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Godbald
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Discussion of the name
Godbald is a Continental Germanic masculine name comprising the elements got ‘god’ or guot ‘good’ with bald ‘bold, audacious’ (Forssner 1916: 118; von Feilitzen 1937: 263).Bibliography
Forssner 1916: Thorvald Forssner, Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England in Old and Middle English Times (Uppsala, 1916)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: GodboldForms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms: Godbald
Phillimore edition: Godbald
Alecto edition: Godbald
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire | 14,48 | Brickhill | Godbold | Godbald 'of Brickhill' | - | Walter Giffard | Ralph de Lanquetot | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.60 | B | Map |
| Totals | ||||||||||||
Subtenant in 1086
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex | 24,45 | Notley | Godeboldus | Aki the Dane | - | Swein of Essex | Godbald 'of Nayland' | 0.75 | 2.00 | 3.00 | - | Map |
| Essex | 24,57 | Nayland | - | Robert fitzWimarc | - | Swein of Essex | Godbald 'of Nayland' | 1.75 | 3.00 | 3.00 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 3g,3 | Lilleshall | - | unnamed canons of Shrewsbury St Alkmund | - | unnamed canons of Shrewsbury St Alkmund | Godbald the priest | 10.00 | 6.00 | 4.00 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 3g,5 | Uckington | - | unnamed canons of Shrewsbury St Alkmund | - | unnamed canons of Shrewsbury St Alkmund | Godbald the priest | 4.00 | 1.20 | 1.50 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 3g,6 | Atcham | - | unnamed canons of Shrewsbury St Alkmund | - | unnamed canons of Shrewsbury St Alkmund | Godbald the priest | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.33 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 3g,8 | Preston Gubbals | - | unnamed canons of Shrewsbury St Alkmund | - | unnamed canons of Shrewsbury St Alkmund | Godbald the priest | 4.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | - | Map |
| Shropshire | 4,27,7 | Lack | - | Leofric 'of Lack' | - | Roger, earl | Godbald the priest | 0.38 | 0.10 | 0.07 | - | Map |
| Totals | ||||||||||||