Beorhtstan is a masculine Old English name formed from the elements beorht (‘bright, distinguished’) and stān ‘stone, rock, gem’. It is not securely recorded before the 930s and was never especially common but was in continuous use through the tenth and eleventh centuries, with a notable concentration among moneyers in the period 959–1023 (Beorhtstan 1, 3–5, 7–14; Searle 1897: 95).
Searle 1897: W. G. Searle, Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum: A List of Anglo-Saxon Proper Names from the Time of Beda to that of King John (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1897)
Spellings in Domesday Book: Bricstan
Spellings in IE: Brizstanus
Forms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms: Beorhtstān
Phillimore edition: Brictstan
Alecto edition: Beorhtstan
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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Sussex | 10,80 | Langney | Bricstan | Beorhtstan 'of Langney' | - | Robert, count of Mortain | Ranulph 'the man of Robert, count of Mortain' | 0.50 | 0.21 | 0.13 | A | Map |
Cambridgeshire | 44,2 | Toft | Brizstanus | Beorhtstan 'of Toft' | Wulfric, abbot of Ely | Erchenger the baker | - | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.40 | A | Map |
Total | 0.70 | 0.81 | 0.53 |
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