Avelin

Male
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Discussion of the name

Avelin is an otherwise unrecorded Continental Germanic masculine name that probably developed as a diminutive of a name such as Avo or Avila (Forssner 1916: 37-8; von Feilitzen 1937: 170).

Bibliography

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

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: Auelin(us), Auelini

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Avelin

  Phillimore edition: Avelin

  Alecto edition: Avelin

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
Buckinghamshire 4,2 Dinton Auelin Avelin 'of Dinton' Edward, king Odo, bishop of Bayeux Helto the steward 15.00 15.00 15.00 B Map
Buckinghamshire 4,23 Aston Sandford Auelinus Avelin 'of Dinton' Edward, king Odo, bishop of Bayeux Robert d'Oilly 2.00 5.00 4.00 B Map
Buckinghamshire 4,4 Hartwell Auelinus Avelin 'of Dinton' Edward, king Odo, bishop of Bayeux Robert d'Oilly 1.00 2.00 1.00 B Map
Totals

Lord 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
Buckinghamshire 4,21 Waldridge Auelinus 1 sokeman, man of Avelin Avelin Odo, bishop of Bayeux Helto the steward 1.13 1.00 0.50 B Map
Buckinghamshire 4,3 Hartwell Auelinus 1 sokeman, man of Avelin Avelin Odo, bishop of Bayeux Helto the steward 0.50 0.42 0.42 B Map
Totals