Yorkist Christian names

Has anyone ever done a survey on the prevalence of Yorkist Christian
names in England in the Tudor and Stuart periods ? In tracing my
ancestry back to the end of the Civil War in the early 1660s, my
earliest known ancestor was an Edward and he had sons called Thomas,
Richard, William and Abraham - at that time they were living in the
Ashbourne area of Derbyshire. Now while you couldn't turn round in the
early Tudor court without tripping over someone called Thomas, and
Edward was favoured there, one suspects that Richard was not a name
that would have been too popular then. It obviously was still in use -
e.g. Richard Burbage the actor - but one would imagine a dip in
popularity, at least in the south of England. I am intrigued to know
if anything can be gleaned from my family's choice of names - were
they descended from Yorkist followers (hence the Edward and Richard),
religious (hence the Thomas and Abraham), or did they just choose
their names more-or-less at random, as we tend to today. Any
suggestions for publications covering this topic ?

Richard G

--- In , "rgcorris"
<RSG_Corris@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone ever done a survey on the prevalence of Yorkist
Christian
> names in England in the Tudor and Stuart periods ? In tracing my
> ancestry back to the end of the Civil War in the early 1660s, my
> earliest known ancestor was an Edward and he had sons called
Thomas,
> Richard, William and Abraham - at that time they were living in the
> Ashbourne area of Derbyshire. Now while you couldn't turn round in
the
> early Tudor court without tripping over someone called Thomas, and
> Edward was favoured there, one suspects that Richard was not a name
> that would have been too popular then. It obviously was still in
use -
> e.g. Richard Burbage the actor - but one would imagine a dip in
> popularity, at least in the south of England. I am intrigued to
know
> if anything can be gleaned from my family's choice of names - were
> they descended from Yorkist followers (hence the Edward and
Richard),
> religious (hence the Thomas and Abraham), or did they just choose
> their names more-or-less at random, as we tend to today. Any
> suggestions for publications covering this topic ?
>
> Richard G
>
In the House of York, born after Bosworth Day:

Richard Stafford (one of Ursula Pole's sons and brother of Thomas);
Richard Cromwell was Head of State for a year!

Edward Stafford (his brother and 3rd Baron); his son and grandson
were also Edward. So was the 3rd Earl of Rutland and I am sure there
were others.