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Burgnoth

Discussion of the name

Burgnoth is a masculine OE name formed from the common elements burg (‘fortification’) and nōð (‘bold’). The name is recorded only occasionally, the five instances currently in PASE clustering in the mid ninth century as charter witnesses in Kent in 844 and 858 (Burgnoth 1–2) and moneyers in Canterbury and London within the period 852–80 (Burgnoth 4–6) in a way which suggests that only one person may be involved. The only example in DB was also in Kent.

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: Burnod

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Burgnōð

  Phillimore edition: Burgnoth

  Alecto edition: Burgnoth

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 Kent	Phil. ref. 5,147	Vill Ernulfitone	DB Spelling Burnod	Holder 1066 Burgnoth 'of Ernulfitone'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Odo, bishop of Bayeux	1086 Subtenant Ansfrid Masculus	Fiscal Value 0.92	1066 Value 3.83	1086 Value 4.83	Confidence A	Map
Shire Kent	Phil. ref. 5,147	Vill Ernulfitone	DB Spelling Burnod	Holder 1066 Burgnoth 'of Ernulfitone'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Odo, bishop of Bayeux	1086 Subtenant Ansfrid Masculus	Fiscal Value 0.08	1066 Value 0.18	1086 Value 0.18	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Burgnoth 7 - Burgnoth ‘of Ernulfitone’ (Kent), fl. 1066