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Alfrith

Gender: Male

Author: DWP

Editorial Status: 4 of 5

Discussion of the name

Alfrith is probably a development of the Old English masculine name Æthelfrith, but a derivation from the names *Ælffrith, Ealdfrith or Ealhfrith is also formally possible; although the first element is therefore uncertain, the second is from OE frið ‘peace, security’ (von Feilitzen 1937: 142, 144, 183).

There are three entries for Alfrith in the PASE corpus, of which Alfrith 1 and Alfrith 2 occur before the mid-tenth century and Alfrith 3 is a catch-all for occurrences in DB. There are also thirty-nine entries for Æthelfrith, one for Ealdfrith and eight for Ealhfrith; there are none for Ælffrith.

Bibliography

von Feilitzen 1937: Olof von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Nomina Germanica 3 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1937)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Alferd, Elfridus

Forms in modern scholarship:

von Feilitzen head forms: Alfrið

Phillimore edition: Alfrith, Alfred

Alecto edition: Alfrith

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 Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 19,2	Vill Moreton in Marsh	DB Spelling Elfridus	Holder 1066 Alfrith 'of Moreton'	Lord 1066 Edwin, abbot of Westminster	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Gilbert Crispin, abbot of Westminster	1086 Subtenant Alfrith	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.48	1086 Value 0.39	Confidence B	Map
Shire Yorkshire	Phil. ref. 1E59	Vill Croome	DB Spelling Alferd	Holder 1066 Alfrith 'of Croom'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence B	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 Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 19,2	Vill Moreton in Marsh	DB Spelling Elfridus	Holder 1066 Alfrith 'of Moreton'	Lord 1066 Edwin, abbot of Westminster	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Gilbert Crispin, abbot of Westminster	1086 Subtenant Alfrith	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.48	1086 Value 0.39	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value