Talk:Kinsman

I came across this while randomly browsing, and I'm somewhat confused on several points. As I read it, the article is saying that non-medieval villages held ceremonies based on medieval times. If this is the case, it would help the readability of the article to include what time period these villages came from. Also, given that "king's man" can mean someone who's first loyalty is to the king himself and that "kinsman" would refer to a male relative, It seems that the article could use some sources to disentangle the words and verify the history of the surname. ~

Kinsman
If this surmise were to be correct, then the spread of this name should be fairly uniform across the country. If every village had such a festival then every village should have had a Kingsman or Kinsman. Instead, the variant name KINSMAN is almost unique in being in Devon and Cornwall - at least from an analysis of the 19th century censii. Research into this name and it's variants leads me to believe that it is derived from a single family originally named Kynnesman who were landowners directly from the Crown in Northamptonshire in the 13th to 16th centuries. Some of this family had lands also in the West Country and moved there. This family name may have derived from William Keynes (Keynesman) who was listed as being Sheriff of Northampton in the Domesday book.Docwatto 21:14, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

This Topic: Kinsman, Definatly needs a punctual update. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.188.81.5 (talk) 08:52, 18 October 2007 (UTC)