The authority on old word usage is the Oxford English Dictionary, available in most major libraries. My 1979 Compact Edition gives these examples for the first meaning: 1535 Stewart, <ital>Cron Scot<unital> II 354 Calit Gillelmus alias Gilmour 1605 Camden, <ital>Rem<unital> (1614) 147 An <ital>Alias<unital> or double name cannot prejudice the honest 1607 Shaks, <ital>Coriel<unital> II i 48 Violent teste Magistrates (alias Fooles) [Act II, scene 1 line 48?] The second meaning may be of help: <ital>Law.<unital> A second or further writ issued after a first had failed of its effect, so called from the words [Latin] (as we on another occasion command) which occurred in it. <ital>Obs.<unital> The first following example is meaningless to me but the book is open and the magnifying glass at hand, so here it is: 1672 Manley, <ital>Interpr., Alias<unital> Vide <ital>Capias alias.<unital> 1714 Sir W. Scroggs <ital>Pract. Courts<unital> (ed 3) 173 Then the Plaintiff may have an alias. Apologies for my inability to provide italicized text properly. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Honor Conklin" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 8:31 AM Subject: Alias, meaning of > Please excuse the cross posting. > > I would like to find out the various situations that the use of "alias" might be applied in the 1600s. Does anyone know of a good reference source on this or perhaps be able to give examples? I have seen it in English parish registers and in the Lloyd papers. I am wondering if the example below meant that Leverett represented and or signed for Hudson, as I believe they were two distinct people: > > ...Lloyd Papers... p. 15. of a document of 1665 is witnessed: > > "Jno: Hudson allias John Leverrett" > > Honor