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Discussion of the name
A provisional attempt has been made to identify the people recorded in Domesday Book who bore this name; however, the material remains to be checked and edited, and profiles of these people remain to be written.Forms of the name
Spellings in Domesday Book: Gerardus, Girard, GirardusForms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms:
Phillimore edition:
Alecto edition:
Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB
List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB
Tenant-in-Chief 1086 demesne estates (no subtenants)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon | 46,1 | West Manley | Girardus | Alstan the farmer | - | Gerard 'of Bratton Seymour' | - | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.50 | - | Map |
| Devon | 46,2 | Nutcott | Girard | Alstan the farmer | - | Gerard 'of Bratton Seymour' | - | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.50 | - | Map |
| Somerset | 46,20 | Earnshill | Girardus | Leofing 'of Cucklington' | - | Gerard the ditcher | - | 1.00 | 1.50 | 1.50 | - | Map |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire | 43,6 | Lamport | Girardus | Raven 'of Lamport' | Wulfwig, bishop of Dorchester | Mainou the Breton | Gerard 'of Lamport' | 2.50 | 1.50 | 1.50 | - | Map |
| Buckinghamshire | 51,2 | Boveney | Girardus | Siward brother of Sæwulf | Harold, earl | Giles brother of Ansculf | Gerard 'of Boveney' | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | - | Map |
| Cambridgeshire | 14,18 | Whittlesford | Girardus | 1 man of Earl Gyrth | Gyrth, earl | Alan, count | Gerard the Lotharingian | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.10 | - | Map |
| Cambridgeshire | 14,18 | Whittlesford | - | - | - | Alan, count | Gerard the Lotharingian | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
| Cambridgeshire | 14,19 | Duxford | Girardus | Eadgifu the fair | - | Alan, count | Gerard the Lotharingian | 6.00 | 7.00 | 5.00 | - | Map |
| Cheshire | R6,4 | Leyland | - | 12 free men | Edward, king | Roger the Poitevin | Gerard 'the man of Roger the Poitevin' | 1.50 | 0.39 | 0.39 | - | Map |
| Devon | 23,12 | Dunsford | Girardus | Alsige 'of Castle Cary' | - | Walter de Douai | Gerard 'of Bratton Seymour' | 1.50 | 2.00 | 2.50 | - | Map |
| Devon | 23,5 | Bampton | Girardus | - | - | Walter de Douai | Gerard 'of Bratton Seymour' | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | - | Map |
| Devon | 23,8 | Kerswell | Girardus | Ordric 'of Kerswell' | - | Walter de Douai | Gerard 'of Bratton Seymour' | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.25 | - | Map |
| Devon | 32,8 | Tiverton | Girardus | Mærleswein the sheriff | - | Ralph Paynel | Gerard 'of Bratton Seymour' | 0.25 | 2.00 | 1.50 | - | Map |
| Devon | 32,9 | Little Washfield | Girardus | Mærleswein the sheriff | - | Ralph Paynel | Gerard 'of Bratton Seymour' | 0.25 | 0.50 | 1.00 | - | Map |
| Dorset | 26,41 | Loders | Girardus | Wulfgeat 'of Loders' | - | Robert, count of Mortain | Gerard the ditcher | 1.00 | 1.25 | 1.25 | - | Map |
| Essex | 33,1 | Ulting | - | Hacon 'of Ulting' | - | Ralph Baynard | Gerard 'of Ulting' | 1.33 | 4.00 | 5.00 | - | Map |
| Essex | 41,1 | Doddinghurst | - | Ælfric 'of Doddinghurst' | - | Robert fitzCorbucion | Gerard 'the man of Robert fitzCorbucion' | 1.14 | 1.00 | 1.00 | - | Map |
| Essex | 41,10 | Foulton | - | Eadnoth 'of Little Oakley' | - | Robert fitzCorbucion | Gerard 'the man of Robert fitzCorbucion' | 2.67 | 2.50 | 2.50 | - | Map |
| Essex | 41,11 | Paglesham | - | 1 free man | - | Robert fitzCorbucion | Gerard 'the man of Robert fitzCorbucion' | 0.75 | 2.00 | 0.25 | - | Map |
| Gloucestershire | 1,24 | Aston on Carrant | Girardus | 1 radknight | Beorhtric son of Ælfgar | William, king | Gerard the chamberlain | 6.00 | 1.12 | 1.05 | - | Map |
