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Heremar

Discussion of the name

Heremar is a Continental Germanic masculine name comprising the elements heri ‘army’ and mâri ‘marvellous, famous’ (Forssner 1916: 151).

There are three entries for forms of this name in the PASE corpus: Hermer 1 was a priest entered in the Durham Liber Vitæ after c.840 while Hermar 1 and Hermer 2 are catch-all categories for occurrences in DB.

Bibliography

Forssner 1916: T. Forssner, Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England (Uppsala, 1916)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Hermer

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Her(e)mar

  Phillimore edition: Hermer

  Alecto edition: Hermer

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. 1,45	Vill Stoke Orchard	DB Spelling Hermer	Holder 1066 Heremar 'of Stoke'	Lord 1066 Beorhtric son of Ælfgar	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant Bernard 'of Stoke Orchard'	Fiscal Value 1.38	1066 Value 1.50	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Heremar 3 - Heremar ‘of Stoke’ (Glos.), fl. 1066