Ealhhere

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Discussion of the name

Ealhhere is an Old English masculine name comprising the elements ealh ‘temple’ and here ‘troop, army, host’.  DB uses ‘ch’ and EDB uses ‘g’ to represent OE /χ/; the DB form Alchen is included here under Ealhhere because a scribal error of ‘n’ for ‘r’ is more likely than von Feilitzen’s suggestion that it was a form of Old Norse Alfkil (von Feilitzen 1937: 122, 143, 242).

There are 18 entries for Ealhhere and one for Alchere in the PASE corpus, all of which pre-date the tenth century except for Ealhhere 15, a catch-all for occurrences in DB).  The distribution of the PASE corpus suggests a name in widespread use that became less popular after the ninth century.

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: Alcher(us) (+ Alchen)

Spellings in EDB: Algerus, Algherus

Spellings in EvA: Ealhhere  (+ Alchen)

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Ealhhere  (+ Alchen)

  Phillimore edition: Alchere  (+ Alchen? in Index)

  Alecto edition: Ealhere, Ealhhere  (+ Alchen)

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
Devon 39,2 Sprytown Alcher Ealhhere 'of Mullacott' - Alfred d'Épaignes, the Breton Wihenoc 'of Giffords Hele' 0.25 0.50 0.50 D Map
Devon 40,3 Brimblecombe Alcher Ealhhere 'of Mullacott' - Ansger of Montacute - 0.13 0.25 0.38 D Map
Devon 47,7 Mullacott Alcher Ealhhere 'of Mullacott' - Godbold - 0.50 0.50 1.00 C Map
Shropshire 4,21,10 Felton Butler Alchen Ealhhere 'of Felton' - Roger, earl Helgot de Fourches 0.25 0.23 0.25 C Map
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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
Derbyshire 6,28 Sudbury Alcherus 1 little old lady Toki son of Auti, antecessor of Geoffrey Alselin Henry de Ferrers Ealhhere 'of Aston' 0.08 0.00 0.00 D Map
Derbyshire 6,28 Aston Alcherus Leofnoth Sterre - Henry de Ferrers Ealhhere 'of Aston' 2.00 3.00 2.00 D Map
Derbyshire 6,30 Sudbury Alcherus Wulfric 'of Eaton Dovedale' - Henry de Ferrers Ealhhere 'of Aston' 0.65 1.00 0.33 D Map
Derbyshire 6,30 Sudbury Alcherus Godric 'of Dalbury' - Henry de Ferrers Ealhhere 'of Aston' 0.65 1.00 0.33 D Map
Derbyshire 6,30 Sudbury Alcherus Almær 'of Sudbury' - Henry de Ferrers Ealhhere 'of Aston' 0.65 1.00 0.33 D Map
Derbyshire 6,32 Somersall Alcherus Earngeat 'of Somersall' - Henry de Ferrers Ealhhere 'of Aston' 1.00 1.50 1.50 D Map
Derbyshire 6,32 Somersall Alcherus Ordmær 'of Somersall' - Henry de Ferrers Ealhhere 'of Aston' 1.00 1.50 1.50 D Map
Derbyshire 6,50 Eaton Dovedale Alcherus Wulfric 'of Eaton Dovedale' - Henry de Ferrers Ealhhere 'of Aston' 1.00 2.00 1.50 D Map
Essex 27,11 Rayne Alcherus Guthmund 'of Haughley' - Hugh de Montfort Ealhhere 'of Rayne' 1.83 6.00 7.00 B Map
Shropshire 4,27,35 Harcourt Alcher Alweard 'of Harcourt' - Roger, earl Ealhhere 'of North Mundham' 1.00 0.35 0.60 B Map
Staffordshire 10,8 Moreton Alcher 3 free men - Henry de Ferrers Ealhhere 'of Aston' 0.25 0.00 0.00 D Map
Sussex 11,41 North Mundham Alcher Countess Gytha, wife of Earl Godwine Godwine, earl Roger, earl Ealhhere 'of North Mundham' 9.00 8.00 8.00 E Map
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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
Shropshire 4,3,4 Great Wytheford Alcher Sten 'of Great Wytheford' - Roger, earl Reynold de Bailleul 1.25 0.70 1.00 C Map
Shropshire 4,3,4 Great Wytheford Alcher Wilgrip 'of Church Eaton' - Roger, earl Reynold de Bailleul 1.25 0.70 1.00 C Map
Shropshire 4,3,60 Aston Eyre Alcherus Saxi 'of Aston Eyre' - Roger, earl Reynold de Bailleul 2.00 0.75 1.50 B Map
Shropshire 4,3,65 Middleton Scriven Alcherus Eadric the wild - Roger, earl Reynold de Bailleul 1.00 0.33 0.70 C Map
Shropshire 4,3,71 Albrighton Alcher Geri 'of Albrighton' - Roger, earl Reynold de Bailleul 3.00 1.00 1.50 C Map
Worcestershire 8,9d Longdon Alchere Godric Cloch Edwin, abbot of Westminster Gilbert Crispin, abbot of Westminster Drew fitzPons 1.00 0.60 0.75 C Map
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