Although there were likely a lot of population changes in England I think that the big divide is between the Hunter Gatherer population and those who came during and directly after the Norman Conquest. The impact of the Roman occupation of Britain, although very lengthy, was not as far reaching as the impact of the Norman Conquest. For the most part the Romans left; auxiliaries may have stayed and they do show up in Genetic compliment of the British Isles overall. But their impact was not as profound or complete as the Norman Conquest. It is interesting though to discover that the Norman Conquest and the people who came were not necessarily the same areas in Europe. The Norman Conquest was from Normandy but no true records exist of that time period to say exactly who came; it is very subjective and done after the time period. The Emigrants' Database which was created by the National Archives of the UK 1330-1550 does capture quite a variety of countries from which these "emigrants" came to England in this particular time frame. To the best of my knowledge there isn't anything like that before 1330.
The other big item is no surnames in England before the Conquest although people perhaps referred to John of the Hill, William of Forest or other types of names but the children of these men were likely Thomas son of John (or Thomas Johnson) or Rufus son of William (or Rufus Williamson) but surnames were requested of everyone by the 1100s on although it did take several centuries to actually implement that.
That brings me to both of my studies that I am working on at the moment in terms of producing a book on each family. On the one hand - Blake- I have my brother tested and his Y-700 DNA results point to a hunter-gatherer as the ancient ancestor of my Blake line where Blake in the Wiltshire/Berkshire areas was possibly (still working on that proof) descendant of le Blak of Rouen, Normandy and the DNA study that I co-administer points to a likely I1 (Viking) yDNA although no one has a perfect trail back to this family that has tested thus far. The Pincombe/Pinkham study my cousin tested (and another cousin in Australia as well as a descendant of the Bideford/Barnstaple Pincombe family) and it would appear that this line is probably Celtic and I suspect post-Conquest although the surname Pencombe/Pincombe/Pinkham does not appear on the Emigrants Database but they are suspected by me to be a family that lived at Pemcombe, Herefordshire and were from Flanders in Europe although recent searches brought up Roger de Pencombe at Bondleigh, Devon. Philip Pynkeham on the 1543-45 Devon Lay Subsidy Rolls at Tawstock remains very interesting. His will was likely in 1564 at Tawstock leaving one with the thought he was perhaps born between the latter part of the 1400s and the early part of the 1500s. Who were his parents, not listed on the Visitation of Devon in 1620 with Pyncombe, and the name itself is so different from the John, William and Thomas who were listed as sons of [John] Pyncombe. No mention of a Philip at all. The spelling of the surname Pynkeham in the 1540s also interesting as I think it may be the first time that I have seen that spelling so early (usually Pinkham now).
Today is the larger cleaning day and would be a Pencombe day so may give time to that although Pencombe dominated the Blake day yesterday!
Teatime.There is an enormous advantage to someone writing this book who lives in England and has better access to original material than I do but I said the same about the Siderfin Book but felt that it was good to at least get some of my thoughts on paper for that one and I think the same for these two books. Publishing them with a Commons License leaves anyone else free to use my work and pursue their own thoughts - the marvels of modern culture. The growth of printing (digital) has led to an explosion in written works in digital format. One must ferret one's way through the information forest rejecting obvious lies and propaganda especially against the democratic way of life. Exposing the lies is the duty of modern day journalism for sure.
And I agree with the police in Toronto that disrupting normal government business for your own selfish purpose is wrong. Stand across the street if you want to protest; do not block the doors - that in the least is a fire hazard and at the worst disruption of normal government affairs. Why don't you spend the money you waste on such activities to bring little children to Canada from Gaza to protect them until Gaza can be rebuilt. I find it absolutely unforgiveable to see all the wealth that is in the Muslim hands in Canada and none of it for those little children from 2 to 8 who can do no harm but desperately need a proper home and food and out of this war. Hamas is totally to blame for all the problems in Gaza and all the deaths and Hamas' continued refusal to release the hostages, provide the hostages with medical care, fresh clothing, food and even fresh air. Do something about Hamas; The people of Gaza elected them in and see what has happened in a generation to Gaza.
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