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Discussion of the name
A provisional attempt has been made to identify the people recorded in Domesday Book who bore this name; however, the material remains to be checked and edited, and profiles of these people remain to be written.Forms of the name
Spellings in Domesday Book: Ulueua, Vlueua, Vlueue, WlueuaForms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms:
Phillimore edition:
Alecto edition:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | 3,5 | Shelton | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Shelton' | Burgræd | Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances | William, steward of the bishop of Coutances | 5.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | - | Map |
| Berkshire | 52,1 | Great Shefford | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | Edward, king | Hugh de Port | - | 20.00 | 6.00 | 12.00 | - | Map |
| Berkshire | 53,1 | Bagnor | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | Edward, king | Humphrey the chamberlain | - | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | - | Map |
| Cheshire | 2,13 | Chowley | Vlueue | Wulfgifu 'of Chowley' | - | Hugh, earl | Robert fitzHugh | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.25 | - | Map |
| Cheshire | 8,43 | Poole | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Chowley' | - | Hugh, earl | William Malbank | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.15 | - | Map |
| Cheshire | 8,45 | Cholmondeston | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Chowley' | - | Hugh, earl | William Malbank | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.30 | - | Map |
| Devon | 10,2 | Rawridge | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Milton Damerel' | - | William, archbishop of Rouen | unnamed canons of Rouen in 1086 | 3.00 | 3.75 | 3.75 | - | Map |
| Devon | 16,92 | West Clyst | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Milton Damerel' | - | Baldwin the sheriff | Odo 'the man of Baldwin the sheriff' | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | - | Map |
| Devon | 16,92 | West Clyst | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Milton Damerel' | - | Baldwin the sheriff | - | 0.56 | 1.00 | 0.75 | - | Map |
| Devon | 20,12 | Stoke | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Milton Damerel' | - | William de Falaise | Winemar 'of Stoke' | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | - | Map |
| Devon | 28,1 | Milton Damerel | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Milton Damerel' | - | Robert d'Aumale | - | 0.50 | 5.00 | 2.50 | - | Map |
| Devon | 3,13 | Buckland Filleigh | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Milton Damerel' | - | Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances | Drew fitzMauger | 1.31 | 2.00 | 2.00 | - | Map |
| Devon | 3,14 | Hartleigh | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Milton Damerel' | - | Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances | Drew fitzMauger | 0.13 | 1.00 | 1.00 | - | Map |
| Devon | 3,16 | Huish | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Milton Damerel' | - | Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances | Drew fitzMauger | 1.00 | 1.50 | 1.50 | - | Map |
| Devon | 3,19 | Roborough | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Milton Damerel' | - | Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances | Drew fitzMauger | 1.50 | 4.00 | 3.00 | - | Map |
| Devon | 3,80 | Thelbridge | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Milton Damerel' | - | Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances | Drew fitzMauger | 0.63 | 2.50 | 2.00 | - | Map |
| Devon | 3,81 | East Worlington | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Milton Damerel' | - | Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances | Drew fitzMauger | 0.25 | 1.00 | 0.38 | - | Map |
| Devon | 3,92 | Tapeley | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Milton Damerel' | - | Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances | Roger 'the man of Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances' | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
| Devon | 3,92 | Tapeley | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Milton Damerel' | - | Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances | Osbern 'of Tapeley' | 0.75 | 1.50 | 1.50 | - | Map |
| Dorset | 58,1 | Bockhampton | - | Wulfgifu Beteslau | - | Ida, countess of Boulogne | - | 4.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | - | Map |
| Dorset | 58,2 | Winterborne Monkton | - | Wulfgifu Beteslau | - | Ida, countess of Boulogne | - | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | - | Map |
| Dorset | 58,3 | Swanage | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | - | Ida, countess of Boulogne | - | 1.08 | 0.75 | 0.75 | - | Map |
| Hampshire | 1,39 | Monxton | Vlueue | Wulfgifu Beteslau | Edward, king | William, king | - | 10.00 | 5.00 | 9.00 | C | Map |
| Hampshire | 1,8 | Mapledurham | Vlueue | Wulfgifu Beteslau | - | William, king | - | 14.00 | 25.00 | 32.00 | C | Map |
| Hampshire | 23,4 | Sherborne St John | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | Edward, king | Hugh de Port | - | 10.00 | 10.00 | 15.00 | - | Map |
