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 Article is presented in PDF format (256 KB file size), for the convenience of any
reader who wishes to download a copy.


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)


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