| Gloucestershire | 1,40 | Ashton under Hill | Girardus | 1 thegn | Beorhtric son of Ælfgar | William, king | Gerard the chamberlain | 4.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | - | Map |
| Gloucestershire | 1,41 | Kemerton | Girardus | Liut 'of Kemerton' | Beorhtric son of Ælfgar | William, king | Gerard the chamberlain | 8.00 | 8.00 | 6.00 | - | Map |
| Gloucestershire | 1,41 | Boddington | Girardus | Liut 'of Kemerton' | Beorhtric son of Ælfgar | William, king | Gerard the chamberlain | 3.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | - | Map |
| Gloucestershire | 19,2 | Kemerton | - | Leofwine the radknight | Edwin, abbot of Westminster | Gilbert Crispin, abbot of Westminster | Gerard the chamberlain | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.39 | - | Map |
| Gloucestershire | 19,2 | Bourton on the Hill | - | Wulfwig the radknight | Edwin, abbot of Westminster | Gilbert Crispin, abbot of Westminster | Gerard the chamberlain | 2.00 | 1.91 | 1.56 | - | Map |
| Gloucestershire | 19,2 | Hayden | - | Wulfwig the radknight | Edwin, abbot of Westminster | Gilbert Crispin, abbot of Westminster | Gerard the chamberlain | 2.00 | 1.91 | 1.56 | - | Map |
| Gloucestershire | 19,2 | Boddington | - | - | - | - | Gerard the chamberlain | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
| Gloucestershire | 19,2 | Kemerton | - | - | - | Gilbert Crispin, abbot of Westminster | Gerard the chamberlain | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
| Gloucestershire | 39,19 | Oakley | - | Leofwine 'of Siddington' | - | Roger de Lacy | Gerard 'the man of Roger de Lacy' | 1.50 | 4.00 | 3.00 | - | Map |
| Gloucestershire | W10 | Nash | Girardus | - | - | William, king | Gerard the chamberlain | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | - | Map |
| Herefordshire | 10,33 | Canon Frome | - | Thorkil 'of Little Marcle' | - | Roger de Lacy | Gerard 'the man of Roger de Lacy' | 4.00 | 3.50 | 3.65 | - | Map |
| Herefordshire | 21,7 | Clehonger | - | Harold, earl | - | Ansfrid de Cormeilles | Gerard 'of Clehonger' | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.53 | - | Map |
| Leicestershire | 17,22 | Grimston | - | - | - | Robert de Bucy | Gerard 'the man of Robert de Bucy' | 3.00 | 0.20 | 0.50 | - | Map |
| Leicestershire | 17,24 | Loddington | - | - | - | Robert de Bucy | Gerard 'the man of Robert de Bucy' | 6.00 | 0.10 | 0.50 | - | Map |
| Leicestershire | 17,30 | Ab Kettleby | - | - | - | Robert de Bucy | Gerard 'the man of Robert de Bucy' | 6.00 | 0.20 | 1.64 | - | Map |
| Leicestershire | 17,30 | Holwell | - | - | - | Robert de Bucy | Gerard 'the man of Robert de Bucy' | 5.00 | 0.20 | 1.36 | - | Map |
| Leicestershire | 17,31 | Harby | - | - | - | Robert de Bucy | Gerard 'the man of Robert de Bucy' | 1.00 | 0.20 | 0.25 | - | Map |
| Lincolnshire | 16,39 | Legbourne | - | Hambe 'of Legbourne' | - | Roger the Poitevin | Gerard 'the man of Roger the Poitevin' | 1.00 | 1.50 | 1.00 | - | Map |
| Lincolnshire | 40,7 | Barkwith East or West | - | Koddi 'of Thoresway' | - | Rayner de Brimeux | Gerard 'of Barkwith' | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | - | Map |
| Northamptonshire | 56,62 | Boughton | - | - | - | Judith, countess | Gerard 'of Boughton' | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.20 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,1 | Kynnersley | - | Wilgrip 'of Church Eaton' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 1.00 | 1.05 | 0.90 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,10 | Longslow | - | Wulfgeat 'of Cherrington' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 3.00 | 0.50 | 0.60 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,11 | Ightfield | - | Wulfgeat 'of Cherrington' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 2.00 | 0.80 | 0.50 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,12 | Wollerton | - | Eskill 'of Wollerton' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 1.00 | 0.80 | 1.25 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,13 | Ruthall | - | Eskill 'of Wollerton' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.40 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,14 | Besford | - | Doda 'of Besford' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 1.50 | 0.20 | 0.50 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,14 | Besford | - | Eskill 'of Wollerton' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 1.50 | 0.20 | 0.50 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,15 | Preston Brockhurst | - | Beorhthun 'of Preston Brockhurst' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,16 | Sutton Maddock | - | Morcar, earl | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 4.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,17 | Hatton | - | Thorgot 'of Cosford' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.55 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,18 | Stockton | - | Ordwig 'of Faintree' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.10 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,18 | Stockton | - | Edwin 'of Stockton' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.10 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,2 | Uppington | - | Godwine 'of Uppington' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 2.00 | 1.20 | 1.55 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,3 | Shawbury | - | Eadric the wild | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 0.75 | 0.30 | 0.40 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,3 | Shawbury | - | Algeat 'of Shawbury' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 0.75 | 0.30 | 0.40 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,4 | Cherrington | - | Wulfgeat 'of Cherrington' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 3.00 | 1.10 | 1.10 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,5 | Chatsall | - | Leodwig 'of Chatsall' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 1.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,6 | Sandford | - | Wulfgeat 'of Cherrington' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 3.00 | 0.80 | 0.50 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,7 | Ellerdine | - | Doda 'of Besford' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 1.33 | 1.27 | 0.67 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,8 | Cold Hatton | - | Godric 'of Cold Hatton' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 0.67 | 0.63 | 0.33 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,23,9 | Betton | - | Ulfkil 'of Betton' | - | Roger, earl | Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.50 | - | Map |
| Somerset | 19,6 | Lopen | Gerardus | Alweard the huntsman | - | Robert, count of Mortain | Gerard the ditcher | 1.00 | 0.50 | 1.00 | - | Map |
| Somerset | 21,38 | Lopen | Girardus | Leofwine 'of Merriott' | - | Roger de Courseulles | Gerard the ditcher | 1.00 | 0.50 | 1.00 | - | Map |
| Somerset | 24,15 | Bratton Seymour | Gerardus | Alsige 'of Castle Cary' | - | Walter de Douai | Gerard 'of Bratton Seymour' | 4.00 | 7.00 | 4.00 | - | Map |
| Somerset | 8,15 | Greinton | Girardus | Wulfmær 'of Greinton' | Æthelnoth, abbot of Glastonbury | Thurstan, abbot of Glastonbury | Gerard the ditcher | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.50 | - | Map |
| Somerset | 8,17 | Ham | Girardus | Alweald 'of Ham' | Æthelnoth, abbot of Glastonbury | Thurstan, abbot of Glastonbury | Gerard the ditcher | 0.75 | 0.25 | 0.50 | - | Map |
| Surrey | 22,3 | Peper Harow | Girardus | Alweard 'of Peper Harow' | Edward, king | Walter fitzOther | Gerard 'of Peper Harow' | 5.00 | 1.50 | 5.00 | - | Map |
