PASE: Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
Domesday
[Image: Excerpt from the Domesday
Book]
[Image: Durham Liber Vitae,
folio 38r (extract)]
Cwenthryth
Author: CPL
Editorial Status: unknown
Discussion of the name
Cwenthryth is a feminine OE name formed from the elements cwēn (‘woman, wife, princess, queen’) and ðryð (‘strength, glory’). The only bearer of the name recorded outside DB is the Mercian princess, daughter of King Cenwulf (Cenwulf 3), who became a famous abbess in Kent in the earlier ninth century (Cwenthryth 1).
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: Quendrud
Forms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms: Cwēnðryð
Phillimore edition: Cwenthryth
Alecto edition: Cwenthryth
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 | Holder 1066 DB Spelling | Holder 1066 | Lord 1066 | Tenant-in-Chief 1086 | 1086 subtenant | Fiscal value | 1066 value | 1086 value | Holder 1066 ID conf. | Show on map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnshire | 67,27 | Canwick | Quendrud | Cwenthryth the nun | - | Colgrim 'of Ewerby' | - | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.40 | A | Map |
| Total | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.40 |
People of this name
Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
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