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Beorhtstan

Gender: Male

Author: CPL

Editorial Status: 4 of 5

Discussion of the name

Beorhtstan is a masculine Old English name formed from the elements beorht (‘bright, distinguished’) and stān ‘stone, rock, gem’. It is not securely recorded before the 930s and was never especially common but was in continuous use through the tenth and eleventh centuries, with a notable concentration among moneyers in the period 959–1023 (Beorhtstan 1, 3–5, 7–14; Searle 1897: 95).

Bibliography

Searle 1897: W. G. Searle, Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum: A List of Anglo-Saxon Proper Names from the Time of Beda to that of King John (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1897)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Bricstan

Spellings in IE: Brizstanus

Forms in modern scholarship:

von Feilitzen head forms: Beorhtstān

Phillimore edition: Brictstan

Alecto edition: Beorhtstan

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 Cambridgeshire	Phil. ref. 44,2	Vill Toft	DB Spelling Brizstanus	Holder 1066 Beorhtstan 'of Toft'	Lord 1066 Wulfric, abbot of Ely	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Erchenger the baker	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.20	1066 Value 0.60	1086 Value 0.40	Confidence A	Map
Shire Sussex	Phil. ref. 10,80	Vill Langney	DB Spelling Bricstan	Holder 1066 Beorhtstan 'of Langney'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant Ranulph 'the man of Robert, count of Mortain'	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.21	1086 Value 0.13	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value