| Hampshire | 35,9 | Fyfield | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | Edward, king | William Mauduit | - | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | - | Map |
| Hampshire | 6,12 | Laverstoke | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | - | Riwallon, abbot of Winchester New Minster | - | 10.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 | - | Map |
| Hampshire | 69,14 | Farleigh Wallop | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | Edward, king | Sigeric the chamberlain | - | 4.00 | 8.00 | 6.00 | - | Map |
| Hampshire | 69,28 | Enham Alamein | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | Edward, king | Alsige the chamberlain | - | 1.50 | 3.00 | 1.50 | - | Map |
| Hampshire | NF9,13 | Harbridge | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | - | Bernard the chamberlain | - | 5.00 | 4.50 | 3.50 | - | Map |
| Kent | 5,151 | Perry | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Perry' | Edward, king | Odo, bishop of Bayeux | Ansfrid Masculus | 1.00 | 1.20 | 1.20 | - | Map |
| Lincolnshire | 59,18 | Skinnand | Vlueue | Wulfgifu 'of Skinnand' | - | Robert of Stafford | Colgrim 'of Ewerby' | 3.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | - | Map |
| Somerset | 17,4 | Loxton | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | - | Eustace, count | - | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | - | Map |
| Somerset | 17,7 | Kingweston | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | - | Ida, countess of Boulogne | - | 5.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 3,102 | Great Glemham | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Great Elmham' | Eadric of Laxfield | Alan, count | - | 0.08 | 0.20 | 0.18 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 3,102 | Great Glemham | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Great Glemham' | Eadric of Laxfield | Alan, count | - | 0.08 | 0.20 | 0.18 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 39,4 | Morston | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Morston' | Beorht | Ranulph brother of Ilger | - | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,212 | Caldecote | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | - | Robert Malet | Walter de Dol | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,213 | Stoke Ash | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Stigand, archbishop of Canterbury | Robert Malet | - | 1.33 | 5.00 | 5.00 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,222 | Rishangles | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Stigand, archbishop of Canterbury | Robert Malet | - | 1.83 | 2.50 | 3.00 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,223 | Thorndon | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Stigand, archbishop of Canterbury | Robert Malet | - | 3.33 | 5.00 | 8.00 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,225 | Braiseworth | Ulueua | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Stigand, archbishop of Canterbury | Robert Malet | - | 0.50 | 0.75 | 0.75 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 7,3 | Kelsale | Vlueua | Wulfgifu 'of Kelsale' | - | Roger Bigod | - | 2.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
| Sussex | 10,100 | Warley | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | Edward, king | Robert, count of Mortain | William de Cahagnes | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.75 | - | Map |
| Sussex | 10,109 | Horsted Keynes | Vlueue | Wulfgifu Beteslau | Edward, king | Robert, count of Mortain | William de Cahagnes | 4.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | - | Map |
| Sussex | 11,69 | Preston | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | - | Roger, earl | Robert fitzTheobald | 7.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | - | Map |
| Sussex | 12,49 | Hamsey | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | Edward, king | William de Warenne | Ralph de Quesnay | 23.50 | 17.69 | 8.85 | - | Map |
| Sussex | 12,49 | Hamsey | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | Edward, king | William de Warenne | Ralph de Quesnay | 0.50 | 0.77 | 0.38 | - | Map |
| Sussex | 12,49 | Hamsey | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | Edward, king | William de Warenne | Ralph de Quesnay | 1.00 | 1.54 | 0.77 | - | Map |
| Wiltshire | 24,7 | Shrewton | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | - | Edward of Salisbury | Godfrey 'of North Wraxall' | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | - | Map |
| Wiltshire | 26,22 | West Tytherton | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | - | Alfred of Marlborough | William the stern | 2.00 | 1.50 | 1.50 | - | Map |
| Wiltshire | 68,24 | Clyffe Pypard | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | - | Wibert, king's serjeant | - | 5.25 | 1.00 | 3.50 | - | Map |
| Wiltshire | 8,10 | Garsdon | Vlueua | Wulfgifu Beteslau | - | Warin, abbot of Malmesbury | - | 3.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | - | Map |
| Totals | ||||||||||||
Tenant-in-Chief 1086 demesne estates (no subtenants)
| 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 | 84,1 | Pitsea | Vlueue | - | - | Wulfgifu wife of Finn | - | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | - | Map |
| Essex | 84,2 | Latchingdon | Vlueue | Finn the Dane | - | Wulfgifu wife of Finn | - | 5.13 | 4.00 | 4.00 | - | Map |
