THANE OF SURREY EALDORMAN IN DEVONSHIRE

                           ? To About 1016

Notes:

1.   An Earldorman was a king's representative who collected taxes and raised troops.

2.  The very important Anglo-Saxon word 'Aethel'  appears to have six letters, but it should be remembered that 'ae' was a single character originally, and so was 'th'. Names beginning with Athel and Ethel are obviously derived from it. 'Th' has sometimes been changed into a 'y' and so prefixes such as Ayel, Ayl and Ail are descended from the original 'aethel'.  'Aethel' means Noble, in the sense of being noble in character, or noble in birth, and in consequence it was a word much favoured for the names of royalty or other persons of high rank. In a slightly different sense, it may have come to have had a meaning somewhat similar to the modern 'Prince'.

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From:  http://www.mathematical.com/surreyaethelmaer.html

�thelmaer Cyld "the Great" Thane of Surrey Ealdorman in Devonshire
died about 1016

father:
*�thelwerd I 'the Historian' Theign of Surrey Earldorman in Wessex
died 0998

mother:
*�thelflaed of Wessex
(end of information)..

siblings:
unknown

spouse:
*�thelthrith of Wessex
(end of information)..

children:
*Wulfnoth Cyld of Sussex
born about 0975 Wessex, England
died 1015

biographical and/or anecdotal:

notes or source:
LDS

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From:  http://armidalesoftware.com/issue/full/Thaler_174_main.html#N31

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