[antir-heralds] Assistance with Name requested

[Britt]

On 10/16/07, Judy Harcus <jharcus at prcn.org> wrote:
> I would think 'black field' would have to be a locative byname but I'm
> wondering under what circumstances you'd have a black field that was
> unique enough that it would identify someone.

First, a locative byname names a specific place: John de London,
Elizabeth of Thornebrooke.  A toponymic byname names a feature of
their place of origin or past: William bythewell, Stephen Greengrass,
Anne Hille.

Blackfield is a modern placename in England.  Blackcliff has several
period variants, so do Blackhurst, Blackstock (black stump),
Blackwood, etc.  The trick'll be documenting it plausible for Welsh.
But hardly remarkable in English.

- Teceangl