[PW] Re: Launoy

[John P. Dyson]

Quoting Dennis Lien <Dennis.K.Lien-1 at tc.umn.edu>:

> Thanks to all who helped on the French proto-helicopter inventor
> Lannoy question.  My client is appreciative; he's also found a
> couple more scraps of information, in case anyone is interested:

[snip]

Denny, this may be of little help, but Launoy is an old French spelling 
of l'aunaie, an alder grove. It is a common place name in France, but 
is also a demesne name. If your man Launoy was a nobleman and he was 
sieur de Launoy, then Launoy wouldn't have been his name at all, but 
his title.

At least this might be another avenue in which to search for him.

John Dyson