Aschenald

• Preferred Name: Aschenald
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: Y
  
• Birth: ABT 1020
  
• NAME: with note: Although it is possible that Aschenald has mutated over the centuries and was originally an Anglo-Saxon name or nickname starting with Æsc... it seems difficult to reconcile the first name Richard with an English (Anglo-Saxon/Scandinavian) man who lived in England before the Norman Conquest.
  
• FSID: GFM3-RQK
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  The first mention of Richard Aschenald, discovered so far, is in Leland's Itinerary, written about 1540 - "The castel, town and landes about Brokenbridg longgid afore the Conquest to one Richard Aschenald. Richard had Ailrik and he had Swane, of whom cam Adam, of Adam cam 2 doughtters, wherof one of them was maried to Galfride Neville, the other to Thomas Burge"[1]
  
  Although Ailric, Swein, Adam and his 2 daughters can be confirmed by primary sources (although the names of the sons-in-law are incorrect), there appear to be no earlier sources that mention Richard Aschenald.
  
  Although it is possible that Aschenald has mutated over the centuries and was originally an Anglo-Saxon name or nickname starting with Æsc... [2] it seems difficult to reconcile the first name Richard with an English (Anglo-Saxon/Scandinavian) man who lived in England before the Norman Conquest.
  
  Sources
  ↑ Leland, John. The Itinery of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543. Parts I to III, edited by Lucy Toulmin Smith. London: George Bell and Sons. 1907. p, 40. Digital Image. Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/itineraryjohnle02lelagoog : viewed 15 January 2017.
  
  I would respectfully suggest that we delete the name Richard from this entry, as it is argued that such a name at that date is incongruous in a Saxon/Norse hegemony. If you are unhappy with Aske, we can continue with Aschenald on its own.

1. Ailric , b. ABT 1050 in Silkstone, Yorkshire, England     d. ABT 1108 in England