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Theodger

Discussion of the name

Theodger is a Continental Germanic masculine name comprising the elements thioda ‘folk, people’ and gêr ‘spear’.

The only associated entries in the PASE corpus are for Theodgar 1, a catch-all for occurrences of this name in DB, and Theodgar 2-4, representing a tenth-century moneyer at Lewes.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Tedgar

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Theodger

  Phillimore edition: Theodger, Theogar

  Alecto edition: Theodgar, Theodger

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 Hampshire	Phil. ref. 1,8	Vill Mapledurham	DB Spelling Tedgar	Holder 1066 Theodger 'of Mapledurham'	Lord 1066 Wulfgifu Beteslau	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant Albold the cook	Fiscal Value 2.50	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 2.00	Confidence C	Map
Shire Northamptonshire	Phil. ref. 18,57	Vill Farthingstone	DB Spelling Tedgar	Holder 1066 Theodger 'of Farthingstone'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant William de Cahagnes	Fiscal Value 0.58	1066 Value 0.18	1086 Value 0.72	Confidence C	Map
Shire Wiltshire	Phil. ref. 26,16	Vill Clevancy	DB Spelling Tedgar	Holder 1066 Theodger 'of Clevancy'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Alfred of Marlborough	1086 Subtenant Roger 'of Clevancy'	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.63	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Theodger 5 - Theodger ‘of Mapledurham’ (Hants), fl. 1066
• Theodger 6 - Theodger ‘of Clevancy’ (Wilts.), fl. 1066
• Theodger 7 - Theodger ‘of Farthingstone’ (Northants), fl. 1066