PASE: Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
Domesday
[Image: Excerpt from the Domesday
Book]
[Image: Durham Liber Vitae,
folio 38r (extract)]
Emma
Author: DWP
Editorial Status: unknown
Discussion of the name
Emma is a Continental Germanic feminine name originating as a hypochoristic form of a compound name with *ermana ‘forceful’ as the first element (Forssner 1916: 69).
There are three entries in the PASE corpus: Emma 1 was an early seventh-century queen in Kent; Emma 2 was the wife of Æthelræd 32 and Cnut 3 who died in 1052; and Emma 3 was the wife of Earl Ralph 3, a post-Conquest instance.
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: Imma
Forms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms: Emma
Phillimore edition: Emma
Alecto edition: Emma
Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB
List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB
Tenant-in-Chief 1086 demesne estates (no subtenants)
| Shire | Phil. ref. | Vill | TIC DB Spelling | Holder 1066 | Lord 1066 | Tenant-in-Chief 1086 | 1086 subtenant | Fiscal value | 1066 value | 1086 value | TIC ID conf. | Show on map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon | 44,1 | Ashton | Almær 'of Ashton' | - | Emma, wife of Hervey de Helléan | - | 1.13 | 1.00 | 1.00 | - | Map | |
| Devon | 44,1 | Ashton | 2 thegns | - | Emma, wife of Hervey de Helléan | - | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.50 | - | Map | |
| Devon | 44,2 | Hackworthy | Eadric 'of Hackworthy' | - | Emma, wife of Hervey de Helléan | - | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.50 | - | Map | |
| Total | 1.91 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
Subtenant in 1086
| Shire | Phil. ref. | Vill | Subtenant DB Spelling | Holder 1066 | Lord 1066 | Tenant-in-Chief 1086 | 1086 subtenant | Fiscal value | 1066 value | 1086 value | Subtenant ID conf. | Show on map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon | 16,94 | Whimple | Almær 'of Larkbeare' | - | Baldwin the sheriff | Emma, wife of Baldwin the sheriff | 1.75 | 6.00 | 10.00 | - | Map | |
| Devon | 16,128 | Bridford | Beohtric 'of Bratton Clovelly' | - | Baldwin the sheriff | Emma, wife of Baldwin the sheriff | 2.00 | 1.50 | 2.00 | - | Map | |
| Gloucestershire | 39,18 | Siddington | Godric 'of Ampney' | - | Roger de Lacy | Emma, mother of Roger de Lacy | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.50 | - | Map | |
| Gloucestershire | 39,18 | Siddington | Leofwine 'of Siddington' | - | Roger de Lacy | Emma, mother of Roger de Lacy | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.50 | - | Map | |
| Total | 9.75 | 15.50 | 21.00 |
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