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Leofmann
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Discussion of the name
Leofmann is an Old English masculine name comprising the elements lēof ‘dear’ and mann ‘person, man’. Formally it is possible that the DB forms and some of those for the moneyers noted below represent an OE Leodmann; but because such a compound is not on record except for the DB and IE forms Le(o)dman(n)us (which could instead represent the Continental Germanic name Liudman) the head-form Leofmann is adopted here (cf. von Feilitzen 1937: 309-10, 313).Bibliography
IE: Inquisitio Eliensis, in Inqusitio Comitatus Cantabrigiensis, nunc primum e manuscripto unico in Bibliotheca Cottoniana asservato typis mandata, subjicitur Inquisitio Eliensis, ed. N. E. S. A. Hamilton (London: John Murray for the Royal Society of Literature, 1876), 97–195von 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: LemanForms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms: Lēofmann
Phillimore edition: Leman, Leofman
Alecto edition: Leofmann
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire | 1,12 | Hayling Island | Leman | Leofmann 'of Soberton' | Edward, king | William, king | - | 2.50 | 2.00 | 3.50 | B | Map |
| Hampshire | 1,13 | Soberton | Leman | Leofmann 'of Soberton' | Godwine, earl | William, king | - | 4.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | B | Map |
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