The Anglo-Saxons

The names of these people have all come from the Domesday Book of 1086.

Domesday Book

This was made in 1086. King William wanted information about his kingdom. He ordered his clerks to ask about the land in the time of King Edward, and about what it was like in 1086. Many of the clerks would have been Norman French. They were asking people who spoke Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Danish about the land. They wrote down what they found out in Latin. This probably explains some of the inconsistencies in the Domesday Book - obviously the words lost something in the several translations that they went through!

"In Rotherham, Hakon (Acun) had 1 manor of 5 carucates to the geld, where there could be 3 ploughs. Nigel has 1 plough there in desmesne; and 8 villans and 3 bordars having 2½ ploughs, and 1 mill rendering 10s. There is a priest and a church, 4 acres of meadow, and 7 acres of woodland pasture. The whole is 10 furlongs and 5½ furlongs broad. In the time of King Edward worth £4; now 30s."

Acun (Hakon)

Alive in 1066, Acun was the Saxon who held the Manor of Rotherham in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Aldene (Halfdan)

Alive in 1066, Aldene was the Saxon who held land in Wickersley in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Alsi (Alsige)

Alive in 1066, Alsi is listed as the Saxon thane who held the land in "Chiberworde" (Kimberworth).

Artor (Arnthorr)

Alive in 1066, Artor was a Saxon priest and held land in Melton, Brampton, Thorpe, Eldebury (Eldeburgh) and Wentworth.

Bugo (Buga)

Alive in 1066, Bugo was the Lord in the village of Hooton Levitt.

Ernui (Earnwine)

Alive in 1066, Ernui was a priest and held a manor in Aughton (Actun) in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Edwin

Edwin died in 1070 and was the Saxon Earl of Mercia. He was the brother of Morcar and Harold's brother-in-law. Before 1066 his lands included Laughton, Throapham, North Anston and South Anston, Thorpe Salvin, Wales, Slade Hooton, Newhall, and Dinnington.

Elsi (Alsige)

Alive in 1066, Elsi was a Saxon Lord who held land in "Maltebi" (Maltby) and "Helgebi" (Hellaby) in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Estan (Aestan)

Alive in 1066, Estan was a Saxon landowner in Wickersley in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Godric

Alive in 1066, he was a Saxon landholder in Brinsworth in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Grim (Grimr)

Alive in 1066, he was a Saxon landowner in the village of Aughton in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Earl Harold

Harold Godwinson was born sometime around 1022 and died on 14th October 1066.

He was probably a southerner and was the Earl of Wessex. He held Conisbrough and would have held land in Rotherham. He was King Edward the Confessor's brother-in-law and right hand man, and in 1066 he claimed the kingdom.

Lefchil (Leofketill)

Alive in 1066, Lefchil was one of the Saxon landholders in Aughton along with Grim and Lepsi. This was in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Lepsi (Leofsige)

Alive in 1066, Lepsi was a landholder in Aughton and Aston.

Morcar

Alive in 1066, Morcar was the brother of Edwin and brother-in-law of Harold, and was Earl of Northumbria. His lands included a manor in Ulley, Wales and Brampton-en-le-Morthen in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Norman (Northmann)

Alive in 1066, Norman was the main landholder in Thrybergh, Dalton, and Brinsworth in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Rainald (Ragnaldr)

Alive in 1066, Rainald was the Saxon landholder in Todwick in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Reider (Reitharr)

Alive in 1066, Reider was the Saxon landholder in Wath, Swinton, and Wentworth. This was in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Seward (Siward)

Alive in 1066, Seward was the great Saxon landholder in Stainton and Hellaby in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Stori (Thorir)

Alive in 1066, Stori is listed as the last Saxon landholder of Rawmarsh in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Swein (Sveinn)

Alive in 1066, Swein was a landholder in Melton, Thorpe, Wentworth and Brampton in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Tor (Thorr)

Alive in 1066, Tor was a landowner in West Melton in the time of King Edward the Confessor.

Torchil (Thorketill)

Alive in 1066, Torchil was a landowner in Whiston in the time of King Edward the Confessor.