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Gest

Discussion of the name

Gest is an Anglo-Scandinavian masculine name derived from Old Norse gestr ‘guest’.

There are no pre-Domesday occurrences of this name in the PASE corpus.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Gest

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Gestr

  Phillimore edition: Gest

  Alecto edition: Gestr

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 Wiltshire	Phil. ref. 67,96	Vill Laverstock	DB Spelling Gest	Holder 1066 Gest 'of Laverstock'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Særic, king's thegn	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Gest 2 - Gest ‘of Laverstocl’ (Wilts.), fl. 1066