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Algeard

Discussion of the name

It is not clear which of two masculine OE names the spellings Eliard and Eliert represent: Ælfgeard (from ælf ‘elf’ and geard ‘protector’) or Æthelgeard (from æthel ‘noble, famous’ and geard) (von Feilitzen 1937: 146). The DB name is therefore left unresolved.

Both potential sources for the name are currently represented in PASE, and both are found in the regions of England where the DB name occurs. The names Ælfgeard and Æthelgeard were undoubtedly current in both the Welsh borders and Berkshire, though neither seems to have been common among the social groups represented in the corpus.

Alecto renders the name Algeard; Phillimore uses Algeard in Shropshire and the eccentric spelling Alfyard in Berkshire.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Eliard, Eliert

Forms in modern scholarship:

von Feilitzen head forms: Algeard

Phillimore edition: Alfyard, Algeard

Alecto edition: Algeard

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 Shropshire	Phil. ref. 4,3,13	Vill Brockton	DB Spelling Eliard	Holder 1066 Algeard 'of Brockton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger, earl	1086 Subtenant Reynold de Bailleul	Fiscal Value 0.67	1066 Value 0.47	1086 Value 0.25	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Algeard 2 - Algeard ‘of Brockton’ (Salop.), fl. 1066
• Algeard 3 - Algeard ‘of Lyford’ (Berks.), d. before 1066