Ingold

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Discussion of the name

Ingold is an Anglo-Scandinavian development (via the form Ingald) of the Old Danish masculine name Ingeld (Old Norse Ingialdr), itself an earlier borrowing from a West Germanic name *In-geldar; the related Old English form Ingweald does occur after the mid-eighth century (von Feilitzen 1937: 297-8; Fellows Jensen 1968: 151-2). Ingold is preferred over Ingald as the head-form here because it best reflects the TRE forms.

There are two entries for Ingold in the PASE corpus: Ingold 1 witnessed a probably spurious charter of c.1055x1065 (S 1026) and Ingold 2 is a catch-all for occurrences in DB. There are also five entries for the name Ingeld, of which Ingeld 1-4 are instances of the Old English form occurring before the mid-eighth century (including Ingeld 1, the legendary Germanic prince slated by Alcuin 1) and Ingeld 5 is a catch-all for supposed occurrences of the Old Danish form in DB.

Bibliography

Fellows Jensen 1968: Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire (Copenhagen: I Kommission hos Akademisk Forlag, 1968)

S: P. H. Sawyer, Anglo-Saxon Charters: An Annotated List and Bibliography, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 8 (London, 1968), revised by S. Kelly, R. Rushforth et al., The Electronic Sawyer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, published online through Kemble: The Anglo-Saxon Charters Website, currently at http://www.esawyer.org.uk/about/index.html

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: Ingald(us), Ingold(i), In Galtlus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Ingialdr

  Phillimore edition: Ingjaldr, Ingold

  Alecto edition: Ingald, Ingeld

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
Norfolk 48,3 Stoke Holy Cross In Galtlus Ingold 'of Stoke' - Tovi 'of Holkham' - 0.50 1.68 1.68 C 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
Leicestershire 8,3 Illston Ingald - - Ingold - 2.25 0.50 0.25 B Map
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Lord 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
Buckinghamshire 12,2 Horsenden Ingoldus 1 sokeman, man of Ingold Ingold Robert, count of Mortain Ralph 'the man of Robert, count of Mortain (in the East Midlands)' 4.75 3.52 1.76 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
Leicestershire 17,16 Illston Ingeld - - Robert de Bucy Ingold 0.50 0.10 0.25 C Map
Leicestershire 17,16 Illston [-on-the-Hill] Ingeldus - - Robert de Bucy Ingold 0.50 0.10 0.25 - Map
Leicestershire 17,17 Slawston - - - Robert de Bucy Ingold 0.25 0.02 0.02 C Map
Leicestershire 17,17 Slawston Ingeldus - - Robert de Bucy Ingold 0.25 0.00 0.03 - Map
Leicestershire 17,21 Rearsby Ingaldus Alnoth 'of Rearsby' - Robert de Bucy Ingold 1.75 0.15 0.50 C Map
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