Places of first publication; Cecily Clark - an appreciation; Cecily Clark - curriculum vitae; the published writings of Cecily Clark. Part 1 History, literature and language - five studies: the narrative mode of "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" before the Conquest; on dating "The Battle of Maldon" - certain evidence reviewed; "Certains aspects de l'hagiographie anglo-latine de l'Angleterre anglo-normande"; "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" - characterization by syntax; women in England after 1066 - the factual evidence. Part 2 Essays in onomastics: principles and methodology - Clark's first three laws of applied anthroponymics, "certains elements francais de l'anthroponymie anglaise du Moyen Age - essai methodologique", historical linguistics - linguistic archaeology, socio-economic status and individual identity - essential factors in the analysis of Middle English personal naming; post-Conquest England general studies - women's names in post-Conquest England observations and speculations, "Willelmus rex? vel alius Willelmus?", towards a reassessment of Anglo-Norman influence on English place-names, Domesday Book thoughts on some 11th-century orthographies, the myth of the Anglo-Norman scribe; post-Conquest England case studies - people and languages in post-Conquest Canterbury, some early Canterbury surnames, battle c1110 an anthroponymist looks at an Anglo-Norman new town, early personal names of King's Lynn, baptismal names and by-names; the "liber vitae" of Thorney Abbey - British Library additional MS 40,000 ff1v-12r, the "Liber Vitae" of Thorney Abbey and its catchment area, a witness to post-Conquest English cultural patterns the "Liber Vitae" of Thorney Abbey; diversions and reviews - nickname creation, some sources of evidence, "naive" memoirs especially, the "Codretum" at Little Roborough; reviews - "The Origin of English Surnames", "Naming Names: Stories of Pseudonyms and Name Changes", "Who's Who", "Dictionary of Trade Name Origins", "Surnames and Genetic Structure, "The Surnames of Sussex".
