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Ealdwig

Discussion of the name

Ealdwig is a masculine OE name formed from the elements eald (‘old, honoured, eminent’) and wīg (‘battle’). Although both elements were widely used, in combination the name was rare, being recorded only thrice before 1066, as the names of two monks (Ealdwig 1 + Ealdwig 3; Ealdwig 2) and a moneyer (Ealdwig 5), all in or after the later tenth century. The second element was liable to confusion in DB with –wine, and the Aldui who held Chew Stoke (Som.) in both 1066 and 1086 and whose name has hitherto been interpreted as Ealdwig (e.g. von Feilitzen 1937: 242) is now identified as Ealdwine 18.

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: Alduius

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Ealdwīg

  Phillimore edition: Aldwy

  Alecto edition: Ealdwig

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 Norfolk	Phil. ref. 9,82	Vill Yaxham	DB Spelling Alduius	Holder 1066 Ealdwig the priest	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger Bigod	1086 Subtenant Ranulph fitzWalter	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Ealdwig 6 - Ealdwig priest of Yaxham (Norf.), fl. 1066