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Seisyll
Male
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Discussion of the name
Seisyll is a Welsh masculine name, common in Wales throughout the earlier and central Middle Ages (Bartrum 1974: V, 78, 172–3; Davies 1979: index; Pryce 2005: index).Although von Feilitzen (1937: 351) was technically correct that the form Seisi could represent OE Saxi, his convoluted explanation is unnecessary in light of the identification of Seisyll 2.
Bibliography
Bartrum 1974: Welsh Genealogies, A.D. 300–1400, comp. Peter Clement Bartrum, 8 vols (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1974)Davies 1979: Wendy Davies, The Llandaff Charters (Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1979)
Pryce 2005: The Acts of Welsh Rulers, 1120–1283, ed. Huw Pryce with Charles Insley (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2005)
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: Saisi, SaissilForms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms: Saissil
Phillimore edition: Seisyll
Alecto edition: Saissil
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herefordshire | 24,11 | Lyde | Saisi | Seisyll 'of Staunton on Arrow' | - | Osbern fitzRichard | Roger de Lacy | 2.00 | 1.25 | 1.50 | C | Map |
| Herefordshire | 24,8 | Staunton on Arrow | Saissil | Seisyll 'of Staunton on Arrow' | - | Osbern fitzRichard | Drew fitzPons | 4.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | C | Map |
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