Sir Walter de Cantilupe - Place of Birth

Started by Ian McDonald on Sunday, January 26, 2020
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The place of birth is given as, "... Gerseyshire, Wales", but no such place has ever existed. Possibly "Gerseyshire" is a misinterpretation of "Guernsey", but Guernsey is one of the Channel Islands (situated near Normandy, France) and as such is a semi-autonomous UK dependency. It is not part of Wales or England, nor even of the UK.

well it looks like someone has edited/changed the birthplace to
Birth: circa 1128 Longueville, Guernsey, Channel Islands, England.
Death: April 07, 1239 (106-115), Reading, Berkshire, England.
Unless you're thinking of someone else?

That bit's OK (except that the Channel Islands aren't in England), but my main concern was the About section of the Overview, which reads, "Birth : ABT 1128 Longueville, Gerseyshire, Wales". Inventive but inaccurate, I fear.

Recently I've noticed addresses often get garbled like this, where attempts to correct errors are often folded into the original.

I suggest leaving this one as an example and I will raise it with Customer Support.

Regards

Will

Thanks, Will. It's only a minor issue but I noticed it in passing and thought I'd mention it.

Ian

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