Thank you Shona! I had assumed this was silly drivel that a programme like More or Less would knock on the head, rather than perpetuate.
The number of Medieval surnames is vastly greater than those in existence today: an indication of the number of families who failed.
On the other hand, I am a distant cousin of Richard III (on the assumption that he was related to Edward I) and my family is completely ordinary for the last couple of centuries.
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