Dunstan

Male
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Discussion of the name

Dunstan is a masculine OE name from from the elemens dunn, ‘dun, dingy-brown, dark-coloured’, and stān, ‘stone, rock, gem’. The PASE database contains 7 persons named Dunstan identified in sources other than Domesday Book: the well-known archbishop of Canterbury and saint (Dunstan 1), a thegn who attested two of King Edgar’s diplomas (Dunstan 2), and five moneyers who operated at different mints between the reigns of King Æthelred II and King Edward the Confessor.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Dunstan, Dunestan and Dustan.

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Dunstān

  Phillimore edition: Dunstan

  Alecto edition: Dunstan

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
Derbyshire 11,4 Kirk Hallam Dunstan Dunstan 'of Gedling' - Ralph de Buron - 1.00 1.00 1.00 E Map
Derbyshire 9,2 Etwall Dunstan Dunstan 'of Gedling' - Geoffrey Alselin Azelin 'of Eggington' 1.00 1.00 0.22 E Map
Nottinghamshire 9,72 Gedling Dunstan Dunstan 'of Gedling' - Roger de Bully - 1.23 1.60 2.00 E Map
Somerset 19,24 Donyatt Dunstan Dunstan 'of Donyatt' - Robert, count of Mortain Drew 'of Montacute' 1.50 1.67 1.67 C Map
Yorkshire 13W1 Tadcaster Dunstan Dunstan 'of Morley' - William de Percy - 4.00 1.00 2.50 C Map
Yorkshire 1W26 Holme near Holmfirth Dunestan Dunstan 'of Morley' - William, king - 2.00 0.00 0.00 E Map
Yorkshire 9W118 Morley Dunstan Dunstan 'of Morley' - Ilbert de Lacy - 6.00 2.00 0.00 C Map
Yorkshire 9W122 Pudsey Dustan Dunstan 'of Morley' - Ilbert de Lacy - 4.00 1.00 0.00 C Map
Yorkshire 9W128 Drighlington Dunstan Dunstan 'of Morley' - Ilbert de Lacy - 4.00 1.00 0.00 C Map
Yorkshire 9W129 Gomersal Dunstan Dunstan 'of Morley' - Ilbert de Lacy - 7.00 1.00 0.00 C Map
Yorkshire 9W136 Cleckheaton Dunstan Dunstan 'of Morley' - Ilbert de Lacy - 3.00 0.50 0.00 C Map
Yorkshire 9W139 Batley Dunstan Dunstan 'of Morley' - Ilbert de Lacy - 1.67 0.33 0.33 C Map
Yorkshire 9W16 Newsam Green Dunstan Dunstan 'of Morley' - Ilbert de Lacy Ansfrid 'of Newsam Green' 4.00 1.50 0.15 C Map
Yorkshire 9W3 Swillington Dunstan Dunstan 'of Morley' - Ilbert de Lacy - 4.50 2.00 0.25 C Map
Yorkshire C10 York Dunstan Dunstan 'of Morley' - William, king William de Percy 0.00 0.00 0.00 E 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
Yorkshire 9W113 Golcar Dunstan Leofing 'of Golcar' - Ilbert de Lacy Dunstan 'of Golcar' 0.50 0.50 0.00 D Map
Totals