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From: "Todd A. Farmerie" <>
Subject: Re: Chronology of Philip de Gay (and a DD Correction)
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:17:47 -0600
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Douglas Richardson wrote:
> The 1230 date of birth I offered for Aline Basset in my post was
> intended to be an approximate date only.

Intended to be 85 years after 1145, it would seem.

> If you have better
> particulars, such as the IPM of her father, that's wonderful. If Aline
> was 30 and more in 1271, that would peg her birth as being 1231/41.

This is not the case. 30 and more in an ipm means 30 and more (bef.
1241), not 30-39. I have seen people called 30 and more and 50 and more
in two contemporary ipms - you cannot assume an upper limit in age
because of the decade bracket used.

taf

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