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Mainard

Discussion of the name

Mainard is a Continental Germanic masculine name comprising the elements magan ‘strength, power’ and hart ‘hard’ (Forssner 1916: 181).

The only entries in the PASE corpus are for Maginhard 1-2, an early tenth-century moneyer active at an unspecified mint, and Mainard 1, a catch-all category for occurrences of this name in DB.

Bibliography

Forssner 1916: T. Forssner, Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England (Uppsala, 1916)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Mainard(us)

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Mainard

  Phillimore edition: Maynard (and Mainard in Index)

  Alecto edition: Mainard, Maynard

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. 45,9	Vill Kings Somborne	DB Spelling Mainardus	Holder 1066 Mainard 'of Somborne'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Waleran the huntsman	1086 Subtenant Roger 'the man of Waleran the huntsman'	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence B	Map
Shire Wiltshire	Phil. ref. 68,27	Vill Smallbrook	DB Spelling Mainard	Holder 1066 Mainard 'of Smallbrook'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Aubrey the chamberlain	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 2.00	1066 Value 1.50	1086 Value 2.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Mainard 3 - Mainard ‘of Somborne’ (Hants), fl. 1066
• Mainard 4 - Mainard ‘of Smallbrook’ (Wilts.), fl. 1066