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Rotlesc

Discussion of the name

Rotlesc is a masculine name of unknown origin; Forssner’s suggestion that it represented a form of Old Norse (H)rosske(ti)ll has not met with general acceptance (Forssner 1916: 288; cf. von Feilitzen 1937: 350).

The only entry in the PASE corpus is for Rotlesc 1, a catch-all category for occurrences in DB.

Bibliography

Forssner 1916: T. Forssner, Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England (Uppsala, 1916), p. 288.

von Feilitzen 1937: O. von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book (Uppsala, 1937), p. 350.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Rotlesc

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Rotlesc

  Phillimore edition: Rotlesc

  Alecto edition: Rotlesc

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 Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 1,59	Vill Beckford	DB Spelling Rotlesc	Holder 1066 Rotlesc the housecarl	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 8.00	1066 Value 15.00	1086 Value 15.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Rotlesc 2 - Rotlesc the housecarl (Glos.), fl. 1066