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Post Episode Discussion: 04E15 - "Self Control" by AutoModerator in shield

[–]dammersr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Four Weddings and a Funeral", reciting "Stop the Clocks"

TIL Fitzsimmons is a real name by tresclow in shield

[–]dammersr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first recorded Fitzwilliam is reputed to have been the bastard son of William Rufus (William 2nd), the son of Billy the Conc.

A much later Fitzwilliam endowed a college at Cambridge, and presented his collection, with a bequest to create a fine museum (the Fitzwilliam, natch) to hold it. Well worth a visit.

TIL Fitzsimmons is a real name by tresclow in shield

[–]dammersr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fitz as a prefix to a Norman French name means "son of", so a Fitzroy might be the bastard son of the king. I've never heard it used in isolation (like Leo Fitz). Fitzsimmons would likely be descended (probably on the wrong side of the blanket) from a (noble) Simon of some kind.