Talan, Mari, Tang, Arval, Galiana, Pedro, Maridonna, Julie

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> and Katheryn hys wife, borne in the West fallinge, vnder
> Themperouers domynion.

That's probably Westfalen (Westphalia) in Germany.

> Olyffe Frerigges, of Keiserswart, servaunt to the saide
> Xp'ofer, came into this realme about a moneth past, his
> cumynge was because [he] would be a priest. Douch, j. No
> church.

Interesting that <Olyffe> is masculine; I wonder if it's
ultimately from ON <O/leifr> (cf. RW s.n. <Olliff>).
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  Gylmyt his wife - France

It's nice to get some small insight into later French
naming: that <Gylmyt> just about has to be <Guillemette>
(found as <Guillemete> in the 1292 Paris data).

  Awrillian his wife - Venice

<Aureliana>, presumably.

  Andrewe Noway

Now *there's* a surname for a 1 April letter.

  Ashton Shovyne

The surname is probably <Chauvin>; the forename looks like a
double diminutive in <-eton> of a name in <Ach-> from the
Germanic prototheme <Aska->, e.g., <Acher> from
<Ascheri(us)>.

  Nicholas Inglishe - Frenchman

Talk about confused!  <g>  His daughter's name, <Yester>, is
certainly interesting, though; my best guess is that it's a
form of <Hester>~<Esther>.

  Dingnietta his wife

Her name's interesting.  Paris 1292 has a masculine <Digne>,
apparently from the identical word meaning 'deserving,
worthy'; <Dingnietta> is probably for <Dignette>, a feminine
diminutive of this.

  Pillowe his wife - Flaunders

Offhand I'm not at all sure what <Pillowe> is, but it's a
neat name.

  Jertride his wife
  Jartrude Vanheyns - Douchwooman

Apparently showing versions of <Geertruide> with \dj\
instead of \g\.  Contrast

  Gartrude his wife
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>> Olyffe Frerigges, of Keiserswart, servaunt to the saide
>> Xp'ofer, came into this realme about a moneth past, his
>> cumynge was because [he] would be a priest. Douch, j. No
>> church.
>
>Interesting that <Olyffe> is masculine; I wonder if it's
>ultimately from ON <O/leifr> (cf. RW s.n. <Olliff>).

I figured it was a form of <Oliver>, with the final 'r' dropped (maybe due
to the way the English scribe rendered the German's pronunciation?).
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>  Nicholas Inglishe - Frenchman
>
>Talk about confused!  <g>  His daughter's name, <Yester>, is
>certainly interesting, though; my best guess is that it's a
>form of <Hester>~<Esther>.

That was my guess as well.

>  Pillowe his wife - Flaunders
>
>Offhand I'm not at all sure what <Pillowe> is, but it's a
>neat name.

I wondered if it was some form of <Pilar>.
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>>  Pillowe his wife - Flaunders

>>Offhand I'm not at all sure what <Pillowe> is, but it's a
>>neat name.

> I wondered if it was some form of <Pilar>.

Thought of that, but it's not a good fit.  A slightly better
(but still not good) possibility is a pet form of
<Peregrina>; I know that one such form is <Pylkje>, and
there's a masculine <Pille> from <Pelgrim>.
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>>> Olyffe Frerigges, of Keiserswart, servaunt to the saide
>>> Xp'ofer, came into this realme about a moneth past, his
>>> cumynge was because [he] would be a priest. Douch, j. No
>>> church.

>>Interesting that <Olyffe> is masculine; I wonder if it's
>>ultimately from ON <O/leifr> (cf. RW s.n. <Olliff>).

> I figured it was a form of <Oliver>, with the final 'r'
> dropped (maybe due to the way the English scribe rendered
> the German's pronunciation?).

