Beorhtwulf

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Discussion of the name

Beorhtwulf is an Old English masculine name comprising the elements beorht ‘bright, distinguished, pure’ and wulf ‘wolf’.

There are 24 entries for Beorhtwulf in the PASE corpus, all but two of which occur in or before the 970s; the two exceptions are Beorhtwulf 14 (a Suffolk landholder, profiled below) and Beorhtwulf 16 (a catch-all category for occurrences of this name in DB). The paucity of recorded instances from the late tenth and eleventh centuries suggests that the name Beorhtwulf became less popular among the late Anglo-Saxon élite (i.e. among those whose names tend to occur in surviving documents).

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Brictolfus, Brictulfus

Spellings in FBB: Brihtulus, Brithtuluus

Forms in modern scholarship: 

  von Feilitzen head forms: Beorhtwulf

  Phillimore edition: Brictwulf (also Brictwold in Persons index volume)

  Alecto edition: Beorhtwulf

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
Essex 20,75 Elmdon Lee Brictulfus Beorhtwulf son of Leomær - Eustace, count Roger de Sommery 2.50 4.00 5.00 B Map
Essex 90,63 Ovington Brictolfus Beorhtwulf 'of Ovington' Wihtgar son of Ælfric Richard fitzGilbert Beorhtwulf 0.25 0.71 1.08 E Map
Suffolk 14,21 Santon Downham - Beorhtwulf son of Leomær - Baldwin, abbot of Bury St Edmunds Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin 3.00 8.00 11.00 A Map
Suffolk 14,28 Somerton - Beorhtwulf son of Leomær - Baldwin, abbot of Bury St Edmunds Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin 1.00 2.15 2.15 A Map
Suffolk 14,5 Chevington - Beorhtwulf son of Leomær - Baldwin, abbot of Bury St Edmunds - 5.75 5.75 9.58 A Map
Suffolk 14,6 Saxham - Beorhtwulf son of Leomær - Baldwin, abbot of Bury St Edmunds - 5.00 6.00 10.00 A Map
Suffolk 14,65 Tostock - Beorhtwulf son of Leomær - Baldwin, abbot of Bury St Edmunds Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin 1.00 1.00 1.00 A 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
Suffolk 14,21 Santon Downham - 9 free men Beorhtwulf son of Leomær Baldwin, abbot of Bury St Edmunds Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin 3.00 1.75 1.75 B Map
Suffolk 14,5 Chevington - 1 sokeman Beorhtwulf son of Leomær Baldwin, abbot of Bury St Edmunds 1 sokeman 0.25 0.25 0.42 A Map
Suffolk 14,65 Tostock - 17 free men and 1 half-free man Beorhtwulf son of Leomær Baldwin, abbot of Bury St Edmunds Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin 1.00 0.50 0.53 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 90,63 Ovington Brictolfus Beorhtwulf 'of Ovington' Wihtgar son of Ælfric Richard fitzGilbert Beorhtwulf 0.25 0.71 1.08 A Map
Totals