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    Grimkil
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    Discussion of the name
A provisional attempt has been made to identify the people recorded in Domesday Book who bore this name; however, the material remains to be checked and edited, and profiles of these people remain to be written.Forms of the name
Spellings in Domesday Book: Grichel, Grichellus, Grichetel, Grichil, Griketel, Grimchel, Grimchetel, Grimchil, Grimchitel, Grinchel, Grinchet, Grinchetel, GrinchilForms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms:
Phillimore edition:
Alecto edition:
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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire | 24,1 | Handley | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Handley' | - | Hugh, earl | Osbern fitzTezzo | 1.00 | 0.67 | 0.75 | - | Map | 
| Essex | 32,42 | Shortgrove | Grichellus | Grimkil 'of Shortgrove' | - | Robert Gernon | Robert de Verly | 1.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | - | Map | 
| Essex | 32,43 | Arkesdon | Grichellus | Grimkil 'of Shortgrove' | - | Robert Gernon | Picot of Cambridge | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | - | Map | 
| Herefordshire | 9,17 | Birley | Grinchetel | Grimkil 'of Birley' | - | Ralph de Mortimer | Richard de Barre | 0.50 | 0.15 | 0.15 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 14,6 | Thrunscoe in Cleethorpes | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Ivo Taillebois | Wimund 'of North Ormsby' | 0.63 | 1.00 | 1.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 14,7 | North Willingham | - | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Ivo Taillebois | - | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 16,35 | Audleby | Grichil | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Roger the Poitevin | Blanchard 'of Nettleton' | 0.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 16,44 | Nettleton | Grichil | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Roger the Poitevin | Blanchard 'of Nettleton' | 5.00 | 2.00 | 1.50 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 22,31 | Owmby | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | William de Percy | William de Coleville | 2.38 | 2.00 | 3.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 22,32 | Stainton le Vale | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | William de Percy | Alulf 'of Elvington' | 0.50 | 1.50 | 2.50 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 22,8 | Cabourn | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | William de Percy | Norman d'Arcy | 1.00 | 1.50 | 1.30 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 22,9 | Cuxwold | - | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | William de Percy | Norman d'Arcy | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 25,1 | Bonby | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | - | 0.75 | 1.00 | 1.50 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 25,10 | Cuxwold | - | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | - | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 25,11 | Croxton | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | Hamelin 'of Croxton' | 0.50 | 2.00 | 2.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 25,12 | North Thoresby and Audby in North Thoresby | - | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | - | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 25,2 | Worlaby near Elsham | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | Ralph 'the man of Hugh fitzBaldric' | 0.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 25,9 | Cabourn | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | - | 2.44 | 1.50 | 3.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 27,14 | Rothwell | Grinchil | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Alfred of Lincoln | Gleu | 2.06 | 2.00 | 1.50 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 27,7 | Linwood | Grichel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Alfred of Lincoln | - | 0.50 | 1.10 | 0.83 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 27,8 | Middle Rasen | - | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Alfred of Lincoln | - | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 27,9 | Market Rasen | - | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Alfred of Lincoln | - | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 29,22 | Candlesby | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Eudo fitzSpirewic | - | 2.25 | 2.70 | 4.03 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 29,23 | Addlethorpe | - | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Eudo fitzSpirewic | - | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 29,24 | Tric in Skegness | - | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Eudo fitzSpirewic | - | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 29,25 | Burgh le Marsh | - | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Eudo fitzSpirewic | - | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 32,4 | Keelby | Grimchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Norman d'Arcy | Geoffrey 'the man of Norman d'Arcy' | 5.30 | 2.00 | 2.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 32,5 | Coates Great or Little | - | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Norman d'Arcy | Richard de Barre | 0.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 32,7 | Thorganby | Grinchil | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Norman d'Arcy | Gamelin 'of Thorganby' | 1.75 | 2.00 | 2.