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Spelling Ballantine
Great thread and excellent link Cloudhands. Do you mind if I copy something from that site which should end any arument over alternate spellings...
In 16th century Scotland, people did not have the notion that there was one and only one correct way to spell someone's name. Instead, the spelling of someone's name would vary among a number of correct spellings.[6] Two different spellings might be used for the same person in a single paragraph or sentence! For example, all of these examples refer to the same woman:
Anny Buchan (1500)
Anny Buchane (1505, 1509, 1510)
Canny Buchan (1505, 1506, 1508, 1513)
Canny Buchane (1510, 1511)
Agnes Buchane (1513, 1515)
Agnes Buchan (1513, 1517)
Kanne Bouquhen (1519)
Agnes Bouchqhen (1520)
Canne Buchane (1522)
Agnes Bowquhan (1524)
Cheers Peter
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