Table of Contents


Introduction

What Surname Sources Say about the Farthing Surname......p. 2.

The Farthegn Moneyers......p.3.

A Corpus of the Farthegn Coins (photographs over over 50 coins minted by men named Farthegn)

History of the Farthing Surname......p.6.

A List of 'Ferthings'......p.12a.

A List of Toponymical 'Ferthings'......p.12d.

Thomas Farthing, Renaissance Musician and Composer......p 12e.

Paying a Ferthing in Tax......p. 12g.

Frequency Studies and the Farthing Surname......p.13.

English Surnames Derived Solely from Personal Names......p. 14.

What Scholars Say About English Personal Names......p.17.

The Nature of Thegns......p.19.

A Few Words About the Normans......p.19.

The Founding of Farthingstone......p.21.

The Farthegn Rune Stones......p.24.

The Legend of King Farthegn......p. 27

A Map of Farthegn's Manor at Farthegnstad......p.28.

A Map of Karmoy......p.28a.

Norwegian Places Founded by Men Named Farthegn......p.29.

What Did the Vikings Look Like?......p.29a.

Odds and Ends......p.30.

Farthegn's Tun and the Danelaw......p.31.

The Myth of 'Saxon' England......p.33.

The Facts About English......p.39.

Turning Angles into Angels ......p.42.

How the Angles Got Their Name......p.42A.

The Real Anglian Homelands......p.42B.

The Anglian Power Center......p.42D.

Votive Deposits......p.42E.

Widsith! The World of the English Before Their Was An England......p.43.

Cast Saucer Brooches......p.45.

The Quoit Brooch During the Migration Period in England

A Map of the Quoit Brooch in Southern England

Archaeological Artifacts in Migration Period England......p.46.

A Dane's Lament

The Frisian Connection

Frisian Place-Names in England

English and Frisian DNA

Anglo-Frisian Pottery in England and Frisia