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Sæmann

Discussion of the name

Sæmann is a masculine Old English name formed from the common elements sæ (‘sea’) and mann (‘man’) and identical in form with the common noun meaning ‘seaman’ or ‘pirate’. The second element is a feature of later Old English name-giving, and the handful of pre-Conquest examples of the name all date from after 1000 (Sæmann 1–3).

Bibliography

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: Seman

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Sæmann

  Phillimore edition: Saeman

  Alecto edition: Sæmann

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 Surrey	Phil. ref. 19,41	Vill Mickleham	DB Spelling Seman	Holder 1066 Sæmann 'of Mickleham'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Sæmann	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence A	Map
Shire Surrey	Phil. ref. 36,2	Vill Mickleham	DB Spelling Seman	Holder 1066 Sæmann 'of Mickleham'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Osweald, king's thegn	1086 Subtenant Sæmann	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.08	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

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
Shire Surrey	Phil. ref. 19,41	Vill Mickleham	DB Spelling Seman	Holder 1066 Sæmann 'of Mickleham'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Sæmann	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

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
Shire Surrey	Phil. ref. 36,2	Vill Mickleham	DB Spelling Seman	Holder 1066 Sæmann 'of Mickleham'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Osweald, king's thegn	1086 Subtenant Sæmann	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.08	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Sæmann 5 - Sæmann ‘of Mickleham’ (Surr.), fl. 1066x1086