I don't think that it's likely: the <ff> pretty much
guarantees a pronunciation with \f\, which doesn't fit
either Dutch or French pronunciations of <Oliv(i)er> very
well.
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You have in order:

  Ranold Pastor - Douchman
  Dingnietta his wife
  Abraham and Isacke [kids]

(These are from 'Sainct Albons Parish in Woodstreet'.)  Are
the kids theirs?  If so, I'd almost bet that this family is
protestant.  His surname may even be literal.  The question
is how much confidence we have in reconstructing <Dignette>.
Unfortunately, van der Schaar s.n. <Dingenis> mentions
feminine names <Dingena>, <Dingetje>, and <Dingentje>,
apparently derived from masculine <Dingeman>, so there's at
least a possibility of another source (e.g., something like
*<Dingnetje>, or even <Dingentje> with a bit more
distortion).  On the whole I'd say that we probably
shouldn't take the chance.
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> "Peter Fuckall,

<splork!!>  Perhaps *he* should marry Pillowe.  (At a guess
he might be <Foucauld> or the like.)

> householder, silkweuer, and denizein, borne in the
> Bysshopprick of Sharttras,

Chartres, I imagine.

> in Fraunce, and Collecketour his wyfe, borne in Valmounte,
> in Normandye, have byn in this realm xxviijtie yeares, and
> is of the Frenche churche."

> So what on earth does <Collecketour> represent?

The IRS?  You know, I'm beginning to wonder if one or two of
these wives' names are *surnames*: there is a French
<Collecteur> (Dauzat s.n. <Colleter>), and on the web I
found a Dutch surname <Pilouw>.  Then again, most of them
seem pretty straightforward.  Or we could have here
<Collec>, said by Dauzat to be a variant of <Collet> (which
we see here as a feminine name), run together with a
surname.  (Or of course we could just have a weird name!)
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>"Peter Fuckall, householder, silkweuer, and denizein, borne in the 
>Bysshopprick of Sharttras, in Fraunce, and Collecketour his wyfe, 
>borne in Valmounte, in Normandye, have byn in this realm xxviijtie 
>yeares, and is of the Frenche churche."
>
>So what on earth does <Collecketour> represent?

I'm still boggling at Peter's byname!
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> > "Peter Fuckall,
> 
> <splork!!>  Perhaps *he* should marry Pillowe.  (At a guess
> he might be <Foucauld> or the like.)

That was my guess, though I'm surprised that the \l\ is pronounced so
late.

> The IRS?  You know, I'm beginning to wonder if one or two of
> these wives' names are *surnames*: there is a French
> <Collecteur> (Dauzat s.n. <Colleter>), and on the web I
> found a Dutch surname <Pilouw>.  

A good theory.  Definitely needs to be mentioned in the article; and
probably noted at the more bizarre examples.
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>"Jakes Buttock, Peter-Nelle his wyfe,

Is it possible that could be a variant of <Perronnelle> or some such? Love 
the last name, though. It's almost as good as <Fuckall>.
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>> > "Peter Fuckall,

>> <splork!!> Perhaps *he* should marry Pillowe. (At a guess
>> he might be <Foucauld> or the like.)

> That was my guess, though I'm surprised that the \l\ is
> pronounced so late.

It might not have been.  I see two possibilities.  First it
could be partly a spelling pronunciation; that seems to be
the case with <Sharttras>, if it's really <Chartres>, since
the final <-s> should definitely have been silent.
Alternatively, recall that final \l\ tends to be velarized
in English, in extreme cases approaching \w\, and <-all>
could be an inverted spelling for something more like <owe>
or <ow> (as in <how>).
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>>"Jakes Buttock, Peter-Nelle his wyfe,

> Is it possible that could be a variant of <Perronnelle> or
> some such?

Almost certainly, I think.

> Love the last name, though. It's almost as good as
> <Fuckall>.

Especially in connection with *that* forename!
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> Jacklyn Farryner - Turney (I think this is in France - but
> what city is it supposed to represent?)

Probably Tournai.
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> Paulles Tepottes - Dist in Brabant

> And is her husband's last name really Teapot? *grin*

It's likely <te X>, where X is something that was rendered
<pottes> in English.  It could be a place-name, or this
could be a topographical byname.  If X is <pothuis> 'small
house built half above and half below ground against another
house', which does occur as a surname, this could also be
<'t pothuis> 'the pothuis'.
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> There are a few boggling things that I've found - such as
> how on earth did Cornellis, from Flaunders, and his wife
> Marye, from Brabant, end up having a child named
> <Jenoveva>, a very Breton/French name?? (The five kids in
> all are <James>, <Sara>, <Cornellis>, <Susan>, and
> <Jenoveva>.)

