Re: Ida de Tony, mother of William Longespée, Earl of Salisbury

[cross-posting removed....again]

On Jan 31, 9:39 am, Douglas Richardson <royalances...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jan 31, 9:45 am, t...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

< Show us the page where Mr. Malo indicates that William and Ralph are
< both children of Countess Ida.
<
< taf

taf ~

William Longespée was not identified as the child of Countess Ida,
wife of Roger le Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, until someone named Douglas
Richardson did so in 1993. Since you've asked for the exact page
reference, here it is.

G.B. Roberts, Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American
Colonies or the United States (1993): 347.

If you need any other help, please let me know.

Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah

I believe Todd's question was in regard to who first PUBLISHED the
presently accepted identification of Countess Ida. GBR in RD500
cites, inter alia, "a forthcoming Countess Ida monograph by Douglas
Richardson" - which was never published, it seems. DR's
identification of Countess Ida was apparently first published in his
Plantagenet Ancestry in 2004 - two years after Ray Phair's TAG article
on the subject. And the RD500 reference simply calls Ida the wife of
Roger Bigod, not identifying Ida's own parentage, as others
subsequently did. The only support for DR's claim to a 1993
identification is GBR's (inadequately unsupported) statement that DR
had made that claim. Are these the standards of a professional
genealogist?

For an interesting comment on the history of this particular
"identification", see the following - and (for a chuckle) note the
author of the comment:

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/gen-medieval/1999-03/0921633937

Some things never change.....

Michael Andrews-Reading got it right: "How exactly do you think these
public displays of serious deficiencies will enhance your reputation
or assist you professionally?"
.

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