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Wyngeat

Discussion of the name

The name is an OE masculine name, formed from the elements wynn ‘joy’ and gēat, from the folk-name Gēatas (von Feilitzen 1937: 428). Although both elements were very widely employed in forming names, the single DB instance is the only Wyngeat on record.

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: Weniet

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Wyngeat

  Phillimore edition: Wyngeat

  Alecto edition: Wyngeat

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 Shropshire	Phil. ref. 4,4,17	Vill Marche	DB Spelling Weniet	Holder 1066 Wyngeat 'of Marche'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger, earl	1086 Subtenant Roger fitzCorbet	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.15	1086 Value 0.08	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Wyngeat 2 - Wyngeat ‘of Marche’ (Salop.), fl. 1066