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Swet

Discussion of the name

Swet is an Old English masculine name derived from OE swēte ‘sweet’.

There are six entries for Swet in the PASE corpus: Swet 1 is a catch-all category for occurrences of this name in DB; Swet 2-5 represent one or more Bedford moneyers fl. 1029-1059; and Swet 6 was a Dorchester moneyer fl. 1017-36.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Suet, Suetth

Spellings in Exon: Sueta, Suettus, Suetus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Swēt

  Phillimore edition: Sweet

  Alecto edition: Swet

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. 15,51	Vill Hareston	DB Spelling Suet	Holder 1066 Swet 'of Hareston'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant Reynold de Vautortes	Fiscal Value 0.75	1066 Value 0.75	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence A	Map
Shire Somerset	Phil. ref. 19,14	Vill Stoke sub Hamdon	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 Swet 'of Moortown'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant Robert fitzIvo	Fiscal Value 0.63	1066 Value 0.67	1086 Value 0.67	Confidence B	Map
Shire Somerset	Phil. ref. 21,55	Vill Moortown	DB Spelling Suetth	Holder 1066 Swet 'of Moortown'	Lord 1066 Leofweard, abbot of Muchelney	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Courseulles	1086 Subtenant Ogis	Fiscal Value 1.13	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Swet 7 - Swet ‘of Hareston’ (Devon), fl. 1066
• Swet 8 - Swet ‘of Moortown’ (Som.), fl. 1066