Lagman

Male
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Discussion of the name

Lagman is a masculine name of uncertain origin. The first element of the name could derive from OE laga (law), or from lagu (water, flood, sea, ocean); so the name could have meant either ‘law man’ or ‘sea man’. Von Feilitzen nevertheless regarded the name as Scandinavian, listing it under the head forms ‘ODan, OSw Lag(h)man ON Logmaðr (von Feilitzen 1937: 308).

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: Laghemannus, Lagman

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Lag(h)man, and Lǫgmaðr

  Phillimore edition: Lagmann, Lawman

  Alecto edition: Lagman

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 68,6 Donyland Laghemannus Lagman 'of East Donyland' - Modwin - 0.25 0.50 0.30 A Map
Yorkshire 1E40 Towthorpe in Wharram Percy Lagman Lagman 'of Wharram Percy' - William, king - 1.69 0.75 0.75 A Map
Yorkshire 1E54 Wharram Percy Lagman Lagman 'of Wharram Percy' - William, king - 4.00 1.50 1.50 A Map
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