Wynric

Male
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Discussion of the name

Wynric is an Old English masculine name formed from the elements wynn, ‘joy, rapture, pleasure’, and rīc, ‘ruler’ (von Feilitzen 1937: 429). The second element is very common in personal names, the first very rare, and no other persons called Wynric are currently recorded in PASE.

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: Wenric(us)

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Wynrīc

  Phillimore edition: Wynric (Berks., Glos., Herefs.), Wenric (Oxon.)

  Alecto edition: Wynric

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 33,1 Wincot Wenric Wynric 'of Wincot' - William the chamberlain - 3.00 4.00 4.00 A Map
Herefordshire 10,65 Sawbury Wenric Wynric 'of Sawbury' - Roger de Lacy Hugh de Lacy 0.63 0.00 0.00 A Map
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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
Berkshire 7,34 Chilton Wenricus Blæcmann the priest Harold, earl Reynold, abbot of Abingdon Wynric 5.00 0.00 0.00 A Map
Oxfordshire 9,3 Sandford Wenricus Blæcmann the priest Ordric, abbot of Abingdon Reynold, abbot of Abingdon Wynric 10.00 8.00 3.00 A Map
Oxfordshire 9,5 Sandford Wenricus Ordric, abbot of Abingdon - Reynold, abbot of Abingdon Wynric 4.00 2.00 2.00 A Map
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