Owain

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Discussion of the name

Owain was one of the commonest Welsh masculine names used in the early and central Middle Ages, recorded 17 times in the Welsh genealogies for 300–985, 64 times in the genealogies for 985–1215, and 52 times among the men involved in the acta of the Welsh princes 1120–1283 (Bartrum 1974: V, pp. 76, 161–3; Pryce 2005: index).

The DB spelling Ouen serves to distinguish the name from OE Owine, which it spells Ouuin(us) and Ouuine.

Bibliography

Bartrum 1974: Welsh Genealogies, A.D. 300–1400, comp. Peter Clement Bartrum, 8 vols (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1974)

Pryce 2005: The Acts of Welsh Rulers, 1120–1283, ed. Huw Pryce with Charles Insley (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2005)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Ouen

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: OW Oue(i)n

  Phillimore edition: Owen

  Alecto edition: Owen

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
Herefordshire 31,7 Lye Ouen Owain 'of Lye' - Gruffudd ap Maredudd - 1.50 0.00 0.38 A Map
Herefordshire 9,14 Lower and Upper Lye - Owain 'of Lye' - Ralph de Mortimer - 0.24 0.00 0.00 - Map
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