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Burdel

Discussion of the name

Burdel is an Old French masculine name derived from Latin burdo ‘mule’; the presumed loss of final ‘l’ in the DB form is an Anglo-Norman feature (von Feilitzen 1937: 211).

Bibliography

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: Burde

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Burde

  Phillimore edition: Burde

  Alecto edition: Burde

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 Dorset	Phil. ref. 37,9	Vill Rushton	DB Spelling Burde	Holder 1066 Burdel 'of Rushton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William de Briouze	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.50	1066 Value 1.50	1086 Value 1.50	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Burdel 1 - Burdel ‘of Rushton’ (Dors.), fl. 1066