Sigmund

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Discussion of the name

Sigmund is a masculine name of Scandinavian origin, ON Sigmundr (von Feilitzen 1937: 363), formed from the elements sigr ‘victory’ and mundr ‘protector’. Although the name was rare in Denmark (Fellows Jensen 1968: 233), the one person in Domesday Book known for certain to have borne it was explicitly a Dane (Sigmund 2).

The corresponding OE name Sigemund is recorded in the ninth century (PASE: Sigemund 1–2; LVD: II, 147–8), but the East Anglian moneyer of the period 895–918 (PASE: Sigemund 4) and the Simund son of O[s]mund who was a minor landowner in Cambridgeshire in the 980s (PASE: Simund 1 + Sigemund 3) on balance probably had the Scandinavian name.

Two 1086 undertenants (Sigmund 3, Sigmund 4) probably also bore the Scandinavian name rather than its CG equivalent.

Bibliography

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

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Simund(us); Simon, Simondus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Sigmundr

  Phillimore edition: Sigmund (TRE), Simon (1086 Norf.), Simond (1086 Essex), Sigmundr (1086 Lincs.)

  Alecto edition: Sigmund (TRE), Simon (1086 Norf.), Sigemond (1086 Essex), Simund (1086 Lincs.)

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
Warwickshire 22,24 Wolverton Simund Sigmund the Dane - Robert of Stafford Urfer 'of High Offley' 1.33 0.50 1.00 A Map
Worcestershire 19,6 Shelsley Walsh Simon Sigmund the Dane Edwin, earl Osbern fitzRichard - 1.00 2.00 1.50 A Map
Worcestershire 2,78 Crowle Simundus Sigmund the Dane Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester Roger de Lacy 5.00 4.00 3.50 A 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
Essex 22,10 Peyton Simondus 1 free man - William de Warenne Sigmund 1.25 1.00 1.25 A Map
Lincolnshire 61,4 Hanthorpe Simund Thorfridh 'of Lincolnshire' - Heppo the crossbowman Sigmund 1.00 1.00 1.50 A Map
Lincolnshire 61,7 Timberland Simund Healfdene 'of Kirkby' - Heppo the crossbowman Sigmund 3.00 1.00 1.50 A Map
Norfolk 8,108 Houghton Simon Toki, antecessor of William de Warenne - William de Warenne Sigmund 1.00 1.04 1.30 A Map
Norfolk 8,33 Barwick Simon 1 free man Toki, antecessor of William de Warenne William de Warenne Sigmund 0.50 0.25 0.33 A Map
Norfolk 8,33 Barwick Simon 1 free man - William de Warenne Sigmund 0.50 0.25 0.33 A Map
Norfolk 8,33 Barwick Simon 1 free man Harold, earl William de Warenne Sigmund 0.50 0.25 0.33 A Map
Norfolk 8,37 Feltwell Simon 1 sokeman Wulfric, abbot of Ely William de Warenne Sigmund 1.00 1.00 1.00 A Map
Norfolk 8,38 Methwold Simon 4 free men Stigand, archbishop of Canterbury William de Warenne Sigmund 1.00 1.00 1.00 A Map
Norfolk 8,55 Rockland Simon Broddi 'of Rockland' - William de Warenne Sigmund 3.00 3.00 3.00 A Map
Norfolk 8,55 Rockland Simon 6 free men and 1 half-free man Broddi 'of Rockland' William de Warenne Sigmund 0.58 0.50 0.50 A Map
Norfolk 8,56 Rockland Simon 9 free men and 1 half-free man Edward, king William de Warenne Sigmund 1.45 3.55 3.55 A Map
Totals