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Helewis

Gender: Female

Author: DWP

Editorial Status: 4 of 5

Discussion of the name

Helewis is a Continental Germanic feminine name comprising the elements heil ‘whole, healthy’ and widis ‘wide’; the Old French name Heloise is derived from it (Forssner 1916: 145; Thorn and Thorn 1985: DB 17,92 Notes).

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

Bibliography

Forssner 1916: T. Forssner, Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England in Old and Middle English Times (Uppsala, 1916)

Thorn and F. Thorn 1985: Domesday Book 9: Devon, C. Thorn and F. Thorn (Chichester, 1985)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Elous, Helewis

Spellings in Exon: Ealous

Forms in modern scholarship:

von Feilitzen head forms: Elous

Phillimore edition: Heloise

Alecto edition: Elous, Heloise

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 Devon	Phil. ref. 17,92	Vill Baccamoor	DB Spelling Elous	Holder 1066 Helewis 'of Baccamore'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Judhael of Totnes	1086 Subtenant Ralph de La Pommeraye	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Subtenant in 1086

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 Norfolk	Phil. ref. 10,81	Vill Witton	DB Spelling Helewis	Holder 1066 1 free man	Lord 1066 Gyrth, earl	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, bishop of Thetford	1086 Subtenant Helewis 'of Witton'	Fiscal Value 0.22	1066 Value 0.07	1086 Value 0.07	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value