Answers from Douglas Richardson

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Leo van de Pas

Answers from Douglas Richardson

Legg inn av Leo van de Pas » 21 okt 2007 22:28:11

People who make public statements, when questioned, usually will explain, justify or withdraw their original statement. Sadly, not so Douglas Richardson.

For several years Douglas Richardson has placed himself on a pedestal, a pedestal of superior knowledge of medieval genealogy and medieval Latin. This places responsibility on Richardson, the responsibility of being beyond question, as his reputation as a professional genealogist stands or falls with his actions. Too often he has ignored questions or remarks.

He has stated that he thinks people assessing Gen-Med "expect him to teach them". However not clearing up questions he has caused, can only create havoc and more questions. When can he be relied upon to provide acceptable information? Most of the time he does, but as a trained historian and genealogist he owes his "pedestal position" that he explains, justifies or withdraws his statements when questioned. Silence should not be an option for him.

It is unproductive to keep asking the same questions on Gen-Med, therefore it seens better to create a collection of these questions to help Douglas Richardson remember what the outstanding questions, pending his answers, are. If we go to the archives of Gen-Med, no doubt, more unanswered questions can be found.

http://www.countyhistorian.com/cecilweb ... ng_answers

This is a situation of the making by Douglas Richardson, only he can solve it.

With best wishes
Leo van de Pas,
Canberra, Australia

Gjest

Ida a Tosny

Legg inn av Gjest » 21 okt 2007 23:16:03

One of the listed questions has been addressed. Regarding whether Ida
was a Tosny and who discovered the evidence, Mr. Richardson wrote:

"For newly published evidence that Countess Ida was a member of the
Tony family, see Morris The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the 13th Century
(2005): 2, who cites a royal inquest dated 1275, in which jurors
affirmed that Earl Roger le Bigod had received the manors of Acle,
Halvergate, and South Walsham, Norfolk from King Henry II, in marriage
with his wife, Ida de Tony [see Rotuli Hundredorum 1 (1812): 504,
537]. "

Assuming that this has been appropriately extracted, this would seem
to be strong evidence that Ida did in fact belong to this family. Her
exact placement remains to be documented. The credit question centers
around discovery of evidence that 'Countess Ida', mother of William
Longespee, is identical to Ida, wife of Roger Bigod.

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