Douglas Richardson. "Petty"? Who is petty? "Dear Rosie, you have to stroke
my ego before I can be bothered to come down from my cloud to answer your
observation." How petty can you get? At least he did not enquire whether she
had her knickers in a twist.
Rosie, in my opinion, was striving at exellence, fitz is son of, Fitz is a
surname, surely there is a difference? Any professional genealogist should
be striving at excellence. Lately, more and more discussions seem to wonder
about the excellence of professional and trained historian and genealogist
Douglas Richardson.
I know the judges are still out on his book, and I would love to be able to
read their reviews and then we can wonder about petty.
As he is a trained historian and genealogist, I think Douglas Richardson
should apologise to Rosie Bevan and, for once, give an answer and not a
sneer.
Best wishes
Leo van de Pas
Canberra, Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Richardson" <royalancestry@msn.com>
To: <GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 5:55 AM
Subject: Re: C.P. Correction: Pernel de Crey, wife of Robert Fitz Walter of
Daventry
rbevan@paradise.net.nz (Rosie Bevan) wrote in message
news:<05ba01c4d911$7e25bb90$cd00a8c0@rosie>...
I'm not sure why you've capitalised 'Fitz' in copying this charter, but
it
should be 'fitz' as in the Daventry cartulary. Robert's father was
Walter
son of Simon, and Robert's son was known as Walter son of Robert, as
implied
by 'fitz'. Fitz Walter was not their surname and is not capitalised in
CP,
as you have it, either.
Rosie
Dear Rosie ~
Before posting such a petty comment such as this, I think it would be
appropriate if you first thanked me for finding and sharing the
correction to Complete Peerage. So, how about if we start over. You
can repost and say "Thank you for your good post, Douglas." Then I
will follow up by saying "You're welcome" and then comment on your
pettiness.
If you fail to say thanks, people might think you are only looking to
find fault in my posts. And, I shudder to think they might be right.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah