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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by GWRC[/i] [br]I was reading Antonia FRASER`s excellent book on the subject last night when I discovered that Guy FAWKES`s mother`s maiden name was JACKSON. Both my grandfathers were named John but everyone in those days called them Jack. Jack of course is a derivitive of John. In the olden days, the son of Jack or John would be known as JACKSON or JOHNSON. When opening a bank account recently my wife was asked to invent a password and the maiden name of her mother was suggested. Did FAWKES take his mother`s maiden name and from it invent the alias John JOHNSON ? Not vitally important in itself, but if it is correct, I find it fascinating to imagine that this very thought process would have been going through his mind at some time about something so mundane and everyday. A bit like how much milk should one put in one`s coffee etc. ? On that note, I can hear the kettle in the kitchen ! [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.