Goldstan

Male
DWP
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Discussion of the name

Goldstan is an Old English masculine name comprising the elements gold ‘gold’ and stān ‘stone, rock, gem’.

The only entries in the PASE corpus are for Goldstan 1, a catch-all for occurrences in DB, and the moneyers Goldstan 2-5, of whom Goldstan 2-3 were active in Lewes 973-85, Goldstan 4 was active in Salisabury 1036-7 and Goldstan 5 was active in Wilton 1036-40.

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: Goldstan, Golstan(us)

Spellings in IA: Guldstan

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Goldstān

  Phillimore edition: Goldstan

  Alecto edition: Goldstan, Golstan

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 90,49 Yeldham Golstan Goldstan 'of Yeldham' - Richard fitzGilbert Goismer 'of Yeldham' 0.14 0.35 0.35 C Map
Kent M11 St Margaret's at Cliffe Goldstan Goldstan 'of Cornilo' unnamed canons of Dover Unnamed canons of Dover in 1086 Robert Trublet 1.00 2.00 1.50 B Map
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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 1,8 White Roding Golstanus - - William, king Goldstan, sokeman 1.00 1.00 1.50 D Map
Essex B3a Colchester Golstanus - - William, king Goldstan, burgess 0.04 0.00 0.00 B Map
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Sub-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 90,49 Yeldham - Goldstan 'of Yeldham' - Richard fitzGilbert Goismer 'of Yeldham' 0.14 0.35 0.35 D Map
Totals