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Mærwynn
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Discussion of the name
Mærwynn is an Old English feminine name comprising the elements mære ‘famous, great’ and wynn ‘joy, rapture, pleasure’.The only entries in the PASE corpus are for Mærwynn 1, a late tenth-century abbess of Romsey, and Mærwynn 2, a catch-all for occurrences in DB.
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:Forms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms: Maruuen, Meruen(a)
Phillimore edition: Marwen, Merwen (Maerwynn in Index)
Alecto edition: Mærwynn
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | 13,2 | Biddenham | Maruuen | Mærwynn 'of Biddenham' | - | unnamed canons of Bedford | Ansfrid the canon | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.15 | C | Map |
| Essex | 65,1 | Elsenham | Meruena | Mærwynn 'of Elsenham' | - | John nephew of Waleran | - | 4.00 | 6.00 | 8.00 | B | Map |
| Hampshire | 23,33 | Boarhunt | Meruen | Mærwynn 'of Boarhunt' | Edward, king | Hugh de Port | Tezelin 'of Boarhunt' | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | B | Map |
| Norfolk | 30,5 | Burgh next Aylsham | Maruuen | Mærwynn 'of Burgh' | Edward, king | Drew de la Beuvrière | - | 3.00 | 2.00 | 3.00 | B | Map |
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