| Totals | ||||||||||||
Lord 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire | 1,8 | Mapledurham | - | Theodger 'of Mapledurham' | Wulfgifu Beteslau | William, king | Albold the cook | 2.50 | 2.00 | 2.00 | - | Map |
| Hampshire | 1,8 | Mapledurham | - | 2 radknights | Wulfgifu Beteslau | William, king | Theobald 'of Mapledurham' | 3.50 | 4.00 | 4.00 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,214 | Thornham Magna | Wlueua | Wulfric 'of Thornham Magna' | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,215 | Thornham Magna | Vlueua | Beorhtmær 'of Thornham Magna' | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | - | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.35 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,215 | Thornham Magna | Vlueua | 2 free men and 1 half-free man | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | - | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.55 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,216 | Gislingham | Vlueua | Coleman the man of Wulfgifu | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | - | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.20 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,216 | Gislingham | Vlueua | 1 free man | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | - | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.05 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,216 | Gislingham | Vlueua | 2 free men | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | - | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,218 | Thornham Parva | Vlueue | 8 free men | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | - | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.25 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,218 | Thornham Parva | Vlueue | 1 free man | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | - | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.13 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,218 | Thornham Parva | Vlueue | Sigeric 'of Thornham Parva' | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | - | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.20 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,222 | Rishangles | Vlueue | 4 free men | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | - | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.33 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,223 | Thorndon | Vlueue | Thorkil 'of Thorndon' | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | - | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.50 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,224 | Occold | Vlueua | 7 free men | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | - | 0.42 | 0.40 | 0.45 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,228 | Braiseworth | Vlueue | Alstan 'of Braiseworth' | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | - | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.25 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,229 | Yaxley | Vlueue | Hagris 'of Yaxley' | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | unnamed mother of Robert Malet | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.20 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,230 | Wickam Skeith | Vlueue | 2 free men | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | unnamed mother of Robert Malet | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.15 | - | Map |
| Suffolk | 6,232 | Bedingfield | Vlueue | 1 free man | Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon' | Robert Malet | unnamed mother of Robert Malet | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridgeshire | 19,2 | Horseheath | Wlueua | - | - | Richard fitzGilbert | Wulfgifu 'of Horseheath' | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.25 | - | Map |
| Cambridgeshire | 19,3 | West Wickham | Wlueua | - | - | Richard fitzGilbert | Wulfgifu 'of Horseheath' | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.25 | - | Map |
| Essex | B3a | Colchester | Vlueua | - | - | William, king | Wulfgifu, burgess | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
| Essex | B3a | Colchester | Vlueua | - | - | William, king | Wulfgifu, burgess | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
| Somerset | 5,16 | Norton Malreward | Vlueua | Alweald the bald | - | Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances | Wulfgifu 'of Norton Malreward' | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | - | Map |
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People of this name
- Wulfgifu 9 - Wulfgifu Beteslau, fl. 1066
- Wulfgifu 10 - Wulfgifu wife of Finn, fl. 1086
- Wulfgifu 11 - Wulfgifu 'of Shelton', fl. 1066
- Wulfgifu 12 - Wulfgifu 'of Horseheath', fl. 1086
- Wulfgifu 13 - Wulfgifu 'of Chowley', fl. 1066
- Wulfgifu 14 - Wulfgifu 'of Milton Damerel', fl. 1066
- Wulfgifu 15 - Wulfgifu, burgess, fl. 1086
- Wulfgifu 16 - Wulfgifu 'of Skinnand', fl. 1066
- Wulfgifu 17 - Wulfgifu 'of Norton Malreward', fl. 1086
- Wulfgifu 18 - Wulfgifu 'of Thorndon', fl. 1066
- Wulfgifu 19 - Wulfgifu 'of Morston', fl. 1066
- Wulfgifu 20 - Wulfgifu 'of Kelsale', fl. 1066
- Wulfgifu 21 - Wulfgifu 'of Great Elmham', fl. 1066
- Wulfgifu 22 - Wulfgifu 'of Great Glemham', fl. 1066
- Wulfgifu 23 - Wulfgifu 'of Perry', fl. 1066