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 3,40 | West Ravendale | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | William de Saint-Calais, bishop of Durham | Walbert 'of Wold Newton' | 0.25 | 1.00 | 0.25 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 35,16 | Scawby | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Ralph Paynel | - | 3.25 | 3.00 | 2.50 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 35,2 | Broughton | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Ralph Paynel | - | 0.88 | 2.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 3,7 | Wold Newton | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | William de Saint-Calais, bishop of Durham | Walbert 'of Wold Newton' | 1.38 | 5.00 | 1.50 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 4,43 | Great Sturton | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Odo, bishop of Bayeux | Ilbert de Lacy | 3.25 | 2.00 | 2.50 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 4,44 | Ranby | - | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Odo, bishop of Bayeux | - | 1.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 4,45 | Burreth in Tupholme | - | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Odo, bishop of Bayeux | - | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | 47,1 | Willoughton | Grichel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | Waldin the engineer | - | 2.19 | 3.14 | 2.69 | - | Map | 
| Lincolnshire | CW12 | - | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Wold Newton' | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Norfolk | 8,123 | Mundesley | Griketel | Grimkil 'of Mundesley' | - | William de Warenne | - | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.20 | - | Map | 
| Norfolk | 8,123 | Mundesley | - | Grimkil 'of Mundesley' | - | William de Warenne | - | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Nottinghamshire | 10,33 | Newthorpe | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Watnall' | - | William Peverel | - | 0.88 | 0.25 | 0.10 | - | Map | 
| Nottinghamshire | 10,43 | Watnall | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Watnall' | - | William Peverel | Grimkil 'of Watnall' | 1.00 | 1.14 | 1.14 | - | Map | 
| Nottinghamshire | 10,47 | Kimberley | Grimchitel | Grimkil 'of Watnall' | - | William Peverel | - | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.25 | - | Map | 
| Nottinghamshire | 10,62 | Newthorpe | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Watnall' | - | William Peverel | - | 0.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Nottinghamshire | 10,63 | Newthorpe | - | Grimkil 'of Watnall' | - | William Peverel | - | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Nottinghamshire | 9,126 | Clayworth | Grinchil | Grimkil 'of Bilby' | - | Roger de Bully | Fulk de Lisors | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.25 | - | Map | 
| Nottinghamshire | 9,45 | Bilby | Grimchel | Grimkil 'of Bilby' | - | Roger de Bully | Ingram 'of Bilby' | 0.75 | 2.00 | 1.00 | - | Map | 
| Shropshire | 4,14,7 | Coton | Grichetel | Grimkil 'of Coton' | - | Roger, earl | William Pantulf | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.30 | - | Map | 
| Warwickshire | 18,1 | Hillmorton | Grinchet | Grimkil 'of Hillmorton' | - | Hugh de Grandmesnil | - | 0.58 | 0.50 | 0.75 | - | Map | 
| Yorkshire | 14E19 | Holmpton | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Sutton-on-Hull' | - | Drew de la Beuvrière | Walter 'the man of Drew de la Beuvrière' | 1.33 | 1.33 | 0.17 | - | Map | 
| Yorkshire | 14E46 | Sutton-on-Hull | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Sutton-on-Hull' | - | Drew de la Beuvrière | Lambert 'of Sutton-on-Hull' | 3.25 | 2.00 | 2.00 | - | Map | 
| Yorkshire | 1E33 | Thwing | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Thwing' | - | William, king | - | 1.13 | 1.50 | 1.50 | - | Map | 
| Yorkshire | 9W5 | Sturton | Grimchil | Grimkil 'of Sturton' | - | Ilbert de Lacy | Ralph Paynel | 5.00 | 1.50 | 2.00 | - | Map | 
| Yorkshire | C12 | York | Grimchetel | Grimkil 'of York' | - | William, king | Robert Malet | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
| Yorkshire | CE51 | Northorpe | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Sutton-on-Hull' | - | Drew de la Beuvrière | - | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map | 
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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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herefordshire | 1,71 | Rowden | Grichetel | Grim 'of Rowden' | - | William, king | Grimkil 'of Rowden' | 1.00 | 0.60 | 0.50 | - | Map | 
| Nottinghamshire | 10,43 | Watnall | Grinchel | Grimkil 'of Watnall' | - | William Peverel | Grimkil 'of Watnall' | 1.00 | 1.14 | 1.14 | - | Map | 
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People of this name
- Grimkil 1 - Grimkil ‘of Handley’, fl. 1066
 - Grimkil 2 - Grimkil ‘of Shortgrove’, fl. 1066
 - Grimkil 4 - Grimkil ‘of Birley’, fl. 1066
 - Grimkil 5 - Grimkil ‘of Wold Newton’, fl. 1066
 - Grimkil 6 - Grimkil ‘of Mundesley’, fl. 1066
 - Grimkil 7 - Grimkil ‘of Bilby’, fl. 1066
 - Grimkil 8 - Grimkil ‘of Watnall’, fl. 1066
 - Grimkil 9 - Grimkil ‘of Coton’, fl. 1066
 - Grimkil 10 - Grimkil ‘of Hillmorton’, fl. 1066
 - Grimkil 11 - Grimkil ‘of York’, fl. 1066
 - Grimkil 12 - Grimkil ‘of Thwing’, fl. 1066
 - Grimkil 13 - Grimkil ‘of Sturton’, fl. 1066
 - Grimkil 14 - Grimkil ‘of Sutton-on-Hull’, fl. 1066
 - Grimkil 15 - Grimketil ‘of Rowden’, fl. 1086