| Sussex | 9,6 | Wartling | - | Æthelnoth Cild | Edward, king | Robert, count of Eu | Gerard 'of Wartling' | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.60 | - | Map |
| Sussex | 9,8 | Frankwell | - | Northmann of Mereworth | - | Robert, count of Eu | Gerard 'of Wartling' | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.23 | - | Map |
| Wiltshire | 13,9 | Chalke | Girardus | - | Ælfgifu, abbess of Wilton | unnamed abbess of Wilton | Gerard 'of Chalke' | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | - | Map |
| Yorkshire | 23N10 | Marderby | - | Gamel son of Carl | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | Gerard 'of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe' | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
| Yorkshire | 23N11 | Felixkirk | - | Gamel son of Carl | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | Gerard 'of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe' | 1.50 | 0.60 | 0.13 | - | Map |
| Yorkshire | 23N11 | Felixkirk | - | Ligulf 'of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe' | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | Gerard 'of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe' | 1.50 | 0.60 | 0.13 | - | Map |
| Yorkshire | 23N13 | Boltby | - | Sumarfugl 'of Boltby' | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | Gerard 'of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe' | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | - | Map |
| Yorkshire | 23N14 | Ravensthorpe Manor | - | Sumarfugl 'of Boltby' | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | Gerard 'of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe' | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
| Yorkshire | 23N15 | Cowesby | - | Gamel son of Carl | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | Gerard 'of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe' | 3.00 | 0.20 | 0.25 | - | Map |
| Yorkshire | 23N16 | Ellerbeck | - | Gamel son of Carl | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | Gerard 'of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe' | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.15 | - | Map |
| Yorkshire | 23N4 | Cawton | - | Thorbrand 'of Settrington' | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | Gerard 'of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe' | 2.00 | 0.40 | 0.50 | - | Map |
| Yorkshire | 23N4 | Cawton | - | Salomon 'of Cawton' | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | Gerard 'of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe' | 2.00 | 0.40 | 0.50 | - | Map |
| Yorkshire | 23N9 | Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe | - | Ligulf 'of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe' | - | Hugh fitzBaldric | Gerard 'of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe' | 5.00 | 1.30 | 1.00 | - | Map |
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People of this name
- Gerard 3 - Gerard ‘of Wartling’, fl. 1086
- Gerard 4 - Gerard ‘of Peper Harow’, fl. 1086
- Gerard 5 - Gerard ‘of Chalke’, fl. 1086
- Gerard 6 - Gerard the ditcher, fl. 1086
- Gerard 7 - Gerard ‘of Bratton Seymour’, fl. 1086
- Gerard 8 - Gerard ‘of Lamport’, fl. 1086
- Gerard 9 - Gerard ‘of Boveney’, fl. 1086
- Gerard 10 - Gerard the chamberlain, fl. 1086
- Gerard 12 - Gerard the Lotharingian, fl. 1086
- Gerard 13 - Gerard ‘of Clehonger’, fl. 1086
- Gerard 14 - Gerard ‘the man of Roger de Lacy’, fl. 1086
- Gerard 15 - Gerard ‘of Boughton’, fl. 1086
- Gerard 16 - Gerard ‘the man of Robert de Bucy’, fl. 1086
- Gerard 17 - Gerard de Tournai-sur-Dives, fl. 1086
- Gerard 18 - Gerard ‘of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe’, fl. 1086
- Gerard 19 - Gerard ‘the man of Roger the Poitevin’, fl. 1086
- Gerard 20 - Gerard ‘of Barkwith’, fl. 1086
- Gerard 21 - Gerard ‘of Ulting’, fl. 1086
- Gerard 22 - Gerard ‘the man of Robert fitzCorbucion’, fl. 1086