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Subject: Re: CP Addition: Richard Pole's 1st marriage to Alice Stradling
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 06:21:38 EDT


Tim wrote;

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> Have you seen, by the way, Constance Poole's will of 1570? It is on the
> Documents on Line site of the PRO. Not very legible but she seems to
> have used the spelling of the visitations of much the same time.
>

That reminds me of something I heard on the radio — the great vowel shift of
the 14c when long "o"'s became short "o"s (honest it was not on 1st April)

de Pole (with Poole , etc.) derived its meaning from residence near a pool or
tidal stream from O.E. "[P][long O][L]", and this must be a case where the
pronunciation and spelling remained unchanged, but the spelling of pol (that is
the pond) became pool.

Some more modern "Pools'" derive from the name Paul, which brings us neatly
to "Poulett", earl Poulett , etc. which I understand is pronounce Paulett
rather than like a French chicken (I mean "poo-lay", not the sound a french chicken
makes, which sound I can not spell)

Now what about Mainwaring (pronounced Mannering), Fe(a)therston(e)haugh,
(Featherstone) Beauchamp (Beecham), Berkeley (Barkly) Er Wemyss (Weems) Grosvenor
(Grovenor) Er Harewood (Harwood), etc., etc., etc.

Adrian



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