Appendix A

Alternate versions and image notes.

This appendix keeps the variations and supporting notes visible as part of the archival trail.

Variation in the spelling of the family name, including Vemys and Weems forms.

Differences in the description of the family seat, from fortress to coastal residence.

Alternate accounts of early family members, including Michael de Vemys.

Reconstructed passage notes used to preserve continuity in the record.

Independence-era references and shifting alliances with the crown.

Family alliances and marriage-contract variations.

Reformation-era context and the castle as a cultural as well as military site.

Later historical transcription notes from the archival trail.

Family seat and landholding variations across alternate texts.

Alternate appendix summary and version control note.