Welsh-Border Surnames from ‘ab Edmond’

 

Synopsis

 

The Article presented in this website shows how surnames such as Beamond, Beamand, Bemand and Bemond are derived from the Welsh patronymic form ‘ab (son of) Edmond’, or 'ab Emwnt'.

The accompanying Notes and References identify sources which may be of interest to Genealogists and Family Historians.

The Article was first published in The National Library of Wales Journal.

 

 

 

Contents

 

The main text of the Article on development of the subject surnames is followed by Acknowledgements, Notes & References, Additional Sources, Publication and Illustrations.

 

 

 

Format

 

The text is presented in Times New Roman typeface.  Ready access to the Notes and References, which are more extensive than the main text, is gained by means of hyperlinks.

 

 

Copyright

 

With the exception of three illustrations in the web pages, suitably annotated, the author retains the copyright of the published Article.

 

 

Author

Roger Hugh Beamond (born and bred in the Welsh Borderland near to the places which feature in the article, viz. Mainstone, Clun, Churchstoke and Bachelldre).

 

 

Welsh Bardic Poem

 

A translation of a 15th Century bardic ode, written by Owain ap Llywelyn ab y Moel, has been prepared by Dr. Prys Morgan, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wales, Swansea.  The ode gives, among other things, the ancestry and connections of the ‘ab Edmond’ family featured in the main article.  They lived at Bachelldre.  The translation is the copyright of Professor Morgan, and is reproduced here with his kind permission.

 

 

 

External Web Links

 

Indexes to the National Library of Wales Journal are available on two websites which include links to this website, allowing readers to consult the Article online.  The linked websites are:

a) UK & Ireland Genealogy

The link is found in http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/NLWjournals.html  at entry #1990, Winter, Volume XXVI/4 (first line)

b) Royal Historical Society

The link is at http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/xSearch.asp?DATABASE=dcatalo&rf=000027465

(Available online)

 

 

Contact  Address and Download

 

A companion website in PDF format, for the convenience of readers who may wish to download a copy of the Article and Illustrations, gives a contact e-mail address. The companion website may be found at http://www.users.waitrose.com/~rogerbeamond  (PDF file size 256KB).

 

Last revised: December 2008

 

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