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Ceolric

Gender: Male

Author: CPL

Editorial Status: 4 of 5

Discussion of the name

Ceolric is a masculine OE name formed from the elements cēol (‘keel, ship’) and rīc (‘ruler’). Only three persons of the name are currently recorded in PASE, two (who may be identical) living in the early eleventh century (Ceolric 2, Ceolric 3), the third also from the later Anglo-Saxon period (Ceolric 1).

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: Celric, Cerric (GDB); Celricus, Cerricus (Exon); Gelricus (IE)

Forms in modern scholarship:

von Feilitzen head forms: Cēolrīc

Phillimore edition: Ceolric

Alecto edition: Ceolric

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 Somerset	Phil. ref. 21,2	Vill Curry Mallet	DB Spelling Celric	Holder 1066 Ceolric 'of Curry Mallet'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Courseulles	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 3.50	1066 Value 4.00	1086 Value 5.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Somerset	Phil. ref. 36,4	Vill Syndercombe	DB Spelling Cerric	Holder 1066 Ceolric 'of Curry Mallet'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Thurstan fitzRolf	1086 Subtenant Hugh 'of Syndercombe'	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence A	Map
Shire Somerset	Phil. ref. 9,2	Vill Chipstable	DB Spelling Celric	Holder 1066 Ceolric 'of Curry Mallet'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 unnamed abbot of Muchelney	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 2.50	1066 Value 2.50	1086 Value 2.50	Confidence A	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 32,14	Vill Letheringham	DB Spelling Gelricus	Holder 1066 Ceolric 'of Letheringham'	Lord 1066 Wulfric, abbot of Ely	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Geoffrey de Mandeville	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence A	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 Somerset	Phil. ref. 47,4	Vill Goose Bradon	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 Tovi the sheriff	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Hearding son of Eadnoth	1086 Subtenant Ceolric 'of Curry Mallet'	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence B	Map
Shire Somerset	Phil. ref. 9,6	Vill Drayton	DB Spelling Celric	Holder 1066 Beorhtwine 'of Chilthorne'	Lord 1066 Leofweard, abbot of Muchelney	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 unnamed abbot of Muchelney	1086 Subtenant Ceolric 'of Curry Mallet'	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence B	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 32,14	Vill Letheringham	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 Ceolric 'of Letheringham'	Lord 1066 Wulfric, abbot of Ely	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Geoffrey de Mandeville	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value