by Graham Webster, 1978, identifies Boudica's spouse as Prasutagus, a client king of the Iceni. Was he Roman or Iceni?
My neighbor claims that a kinsman of Boudica, named "Boadie," a patriarch of one of the Icena tribes, escaped the crushing defeat of the Romans and fled into the hills of Wales where a prefix was added to his name (PEA representing a significant hill or a mountain)--thus evolving into Pea-boadie.
Personally, I think that's a bit of a stretch, but he's elderly and I don't want to hurt his feelings since he feels a strong connection to Queen Boudica. However, for my own edification, does anyone have suggestions for more recent sources of either "Peabody" or "Boudica."
mjbattaglia

John Townsend

Re: Boudica

Legg inn av John Townsend » 05 aug 2006 10:30:31

A neighbor with the surname of PEABODY claims descent from kin of Queen
Boudica (Boadicea) who participated in the revolt against Rome in AD 60.



On the surface this sounds, to put it mildly, unlikely. When the Romans
eventually took their revenge, it is said that Boudica's army was
annihilated. It is almost unthinkable that any of the queen's close
adherents could have been allowed to live long after that battle.

However, for my own edification, does anyone have suggestions for more
recent sources of either "Peabody" or "Boudica."



The sole reference to "Peabody" given in Burke's Family Index is to
"Distinguished Families of the U.S.A." Ironically, this family is said to
have been formerly of St. Albans - one of the towns which Boudica destroyed
while she was on the rampage!

Best wishes,

John Townsend
Genealogist/Antiquarian Bookseller
http://www.johntownsend.demon.co.uk

Gjest

Re: Boudica

Legg inn av Gjest » 06 aug 2006 20:39:24

"Mary Jane Battaglia" wrote:

A neighbor with the surname of PEABODY claims descent from kin of Queen Boudica (Boadicea) who participated in the revolt against Rome in AD 60.

There are no written records for Britain until about 500 AD.

My only source, "BOUDICA, the British Revolt against Rome AD 60" by Graham Webster, 1978, identifies Boudica's spouse as Prasutagus, a client king of the Iceni. Was he Roman or Iceni?

Prasutagus was a Briton, the King of the Iceni. Boudicca was his widow.

My neighbor claims that a kinsman of Boudica, named "Boadie," a patriarch of one of the Icena tribes, escaped the crushing defeat of the Romans and fled into the hills of Wales where a prefix was added to his name (PEA representing a significant hill or a mountain)--thus evolving into Pea-boadie.

The Welsh did not adopt surnames until very recently, so ancient Welsh
surnames do not exist.

"Pea" does not mean mountain; it means "pea" (as in peacock).

Boadie is not a first century AD British name; it is the English word
"body".

Hence Peabody means "a showy person" (Hanks & Hodges "A Dictionary of
Surnames").

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