hi all
i was hunting for some one called james baptised around 1685 in hampshire and came accros a Jacobus around the right time.
doing a little digging i found
A Jacobus is an English gold coin of the reign of James I, worth 25 shillings.[1] The name of the coin comes from the Latin inscription surrounding the King's head on the obverse of the coin, IACOBUS D G MAG BRIT FRA ET HI REX (James by the grace of God ruler of Britain, France, and Ireland, King).
further hunting led to a very informative article on
http://www.from-ireland.net/irish-names/latin-names-in-engli...which has a very handy explanation and name list for Latin / English name usage and well worth book marking
perhaps some of you could add your own variations for names here that will be useful to us all
just a few i picked out for this message are
Jacobus = James or Jacob
Adalbertus = Albert or George
Gratia = Grace
Samuelem = Samuel
so if you are looking for that alousife record try looking for the name from the above article