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Morcenou

Discussion of the name

Morcenou is an Old Welsh masculine name derived from Morcant-nou ‘son of Morcant’ (von Feilitzen 1937: 329; Jackson 1953: 370, 496-7).

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

Bibliography

von Feilitzen 1937: O. von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book (Uppsala, 1937)

Jackson 1953: K. Jackson, Language and History in Early Britain (Edinburgh, 1953)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Morganau

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Morganau

  Phillimore edition: Morganwy

  Alecto edition: Morganau

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 Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 37,2	Vill English Bicknor	DB Spelling Morganau	Holder 1066 Morcenou 'of Bicknor'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William fitzNorman	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.25	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Morcenou 2 - Morcenou ‘of Bicknor’ (Glos.), fl. 1066