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Wordrou

Discussion of the name

The name represented by the DB spelling Wordrou is uncertain, although a first element related to Old Breton Uuoret-, Old Welsh Guoret-, Guord-, and a second element -rou representing an unidentified byname have both been suggested (von Feilitzen 1937: 417; Thorn and Thorn 1985: DB 24,17 Notes).

There is no relevant entry in the PASE corpus except for Wordrou 1, a catch-all category for occurrences of this spelling in DB.

Bibliography

Thorn and Thorn 1985: C. Thorn and F. Thorn, eds., Domesday Book 9: Devon (Chichester, 1985)

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

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Wordrou

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Wordrou

  Phillimore edition: Wordrou

  Alecto edition: Wordrou

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 Devon	Phil. ref. 24,17	Vill Bere	DB Spelling Wordrou	Holder 1066 Wordrou 'of Bere'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Walter de Claville	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Wordrou 2 - Wordrou ‘of Bere’ (Devon), fl. 1066