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Ælfhelm

Gender: Male

Author: DWP

Editorial Status: 4 of 5

Discussion of the name

Ælfhelm is an Old English masculine name comprising the elements ælf ‘elf, sprite’ and helm ‘protection, helmet’; included under this head-form is the potentially ambiguous DB form Alelm’ because this is more likely to represent Ælfhelm than Æthelhelm, which had been reduced to Ailm (give S no.%%).

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: Ælfelmus, Alelmus, Alselmus, Elfelmus

Forms in modern scholarship:

von Feilitzen head forms: Ælfhelm

Phillimore edition: Alfhelm (and Aethelhelm for Alelmus)

Alecto edition: Ælfhelm (and Alelm for Alelmus)

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
Shire Essex	Phil. ref. 39,9	Vill Jacques Hall	DB Spelling Alfelmus	Holder 1066 Ælfhelm 'of Manston'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Rames	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.21	1066 Value 4.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Hampshire	Phil. ref. 69,48	Vill Steventon	DB Spelling Elfelmus	Holder 1066 Ælfhelm 'of Steventon'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Alsige the chamberlain	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 5.00	1066 Value 5.00	1086 Value 4.00	Confidence D	Map
Shire Oxfordshire	Phil. ref. 12,1	Vill Watlington	DB Spelling Ælfelmus	Holder 1066 Ælfhelm of Watlington	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, abbot of Préaux	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 5.00	1066 Value 4.00	1086 Value 5.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Sussex	Phil. ref. 8,11	Vill Catsfield	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 Ælfhelm 'of Catsfield'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Gausbert, abbot of Battle	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.75	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.00	Confidence -	Map
Shire Sussex	Phil. ref. 9,2	Vill Catsfield	DB Spelling Elfelmus	Holder 1066 Ælfhelm 'of Catsfield'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Eu	1086 Subtenant Wenenc the priest	Fiscal Value 1.50	1066 Value 2.50	1086 Value 3.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

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
Shire Staffordshire	Phil. ref. 2,8	Vill Fradswell	DB Spelling Ælfelmus	Holder 1066 Leofwine, bishop of Lichfield	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, bishop of Chester	1086 Subtenant Ælfhelm 'of Fradswell'	Fiscal Value 0.00	1066 Value 0.15	1086 Value 0.67	Confidence B	Map
Shire Worcestershire	Phil. ref. 23,6	Vill Warley Wigorn	DB Spelling Alelmus	Holder 1066 Æthelweard 'of Warley Wigorn'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William fitzAnsculf	1086 Subtenant Ælfhelm 'of Warley Wigorn'	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.85	1086 Value 0.75	Confidence C	Map
Shire Yorkshire	Phil. ref. 14E17	Vill Waxholme	DB Spelling Alelmus	Holder 1066 Thor 'of Ottringham'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Drew de la Beuvrière	1086 Subtenant Ælfhelm 'of Waxholme'	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.25	Confidence C	Map
Shire Yorkshire	Phil. ref. 14E17	Vill Waxholme	DB Spelling Alelmus	Holder 1066 Thorkil 'of Ottringham'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Drew de la Beuvrière	1086 Subtenant Ælfhelm 'of Waxholme'	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.25	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value