The name Æscwulf appears from the early eighth century onwards but was never very common and is not at present on record between the 970s and 1066 (PASE: Æscwulf 1–3, 5–9). It was formed from the OE words æsc ‘spear, lance’ or ‘ship’ and wulf ‘wolf’, the latter extremely common as a name-element, the former rather rarer, especially among landowners TRE (von Feilitzen 1937: 182).
von Feilitzen 1937: Olof von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Nomina Germanica 3 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1937)
Spellings in Domesday Book: Essul
Forms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms: Æscwulf
Phillimore edition: Aescwulf
Alecto edition: Æscwulf
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 |
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Cheshire | 1,3 | Dunham on the Hill | Essul | Æscwulf 'of Landican' | - | Hugh, earl | - | 3.00 | 2.00 | 0.80 | - | Map |
Cheshire | 8,7 | Landican | Essul | Æscwulf 'of Landican' | - | Hugh, earl | William Malbank | 7.00 | 2.50 | 2.00 | - | Map |
Total | 10.00 | 4.50 | 2.80 |
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