Re: John Leland's "suburbe"

Dave Postles (pot@leicester.ac.uk)
Mon, 23 Oct 1995 08:42:55 +0000

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The word would have come fairly directly from the Latin usage, but I
would be surprised if it's found applied to London much before Yorkist
times. I don't recall seeing it used pre-Henry VIII, but it's been a
long time since I've dealt with the period.

tlewis@praline.no.Neosoft.com
Terrance L. Lewis, PhD
History Program, Social Science Dept.
Southern University at New Orleans
homepage http://www.accesscom.net/lewis/

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