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 12 hides, which Aiulf the chamberlain held in 1086. He also held Keevil (Wilts.) and 

 about 20 hides in Somerset.^? Ode the treasurer held i hide in Wimborne Minster (nos. 

 21 and xxvii). Round identified him with Odo of Winchester who held land in Hamp- 

 shire, Berkshire, and Wiltshire, as a thegn in 1086.40 Rainbald of Cirencester, who had 

 the office if not the name of chancellor under Edward the Confessor, held Pulham (no. 

 146) in Dorset,4i which he still held in 1086. 



Wulfweard White, who held Pentridge (no. 67) and Silton (no. 271), had land in 

 eleven counties. He may be identical with the Wulfweard who held Tarrant Crawford 

 (no. 58), and Eyton identified Wlgar Wit, who T.R.E. held 12 acres of meadow at 

 Bingham's Melcombe (no. 30), with Wulfweard White.42 Other landowners with little 

 land in Dorset but larger estates elsewhere were Saeweard, Alwi, and Wulfgifu. Sae- 

 weard, the predecessor of Baldwin at Iwerne Courtney (no. 316), held five manors in 

 Somerset and five in Devon, all of which had passed to Baldwin. Alwi held Turnworth 

 (no. 319) which in 1086 was held by Alvred of Epaignes. He was Alvred's predecessor 

 in Wiltshire, Devon, and Somerset as well, and is called Alwi Banneson in Exon. 

 Domesday. Wulfgifu, who held 1 1 hides in Dorset as the predecessor of the Countess of 

 Boulogne, had 65 hides in Hampshire, where she was called Wulfgifu Beteslau.^^ In 

 addition, she held 5 hides in Wiltshire and a manor in Somerset. Other women besides 

 Wulfwynn and Wulfgifu held land in Dorset, although only in small amounts. Aelfrun 

 held part of Afflington (no. 236), to which she gave her name.44 Aethelflaed held 2 hides 

 at Hethfelton (no. 294) and Leofrun held two manors, both in Stourton Caundle (nos. 

 363, 478), amounting to i| hide. Leofgifu held Blandford (no. 336) and Aelgifu held 

 Morden (no. 337). The latter is probably to be identified with the woman of the same 

 name who held Lyme Regis (no. 504) and Stourton Caundle (no. 219). 



The relative rarity of the name Beorhtnod permits the identification of Britnod, who 

 held Stafford (no. 155), with Bricnod, who held Melbury Bubb (no. 323), and Brisnod 

 who held West Parley (no. 37 1)."*' Other rare names occur in Dorset. Sared (Saered) is 

 found only in Dorset, where he and his brother held Blandford St. Mary (no. 185), and 

 in Somerset, and Watman (Hwaetman), who held Waia (no. 364), occurs only in Dorset 

 and Herefordshire. Burde, who held the little manor of Rushton (no. 292), is only found 

 in Dorset. His name is apparently derived from the French burdel meaning mule. Her, 

 who gave his name to Herston (nos. 333 and cv), is also peculiar to Dorset. Herston 

 was a divided vill in 1086, part of it (no. 512) being held by Godfrey the scullion whose 

 father held it T.R.E. His father's name is not given. Toxus the priest who held part of 

 Swyre (no. 263) is not found anywhere else but Dorset. Aldebert (Ealdbeorht) and 

 Wicnod (Wihtnoth), who held Cerneli (no. 212) and Milton on Stour (no. 272) respect- 

 ively, were peculiar to Dorset. Bern (Beorn), who held part of Church Knowle (no. 

 312), has a name found otherwise only in East Anglia and Northamptonshire, and 

 Turmund (Thormund) who held Wintreburne (no. 56) is otherwise only found in 

 Somerset. Herling, who held Tarrant Keyneston (no. 60), is found only in Dorset and 

 Berkshire, and Trawin, who held Lulworth (no. 199), Dachelin, who held Nyland (no. 

 251) in company with Edric and Alward, and Gerling, who held Turners Puddle 

 (nos. 391 and cxxiv), are all peculiar to Dorset. Trasmund, who held Hill (no. 318), 

 which passed to Osbern Giffard, is found elsewhere as Osbern's predecessor in Wilt- 

 shire, and also held Manston (no. 302), which passed to Waleran. He is not otherwise 

 recorded. Herling, Trawin, Dachelin, Gerling, and Trasmund all bear names of 

 Germanic origin, while Bern, Brune (Bruno, no. 149), Turmund, Her, Toli, Bondi, 



" V.C.H. Wilts, ii. 66. " ie. Beslow (Salop) : see V.C.H. Hants, i. 429. 



■"■ V.C.H. Hants, i. 427. ■" See p. 45. '•'' A. Fagersten, Place-Names of Dorset, 117. 



■•^ Eyton, Key to Domesday: Dorset, 112 n. '•^ O. von Feilitzen, Pre-Conquest Personal Names, 196. 



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