Thursday , July 18th 2019 - The Douglas Archives2024-03-28T22:56:01Zhttps://douglashistory.ning.com/forum/topics/thursday-july-18th-2019?commentId=3482022%3AComment%3A139393&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noRenny -
THE HUGUENOTS
Th…tag:douglashistory.ning.com,2020-12-15:3482022:Comment:1393932020-12-15T21:10:03.114ZRussell Lynn Drysdalehttps://douglashistory.ning.com/profile/RussellLynnDrysdale
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<p><b><a id="m_-8620719067359311073gmail-Toc80721" name="m_-8620719067359311073_Toc80721"></a>THE HUGUENOTS</b></p>
<p>The great mass of those names of French or Flemish origin which do not date back to the Conquest or to medieval times are due to the immigration of Protestant refugees in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is true that many names for which Huguenot ancestry is claimed were known in England long before the Reformation.…</p>
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<p><b><a name="m_-8620719067359311073_Toc80721" id="m_-8620719067359311073gmail-Toc80721"></a>THE HUGUENOTS</b></p>
<p>The great mass of those names of French or Flemish origin which do not date back to the Conquest or to medieval times are due to the immigration of Protestant refugees in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is true that many names for which Huguenot ancestry is claimed were known in England long before the Reformation. Thus, <i>Bulteel</i> <i>is</i> the name of a refugee family which came from Tournay about the year 1600, but the same name is found in the Hundred Rolls Of 1273. The <i>Grubbe</i> family, according to Burke, came from Germany about 1450, after the Hussite persecution; but we find the name in England two centuries earlier, "without the assistance of a foreign persecution to make it respectable" (Bardsley, <i>Dictionary</i> <i>of</i> <i>English</i> <i>Surnames)</i>. The <i>Minet</i> family is known to be of Huguenot origin, but the same name also figures in the medieval Rolls. The fact is that there was all through the Middle Ages a steady immigration of foreigners, whether artisans, tradesmen, or adventurers, some of whose names naturally reappear among the Huguenots. On several occasions large bodies of Continental workmen, skilled in special trades, were brought into the country by the wise policy of the Government. Like the Huguenots later on, they were protected by the State and persecuted by the populace, who resented their habits of industry and sobriety.......</p>
<p><u><i>AND SO THE CHAPTER DRAGS ON PAINFULLY SLOW , THEN JUST BEFORE THE CLOSING PARAGRAPHS ....</i></u></p>
<p><span><font color="#FF0000"><b>The names of the Lowlands of Scotland are pretty much the same as those of northern England, with the addition of a very large French element, due to the close historical connection between the two countries. Examples of French names, often much corrupted, are </b></font></span><i>Bethune</i><span> (Pas de Calais), often corrupted into </span><i>Beaton</i><span>, the name of one of the Queen's Maries, </span><i>Boswell</i><span> (Bosville, Seine Inf.), </span><i>Bruce</i><span> (Brieux, Orne), </span><i>Comyn</i><span>, </span><i>Cumming</i><span> (Comines, Nord), </span><i>Grant</i><span> </span><i>(le</i><span> </span><i>grand)</i><span>, </span><b><font color="#FF0000"><i>Rennie</i><span> (René), etc</span></font><span>.</span><font color="#000000"> </font></b></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24374/24374-h/24374-h.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24374/24374-h/24374-h.htm</a></p> I didnt find my particular re…tag:douglashistory.ning.com,2019-08-07:3482022:Comment:938412019-08-07T08:34:08.980ZRussell Lynn Drysdalehttps://douglashistory.ning.com/profile/RussellLynnDrysdale
<p>I didnt find my particular relative yet but i did find the variant spellings </p>
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<p>I didnt find my particular relative yet but i did find the variant spellings </p>
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