What is the origin of the name Davenant?
perhaps a variant of Avenant (see Avent) to which the Old French preposition de d' was prefixed to give it the appearance of a Norman locative name and thus the status [...]
Class-book of English literature, with biographical sketches, critical notices, and illustrative extracts
...Sir William Davenant (1605-1668) was the successor of Beu Jonson as poet-laureate, and author of Gondibert,... (United States - 1668)
...Sir William Davenant (1605-1668) was the successor of Beu Jonson as poet-laureate, and author of Gondibert,... (United States - 1668)
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Class-book of English literature, with biographical sketches, critical notices, and illustrative extracts
...succeeded Sir William Davenant as poet-laureate. In Heroic Stanzas to the Memory of Cromwell, he had paid... (United States - 1631)
...succeeded Sir William Davenant as poet-laureate. In Heroic Stanzas to the Memory of Cromwell, he had paid... (United States - 1631)
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Class-book of English literature, with biographical sketches, critical notices, and illustrative extracts
What is the origin of the name Davenant?
perhaps a variant of Avenant (see Avent) to which the Old French preposition de d' was prefixed to give it the appearance of a Norman locative name and thus the status [...]