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Emma

Discussion of the name

Emma is a Continental Germanic feminine name originating as a hypochoristic form of a compound name with *ermana ‘forceful’ as the first element (Forssner 1916: 69).

There are three entries in the PASE corpus: Emma 1 was an early seventh-century queen in Kent; Emma 2 was the wife of Æthelræd 32 and Cnut 3 who died in 1052; and Emma 3 was the wife of Earl Ralph 3, a post-Conquest instance.

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: Imma

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Emma

  Phillimore edition: Emma

  Alecto edition: Emma

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

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 Devon	Phil. ref. 44,1	Vill Ashton	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 Almær 'of Ashton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Emma, wife of Hervey de Helléan	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.13	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence -	Map
Shire Devon	Phil. ref. 44,1	Vill Ashton	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 2 thegns	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Emma, wife of Hervey de Helléan	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.53	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence -	Map
Shire Devon	Phil. ref. 44,2	Vill Hackworthy	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 Eadric 'of Hackworthy'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Emma, wife of Hervey de Helléan	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence -	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Subtenant in 1086

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. 16,128	Vill Bridford	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 Beohtric 'of Bratton Clovelly'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Baldwin the sheriff	1086 Subtenant Emma, wife of Baldwin the sheriff	Fiscal Value 2.00	1066 Value 1.50	1086 Value 2.00	Confidence -	Map
Shire Devon	Phil. ref. 16,94	Vill Whimple	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 Almær 'of Larkbeare'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Baldwin the sheriff	1086 Subtenant Emma, wife of Baldwin the sheriff	Fiscal Value 1.75	1066 Value 6.00	1086 Value 10.00	Confidence -	Map
Shire Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 39,18	Vill Siddington	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 Leofwine 'of Siddington'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Lacy	1086 Subtenant Emma, mother of Roger de Lacy	Fiscal Value 3.00	1066 Value 4.00	1086 Value 4.50	Confidence -	Map
Shire Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 39,18	Vill Siddington	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 Godric 'of Ampney'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Lacy	1086 Subtenant Emma, mother of Roger de Lacy	Fiscal Value 3.00	1066 Value 4.00	1086 Value 4.50	Confidence -	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Emma 2 - Emma ‘of Normandy’, queen  (d. 1052)
• Emma 4 - Emma, wife of Hervey de Helléan, fl. 1086
• Emma 5 - Emma, wife of Baldwin the sheriff, fl. 1086
• Emma 6 - Emma, mother of Roger de Lacy, fl. 1086