medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Chris Laning wrote:
>
> There's also the case of the Percies (Earls of Northumberland) who
> had quite a long succession of eldest sons named Henry Algernon
> Percy, including the 4th Earl of Northumberland, who was born about
> 1449. "Algernon" was originally a descriptive byname, meaning "with
> the mustaches," and dating back to William le Perci Ohtlesgernuns (ca.
> 1180).
Wikipedia [but what do they know?] suggest that it was the 5th Earl (born
1477) who was Henry Algernon - but I wouldn't mind betting that it was still
a byname in his case, as double Christian names don't come in until the 16th
century.
John Briggs
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