Matauc

Male
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Discussion of the name

Matauc is an Old Welsh masculine name (Förster 1921: 187; Jackson 1953: 296).

There are no pre-Domesday occurrences of this name in the PASE corpus.

Bibliography

Förster 1921: M. Förster, ‘Keltisches Wortgut im Englischen’, in Texte und Forschungen zur englischen Kulturgeschicte: Festgabe für Felix Leibermann (Halle, 1921)

Jackson 1953: K. Jackson, Language and History in Early Britain (Edinburgh, 1953)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Madoch

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Matōc

  Phillimore edition: Madog

  Alecto edition: Matoc

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire Phil. ref. Vill DB Spelling Holder 1066 Lord 1066 Tenant-in-Chief 1086 1086 Subtenant Fiscal Value 1066 Value 1086 Value Conf. Show on Map
Gloucestershire 78,17 Rudford Madoch Matauc 'of Rudford' - Matauc 'of Rudford' - 2.00 2.00 2.00 A
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Tenant-in-Chief 1086 demesne estates (no subtenants)

Shire Phil. ref. Vill DB Spelling Holder 1066 Lord 1066 Tenant-in-Chief 1086 1086 Subtenant Fiscal Value 1066 Value 1086 Value Conf. Show on Map
Gloucestershire 78,17 Rudford Madoch Matauc 'of Rudford' - Matauc 'of Rudford' - 2.00 2.00 2.00 A
Herefordshire 36,1 Ashperton Madoc Godric 'of Ashperton' - Matauc 'of Ashperton' - 1.00 0.75 0.75 -
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Subtenant in 1086

Shire Phil. ref. Vill DB Spelling Holder 1066 Lord 1066 Tenant-in-Chief 1086 1086 Subtenant Fiscal Value 1066 Value 1086 Value Conf. Show on Map
Shropshire 4,27,31 Halston? and Burtone - Siward the fat, son of Æthelgar - Roger, earl Matauc the man of Earl Roger 2.00 0.00 0.00 -
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