Beryl

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Period Forms:

Middle English:

• Beryl as the name of a precious stone is found in Middle English dated to 1425 in the MED s.v. precious, preciouse adj. (How early do we see precious stones being used as given names? vs. bynames)
• berī̆l n. Also berill(e, berel(l(e, -all(e, birell, bir(r)al, burell. Pl. beriles, barillis, birilles, brilles - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED4176/track?counter=1&search_id=10529324

Family Search

• Name Edmd. Beryl Sex Male Baptism Date 18 Oct 1560 Baptism Place Shelton, Norfolk, England "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7K8-W38 : 6 November 2020), Edmd. Beryl, 1560. - Digitized - the "Y" is easily visible.
• Name Agnes Beryl Sex Female Death or Burial Date 29 Nov 1560 Death or Burial Place Shelton, Norfolk, England "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDQ2-55Z : 6 November 2020), Agnes Beryl, 1560. - Digitized - same page as Edmd (probably baby Edmund's mother) full name easily visible.

Similar names in Family Search

• Anthony Birlistone, Male, Marriage Date 29 Apr 1604, Marriage Place St Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England - Indexing Batch M01610-1 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2GX-JJN )
• Gauinus Birleson, Male, Marriage Date 1 Jul 1604, Marriage Place Ponteland, Northumberland, England, Indexing Batch M00441-1 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKTN-XXW )

Using English letter swaps to construct a name:

• Document Berill via Family Search.
• Use i/y swap to make it Beryll.
• Document a pattern of ll alternating with single l, and use that to argue for Beryl.

Other Potential Sources:

Laurel Name Articles - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/names/ ("no copy" source)
On-line System for Commentary and Response (OSCAR) - https://oscar.sca.org/ (mine previous submissions, need copies)
Morsulus LoAR/Precedent Searches - http://www.morsulus.org/ ("no copy")
Name Pattern Search Form for registered items - http://oanda.sca.org/oanda_np.cgi

Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ (copies required)
Archive of St. Gabriel reports - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi ("no copy")
Academy of St. Gabriel "working" bibliography - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-documents/biblio.html

Database of Medieval Names ("index" of the St. Gabriel articles) - http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/database/alphalist.php
Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (DMNES) - http://dmnes.org/names
IGI Searches (aka Family Search) - https://familysearch.org/search/collection/igi (batches B, C, J, K, M (except M17 and M18), or P are acceptable)

Biblissima - https://iiif.biblissima.fr/collections/ - This prototype application allows you to search across IIIF-compliant manuscripts and rare books dated before 1800 coming from many digital libraries in the world.

Omniglot On-line Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Languages - http://www.omniglot.com/index.htm

Precedents:

• Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html
• Morsulus Heralds Website - http://www.morsulus.org/ (to search the LoARs and Precedents)
• Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

Collected Precedents:

• Compiled Names Precedents (current through May 2004, as of 10/2016) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/CompiledNamePrecedents/index.html

• 2nd Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (April 2011 - August 2011) - to be included in Compiled Names Precedents above
• 1st Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - ditto
• The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - http:heraldry.sca.org/goodbye.cgi?url=http:www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/sca/nameprec.html
• The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/shauna/name.html
• The Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - included in Compiled Names Precedents above
• The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/elsbeth/name.html (included in above)
• The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/jaelleret.html (also in CNP above)
• The 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud2/daud2ret.html (also in CNP above)
• The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/bruce/Bruceret.html (also in CNP above)
• The 1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/daud/daud1ret.html (also in CNP above)
• The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/AlisounRet.html
• The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - http://heraldry.sca.org/precedents/baldwinret.html
• The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - in Compiled Names Precedents above
• The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - in Compiled Names Precedents above
• The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - in Compiled Names Precedents above

WARNING: Do not cite this page as a reference. This page is on this wiki only to make the content "searchable" and easier to find. If you find the information you seek here, go to the original sources (generally linked) to verify the information and use them for your documentation.