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Taldus

Discussion of the name

The name given as Taldus has hitherto been written off as obscure (von Feilitzen 1937: 382), but must in fact be Welsh, since its only bearer in DB held land in the Welsh district of Archenfield. It may represent the name Tewdws, which occurs very occasionally in the earlier portions of the Welsh genealogies (Bartrum 1974: V, p. 78), and more pertinently in the Llandaff charters as the patronym of a major figure in Gwent in the 1060s and earlier 1070s. That historical figure is discussed under Taldus 2. This solution to the name is not clear-cut: the spelling in DB accurately represents the pronunciation of the final syllable of Tewdws, but not the first.

Bibliography

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

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Taldus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Taldus

  Phillimore edition: Taldus

  Alecto edition: Taldus

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 Herefordshire	Phil. ref. 1,60	Vill Goodrich	DB Spelling Taldus	Holder 1066 Taldus 'of Goodrich'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant Godric Mappesone	Fiscal Value 0.00	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 2.00	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Taldus 2 - Taldus ‘of Goodrich’ in Archenfield (Herefs.), fl. 1066