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Godgyth

Discussion of the name

A provisional attempt has been made to identify the people recorded in Domesday Book who bore this name; however, the material remains to be checked and edited, and profiles of these people remain to be written.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Goded, Godhit, Godid

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms:

  Phillimore edition:

  Alecto edition:

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
Shire Cheshire	Phil. ref. 20,12	Vill Tetton	DB Spelling Godid	Holder 1066 Godgyth 'of Tetton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Hugh, earl	1086 Subtenant Ranulph de Mesnilwarin	Fiscal Value 1.25	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence -	Map
Shire Cheshire	Phil. ref. 20,5	Vill Warford	DB Spelling Godid	Holder 1066 Godgyth 'of Tetton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Hugh, earl	1086 Subtenant Ranulph de Mesnilwarin	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.15	Confidence -	Map
Shire Cheshire	Phil. ref. 20,7	Vill Chapmonswiche	DB Spelling Godid	Holder 1066 Godgyth 'of Tetton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Hugh, earl	1086 Subtenant Ranulph de Mesnilwarin	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.00	Confidence -	Map
Shire Cheshire	Phil. ref. 20,8	Vill Ollerton	DB Spelling Godid	Holder 1066 Godgyth 'of Tetton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Hugh, earl	1086 Subtenant Ranulph de Mesnilwarin	Fiscal Value 0.13	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.00	Confidence -	Map
Shire Derbyshire	Phil. ref. 1,34	Vill Stoney Middleton	DB Spelling Goded	Holder 1066 Godgyth 'of Stoney Middleton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.30	1086 Value 0.30	Confidence -	Map
Shire Essex	Phil. ref. 30,26	Vill Hallingbury	DB Spelling Godid	Holder 1066 Godgyth the man of Esgar the staller	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Geoffrey de Mandeville	1086 Subtenant Hugh de Bernières	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.20	1086 Value 0.25	Confidence -	Map
Shire Essex	Phil. ref. 5,6	Vill Norton Mandeville	DB Spelling Godid	Holder 1066 Godgyth the man of Esgar the staller	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Maurice, bishop of London	1086 Subtenant unnamed canons of St Paul's, London	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence -	Map
Shire Hertfordshire	Phil. ref. 17,10	Vill Beauchamps	DB Spelling Godid	Holder 1066 Godgyth the man of Esgar the staller	Lord 1066 Esgar the staller	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Eustace, count	1086 Subtenant Rumold 'of Beauchamps'	Fiscal Value 2.00	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 1.50	Confidence -	Map
Shire Hertfordshire	Phil. ref. 17,14	Vill Hoddesdon	DB Spelling Godid	Holder 1066 Godgyth the man of Esgar the staller	Lord 1066 Esgar the staller	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Eustace, count	1086 Subtenant unnamed canons of St Martin le Grand, London	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 0.75	Confidence -	Map
Shire Hertfordshire	Phil. ref. 17,6	Vill Buntingford	DB Spelling Godid	Holder 1066 Godgyth the man of Esgar the staller	Lord 1066 Esgar the staller	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Eustace, count	1086 Subtenant Rumold 'of Beauchamps'	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence -	Map
Shire Hertfordshire	Phil. ref. 17,7	Vill Buntingford	DB Spelling Godid	Holder 1066 Godgyth the man of Esgar the staller	Lord 1066 Esgar the staller	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Eustace, count	1086 Subtenant 2 knights	Fiscal Value 0.17	1066 Value 0.20	1086 Value 0.15	Confidence -	Map
Shire Hertfordshire	Phil. ref. 33,13	Vill Hoddesdon	DB Spelling Godid	Holder 1066 Godgyth the man of Esgar the staller	Lord 1066 Esgar the staller	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Geoffrey de Mandeville	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence -	Map
Shire Hertfordshire	Phil. ref. 33,18	Vill Thorley	DB Spelling Godid	Holder 1066 Godgyth the man of Esgar the staller	Lord 1066 Esgar the staller	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Geoffrey de Mandeville	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 4.00	1066 Value 10.00	1086 Value 8.00	Confidence -	Map
Shire Shropshire	Phil. ref. 4,25,6	Vill Albrighton	DB Spelling Godhit	Holder 1066 Godgyth 'of Albrighton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger, earl	1086 Subtenant Norman the hunter	Fiscal Value 0.75	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.40	Confidence -	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Lord 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
Shire Hertfordshire	Phil. ref. 33,19	Vill Wickham	DB Spelling Godid	Holder 1066 1 sokeman	Lord 1066 Godgyth	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Geoffrey de Mandeville	1086 Subtenant 1 sokeman	Fiscal Value 0.07	1066 Value 0.07	1086 Value 0.07	Confidence -	Map
Shire Hertfordshire	Phil. ref. 4,23	Vill Thorley	DB Spelling Goded	Holder 1066 Eadsige 'of Thorley'	Lord 1066 Godgyth	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Maurice, bishop of London	1086 Subtenant Rodhere 'of Chaldean'	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 1.50	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence -	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

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
Shire Essex	Phil. ref. B3a	Vill Colchester	DB Spelling Godid	Holder 1066 -	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant Godgyth, burgess	Fiscal Value 0.12	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.00	Confidence -	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Sub-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
Shire Cheshire	Phil. ref. 20,5	Vill Warford	DB Spelling Godid	Holder 1066 Godgyth 'of Tetton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Hugh, earl	1086 Subtenant Ranulph de Mesnilwarin	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.15	Confidence -	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Godgyth 3 - Godgyth the man of Esgar the staller, fl. 1066
• Godgyth 4 - Godgyth ‘of Tetton’, fl. 1066x1086
• Godgyth 5 - Godgyth ‘of Stoney Middleton’, fl. 1066
• Godgyth 6 - Godgyth ‘of Albrighton’, fl. 1066
• Godgyth 7 - Godgyth, burgess, fl. 1086