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Leodmann

Discussion of the name

Leodmann is an Old English masculine name comprising the seemingly tautologous elements lēod ‘man’ and mann ‘person, man’. Although not otherwise recorded this name is the best interpretation of the IE forms and is preferred for the DB form, although the latter could instead represent the cognate Continental Germanic name Liudman; formally it is also possible that the DB form Leman recorded for Leofmann 15 could instead be Leodmann (cf. von Feilitzen 1937: 309-10, 313).

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

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: Ledmanus

Spellings in IE: Leodmanus, Lemmannus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Ledman

  Phillimore edition: Ledman

  Alecto edition: Ledman

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 Suffolk	Phil. ref. 7,15	Vill Chediston	DB Spelling Ledmanus	Holder 1066 Leodmann 'of Chediston'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger Bigod	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.13	1066 Value 0.13	1086 Value 0.13	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Leodmann 2 - Leodmann ‘of Chediston’ (Suff.), fl. 1066
• Leodmann 3 - Leodmann ‘of Ely Hundred’ (Cambs.), fl. 1086