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Wulfhelm

Gender: Male

Author: DWP

Editorial Status: 4 of 5

Discussion of the name

Wulfhelm is an Old English masculine name comprising the elements wulf ‘wolf’ and helm ‘protection, helmet’.

There are 38 entries for Wulfhelm in the PASE corpus, of whom eight were moneyers and all but three pre-date c.1000, the exceptions being Wulfhelm 30, a catch-all category for occurrences of this name in DB, and Wulfhelm 31 and Wulfhelm 33, early eleventh-century moneyers at Cadbury and Ilchester respectively. In addition to these, a Wlfelmus occurs in a list of sureties in Liber Eliensis (f45).

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Vlfel, Vlfelm(us)

Forms in modern scholarship:

von Feilitzen head forms: Wulfhelm

Phillimore edition: Wulfhelm

Alecto edition: Wulfhelm

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. 32,5	Vill Tibberton	DB Spelling Vlfelmus	Holder 1066 Wulfhelm 'of Tibberton'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William fitzBaderon	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 5.00	1066 Value 6.50	1086 Value 5.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 39,3	Vill Carswall	DB Spelling Vlfel	Holder 1066 Wulfhelm 'of Tibberton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Lacy	1086 Subtenant Odo 'of Carswall'	Fiscal Value 1.25	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 68,12	Vill Pauntley	DB Spelling Vlfel	Holder 1066 Wulfhelm 'of Tibberton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ansfrid de Cormeilles	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.39	1086 Value 0.44	Confidence B	Map
Shire Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 68,12	Vill Kilcot	DB Spelling Vlfel	Holder 1066 Wulfhelm 'of Tibberton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ansfrid de Cormeilles	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.33	1066 Value 0.26	1086 Value 0.30	Confidence B	Map
Shire Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 68,12	Vill Ketford	DB Spelling Vlfel	Holder 1066 Wulfhelm 'of Tibberton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ansfrid de Cormeilles	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.33	1066 Value 0.26	1086 Value 0.30	Confidence B	Map
Shire Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 68,12	Vill Hayes	DB Spelling Vlfel	Holder 1066 Wulfhelm 'of Tibberton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ansfrid de Cormeilles	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.33	1066 Value 0.26	1086 Value 0.30	Confidence B	Map
Shire Staffordshire	Phil. ref. 17,15	Vill Weston-upon-Trent	DB Spelling Vlfelm	Holder 1066 Wulfhelm 'of Weston'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Sperrir 'of Weston-upon-Trent'	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.13	1066 Value 0.10	1086 Value 0.10	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name