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Reuer

Discussion of the name

The name Reuer, not recorded anywhere except DB, has baffled all commentators, who have agreed that it was probably Welsh and have drawn attention to the vaguely similar Welsh names Rebur(us) (Redin 1919: 35) and Rewruin (von Feilitzen 1937: 348). To them might be added two earlier names from south-east Wales, Riuoret (occurs c. 758) and Reuelgur or Riuelgur (occurs c. 925–35) (Davies 1979: index).

An alternative and highly speculative suggestion for the origin of the name is made in the profile of Reuer 2.

Bibliography

Davies 1979: Wendy Davies, The Llandaff Charters (Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1979)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Reuer

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Reuer

  Phillimore edition: Rever

  Alecto edition: Reuer

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 Herefordshire	Phil. ref. 21,6	Vill Bullinghope	DB Spelling Reuer	Holder 1066 Reuer 'of Bullinghope'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ansfrid de Cormeilles	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 2.00	1066 Value 2.50	1086 Value 2.50	Confidence A	Map
Shire Herefordshire	Phil. ref. 22,8	Vill Litley	DB Spelling Reuer	Holder 1066 Reuer 'of Bullinghope'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Durand of Gloucester	1086 Subtenant Widard 'of Rochford'	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.38	1086 Value 0.25	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Reuer 2 - Reuer ‘of Bullinghope’ (Herefs.), fl. 1066