On May 6, 4:50 pm, Louise Staley <cara...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
< The Robert who married Maud Zouche was the son of Robert Holand of
< Upholland and Elizabeth Samlesbury. Maud/Matilda are used
< interchangeably.
Maud is the modern standardized form of this given name. The
vernacular forms of this name in the medieval time period were Maud,
Maude, Maulde, Mahaud, Mahaut, Mahault, etc., but never Matilda.
Rather, Matilda is merely the Latin form of this name which you will
find in English medieval records which are written in Latin. The
vernacular forms are completely different.
Thus, one set of forms are the vernacula forms. The other (Matilda)
is the Latin form. The two sets of forms are not interchangeable,
any more than Henricus and Henrici (Latin forms) are interchangeable
with Henry (the vernacular form).
Since before the last century, historians have standardized given
names to avoid utter confusion. Hence we have Henry, Richard, Robert,
William, etc. in most modern historical accounts, rather than Henrye,
Rycharde, Robarte, and Willyam. Likewise the Latin forms of these
names are avoided by historians, such as Henricus, Richardus,
Robertus, Gullielmus. Ditto Matilda, Cecilia, Maria, Elizabetha,
Isabella, Agneta, etc..
I should add that I didn't invent this convention, but I do agree with
it.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, a descendant of the Holand family
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