Waland

Male
CPL
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Discussion of the name

Waland is a masculine Continental Germanic name, well recorded on French territory from the ninth century onwards (von Feilitzen 1937: 408; Morlet 1968: 215). The 1086 subtenant (Waland 3), whose name DB spelled Walannus, was presumably a Norman. The TRE landowner, who held from Westminster abbey’s great manor of Pershore (Worcs.) is harder to assess and is discussed below.

Bibliography

Morlet 1968: Marie-Thérèse Morlet, Les Noms de personne sur le territoire de l’ancienne Gaule du VIe au XIIe siècle, I: Les noms issus du germanique continental et les creations gallo-germaniques (Paris: Editions de Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1968)

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: Waland, Walannus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Waland

  Phillimore edition: Waland

  Alecto edition: Waland (TRE), Walan (1086)

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
Worcestershire 8,14 Dormston Waland Waland 'of Dormston' Edwin, abbot of Westminster Gilbert Crispin, abbot of Westminster William fitzCorbucion 5.00 4.50 4.50 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
Nottinghamshire 10,1 Colwick Walannus Godric 'of Langar' - William Peverel Waland 0.88 1.00 2.00 A Map
Totals