Heardwulf

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Discussion of the name

Heardwulf is an Old English masculine name comprising the elements heard ‘hard, strong, bold’ and wulf ‘wolf’.

Of the two entries for Heardwulf in the PASE corpus, Heardwulf 1 is a catch-all category for those appearing in DB and Heardwulf 2 was an early ninth-century moneyer at York. Although Searle (1897: 286) records a further two pre-Conquest examples not noted by PASE, this very low number of occurrences suggests that the name Heardwulf was extremely rare (as was the first element heard) and the similarly limited Domesday evidence is in keeping with this.

Bibliography

Searle 1897: W. G. Searle, Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum (Cambridge, 1897)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Hardulf(us)

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Heardwulf

  Phillimore edition: Heardwulf, Hardwulf

  Alecto edition: Heardwulf

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 3,79 Bradley Hardulf Heardwulf 'of Bradley' - Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances Drew fitzMauger 0.50 0.50 0.25 C Map
Nottinghamshire 9,18 Cottam Hardulf Heardwulf 'of Cottam' - Roger de Bully Fulk de Lisors 0.50 0.80 0.80 C Map
Yorkshire 29W42 Burnsall and Thorpe near Hebden Hardul Heardwulf 'of Burnsall' - Heardwulf, king's thegn - 3.50 0.00 0.00 A Map
Totals

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
Yorkshire 29W42 Burnsall and Thorpe near Hebden Hardulf Heardwulf 'of Burnsall' - Heardwulf, king's thegn - 3.50 0.00 0.00 A Map
Totals