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Leodwig

Discussion of the name

Leodwig is a masculine OE name, formed from the elements lēod ‘man’ and wīg ‘battle’. The first element was evidently not much used in late Anglo-Saxon times (though the name Leodmær was common enough and there were several Leodwines); the second element was in widespread use. The name itself is not recorded beyond one instance in DB, but von Feilitzen was wrong to dismiss it as the basis of DB Leduui; he preferred the Continental Germanic name Liudwig (von Feilitzen 1937: 309), but small rural landowners like this Leduui are very unlikely to have borne names of Continental origin.

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: Leduui

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Leduui

  Phillimore edition: Ledwy

  Alecto edition: Ledwi

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 Shropshire	Phil. ref. 4,23,5	Vill Chatsall	DB Spelling Leduui	Holder 1066 Leodwig 'of Chatsall'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger, earl	1086 Subtenant Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives	Fiscal Value 1.75	1066 Value 0.75	1086 Value 0.75	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Leodwig 2 - Leodwig ‘of Chatsall’ (Salop.), fl. 1066