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Ealdhild

Discussion of the name

Ealdhild is an Old English feminine name comprising the elements eald ‘old, experienced, honoured’ and hild ‘war, combat’.

There are no pre-Domesday occurrences of this name in the PASE corpus.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Eldild, Eldille

Spellings in Exon: Eldillus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Ealdhild

  Phillimore edition: Aldhild, Ealdhild

  Alecto edition: Ealdhild

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. 19,44	Vill Membury	DB Spelling Eldille	Holder 1066 Ealdhild 'of Membury'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William Chevre	1086 Subtenant Warin 'of Ivedon'	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Tenant-in-Chief 1086 demesne estates (no subtenants)

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 Wiltshire	Phil. ref. 67,90	Vill Hilperton	DB Spelling Eldild	Holder 1066 unnamed husband of Ealdhild	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ealdhild, king's thegn	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.05	1066 Value 0.40	1086 Value 0.40	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Ealdhild 2 - Ealdhild ‘of Membury’ (Devon), fl. 1066
• Ealdhild 3 - Ealdhild ‘of Hilperton’ (Wilts.), fl. 1086