Engelbert

Male
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Discussion of the name

Engelbert is a Continental Germanic masculine name comprising the elements Engel, from the folk-name Angle but subject to confusion with Ingel, and beraht ‘light, bright’ (Forssner 1916: 70-2; Smart 2009: 144-5).

The only entries in the PASE corpus are for Engelbert 1, a catch-all for occurrences in DB, and for Ingalbert 1-4, representing moneyers active between 925 and 972.

Bibliography

Forssner 1916: Thorvald Forssner, Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England in Old and Middle English Times (Uppsala, 1916)

V. Smart, ‘Economic migrants? Continental moneyers’ names on the tenth-century English coinage’, Nomina 32 (2009), 113-56

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: Engelbricus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Engelbert

  Phillimore edition: Engelbert

  Alecto edition: Engelbert

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

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

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
Dorset 2,6 Sherborne Ingelbertus Eadgyth, queen (aka Queen Edith) - Osmund, bishop of Salisbury Engelbert 'of Sherborne' 5.00 5.51 5.51 - Map
Middlesex 3,6 Stepney Engelbricus Engelbert, canon of St Paul's William, bishop of London Maurice, bishop of London Engelbert, canon of St Paul's, London 1.25 2.50 2.00 B Map
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