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Bera

Discussion of the name

Bera is probably an Old English masculine name equivalent to OE bera ‘bear’; it is not otherwise recorded except as a post-Conquest byname, although it is possible that occurs in some place-names.

The only entry in the PASE corpus is that for Bera 1, a catch-all category for occurrences of this name in DB.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Bere

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Bera

  Phillimore edition: Bear

  Alecto edition: Bera

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 Devon	Phil. ref. 51,9	Vill Ilsham	DB Spelling Bere	Holder 1066 Bera 'of Ilsham'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William the usher	1086 Subtenant Roger 'of Ilsham'	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Bera 2 - Bera ‘of Ilsham’ (Devon), fl. 1066