Ealdwine

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Discussion of the name

Ealdwine is a masculine OE name formed from the elements eald (‘old, honoured, eminent’) and wine (‘friend, protector, lord’). It was in use by the seventh century and continued to be widely employed in the eleventh: sixteen examples are currently recorded in PASE and twenty-four in the Durham Liber Vitae (DLV: II, 110). The chronological pattern generally and at Durham suggests that the name was rising in popularity from c. 1000 onwards.

Spellings in Ald– and less commonly Eld– distinguish the name Ealdwine from Alwine (i.e. Ælfwine), spelled Al–or El–, though one should always bear in mind the possibility that a careless scribe might mistake the less common name Ealdwine for the more common Ælfwine. The second element –wine was liable to confusion with –wig, as in the example here of Ealdwine 18.

Bibliography

DLV: The Durham Liber Vitae. London, British Library, MS Cotton Domitian A.VII: Edition and Digital Facsimile with Introduction, Codicological, Prosopographical and Linguistic Commentary, and Indexes, ed. D. W. Rollason and L. Rollason, 3 vols. (London: British Library, 2007)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Alduin(us), Aldui, Elduinus        

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Ealdwine

  Phillimore edition: Aldwin (usually), Ealdwine (Lincs.)

  Alecto edition: Ealdwine

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
Dorset 55,13 Wimborne St Giles Alduinus Ealdwine 'of Wimborne St Giles' - unnamed wife of Hugh fitzGrip William de Chernet 1.00 1.00 0.25 B Map
Dorset 56,64 Corscombe Alduinus Ealdwine 'of Corscombe' - Godwine 'of Corscombe' - 1.00 1.50 1.00 B Map
Gloucestershire 39,13 Eastleach Turville Alduinus Ealdwine 'of Eastleach' - Roger de Lacy William Devereux 5.00 6.00 6.00 B Map
Hampshire 23,50 Rockstead Alduinus Ealdwine 'of Wimborne St Giles' Edward, king Hugh de Port - 1.13 0.50 1.25 B Map
Norfolk 35,13 Shelton Alduinus Ealdwine 'of Shelton' Stigand, archbishop of Canterbury Robert fitzCorbucion Nigel 'the man of Robert fitzCorbucion' 0.25 0.50 1.00 A Map
Oxfordshire 45,1 Yelford Alduinus Ealdwine 'of Eastleach' - Walter fitzPons - 3.00 3.00 2.50 B Map
Shropshire 4,27,28 Yagdon Elduinus Ealdwine 'of Yagdon' - Roger, earl Ealdwine 0.50 0.25 0.25 A Map
Somerset 19,37 East Harptree Alduin Ealdwine 'of East Harptree' - Robert, count of Mortain Robert fitzWalter 5.00 2.00 2.00 B Map
Somerset 21,79 Shipham Alduin Ealdwine 'of East Harptree' - Roger de Courseulles Robert 'the man of Roger de Courseulles' 4.00 2.00 1.50 B Map
Somerset 46,25 Ston Easton Alduinus Ealdwine 'of East Harptree' - unnamed wife of Manasses the cook - 1.25 1.00 1.00 B Map
Somerset 47,16 Chew Stoke Aldui Ealdwine 'of East Harptree' - Ealdwine, king's thegn - 1.75 1.25 1.25 D Map
Suffolk 7,60 Offton Alduinus Ealdwine 'of Offton' unnamed antecessor of Roger Bigod Roger Bigod Hugh de Houdain 0.01 0.01 0.01 A Map
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Tenant-in-Chief 1086 demesne estates (no subtenants)

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
Somerset 47,16 Chew Stoke Aldui Ealdwine 'of East Harptree' - Ealdwine, king's thegn - 1.75 1.25 1.25 D Map
Totals

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
Shropshire 4,27,28 Yagdon Elduinus Ealdwine 'of Yagdon' - Roger, earl Ealdwine 0.50 0.25 0.25 A Map
Totals

Sub-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
Lincolnshire 64,17 Claypole - - Toki son of Auti, antecessor of Geoffrey Alselin Geoffrey Alselin Ralph nephew of Geoffrey Alselin 2.50 0.63 0.63 - Map
Suffolk 7,60 Offton Alduinus Ealdwine 'of Offton' unnamed antecessor of Roger Bigod Roger Bigod Hugh de Houdain 0.01 0.01 0.01 A Map
Totals