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From: Renia <>
Subject: Re: Frank de Bohun
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:05:42 +0300
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M.Sjostrom wrote:
>
> how sadly confused and misinformed.
>
> Renia should give evidence of the appearance of the name Francisco in any part of Spain prior to Francis of Assisi.
> and I presume such evidence will be nonexistent - the name (precisely that) was not known earlier.
> But we will see - Renia has her chance to seek and give evidence.


Not Spain, the name Franco was known in Normandy and England before the
time of St Francis.

Franco De Falconberg from Fauquembergues, Pas-de-Calais, was a Domesday
tenant of Drogo de la Beuvriere.

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