Werlin

Male
DWP
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Discussion of the name

Werlin is probably a Norman-French form of a Continental Germanic masculine name Werilin; the DB form is unrelated to those for Gerling (Forssner 1916: 251; von Feilitzen 1937: 260, 411).

There are no entries for this name in the PASE corpus.

Bibliography

Forssner 1916: T. Forssner, Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England (Uppsala, 1916)

von Feilitzen 1937: O. von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book (Uppsala, 1937)

Forms of the name

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
Wiltshire 8,11 Crudwell Guerlinus Werlin 'of Crudwell' Beorhtric, abbot of Malmesbury Warin, abbot of Malmesbury Everard 'of Crudwell' 3.00 4.00 4.00 B
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