Van der Schaar s.n. <Genoveva> mentions a Genoveva of
Brabant (d.760), heroine of a medieval chivalric romance
that appeared in a prose version around 1600.  The web seems
to show that the name, both as <Genoveva> and as <Jenoveva>,
is now most popular in the Spanish- and Portuguese speaking
world.

> And is <Jeneker> a scribal misinterpretation of <Jenefer>?

I'd be more inclined to guess that it's for a pet form of
<Johanna>; <Jenneke> is a pet form of <Johannes>.
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> Jacklyn Farryner - Turney (I think this is in France - but what
> city is it supposed to represent?)

Tournois, that is, a person from Tours?
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> Cornelys Jacobson - Sereeksey in Selande
> 
I believe that Zierikzee in Zeeland, Holland.
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> The entries usually read "borne in Turney" or "borne in Torney", so 
> I'm not sure if it's Tours or not.

I go with Talan's guess, <Tournai>, in southwestern Flanders.
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> And is <Jeneker> a scribal misinterpretation of <Jenefer>? 

More likely of <Jeneken>. You also have <Jenekin>.
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>> Was <Petronilla>, as opposed to <Perronnelle>, still in use?  If so, it
>> fits the spelling <Peter-Nelle> better.
>
>True; but the hyphen may be significant: It's possible that the
>English writer recognized <Perron> as a <Peter> variant and parsed the
>name as a compound of <Peter> and <Nelle>.

True.  On the other hand, <Perrin> as a feminine name was known in England.
 It shows up in my Dymock article in the forms <Pering>, <Perring>,
<Peryn>, <Pyrryn>, and <Perin>.  I don't know how well known <Perrin> was
in the area that this article covers.  If it was known, then I would think
the scribe to record it as a <Perrin> form rather than a <Peter> form.

Thoughts?
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>"Jakes Buttock, Peter-Nelle his wyfe

That would be Petronilla in a rather odd written form.
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>I just can't wait until the next time someone comes wanting a mixed
>language/moved countries name, because there'll be so much we can offer!
>There are a few boggling things that I've found - such as how on earth did
>Cornellis, from Flaunders, and his wife Marye, from Brabant, end up having a
>child named <Jenoveva>, a very Breton/French name??  (The five kids in all
>are <James>, <Sara>, <Cornellis>, <Susan>, and <Jenoveva>.)

Where were they living at the time?  Wasn't Saint Genevieve the 
patron saint of Paris?  Any possibility that the kid is the victim of 
a local saintly protection racket?

>And is <Jeneker> a scribal misinterpretation of <Jenefer>?  John Dewye is
>from "Engye in Hennego" (don't ask me where!) and he is French, though his
>wife <Jeneker> is listed as Douch (no place of birth given).

I'd look for <Jeneker> as a Joan variant/diminutive.
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>>>"Jakes Buttock, Peter-Nelle his wyfe,
>
>> Is it possible that could be a variant of <Perronnelle> or
>> some such?
>
>Almost certainly, I think.

Was <Petronilla>, as opposed to <Perronnelle>, still in use?  If so, it
fits the spelling <Peter-Nelle> better.

(who recently noticed the name <John Toilet> while looking through the
Lincolnshire Lay Subsidy rolls.  I don't know _how_ I missed noticing it
when I wrote my article...)
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> Was <Petronilla>, as opposed to <Perronnelle>, still in use?  If so, it
> fits the spelling <Peter-Nelle> better.

True; but the hyphen may be significant: It's possible that the
English writer recognized <Perron> as a <Peter> variant and parsed the
name as a compound of <Peter> and <Nelle>.
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> Pemont = Piemont, I'm guessing, and this is in France, right?

I don't know where Piemont is. Piedmont is the far western part of Italy,
plus Sardinia.
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> Isle
Islay, Scotland?
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