The following feminine names are from the Assize Roll of Northumberland, 40 Henry III. (A.D. 1256). Without exception, the given names of the documents are Latinized. The bynames, depending on their type, are either in Latin or in the vernacular. Relational bynames, such as 'son of', 'wife of', etc., are generally all in Latin. Locative bynames use the Latin preposition de, with the place name generally in the vernacular. The few descriptive bynames are in the vernacular. Occupational bynames, which are the rarest, can be either in Latin or the vernacular.
Virtually all of the women in this document are identified as the wife of someone. Oftentimes, a woman's husband has been mentioned just preceding her, and so an entry for a woman might look like Agnes uxor ejus 'Agnes, his wife'. Other times, the man's name is specified explicitly.
Below are listed the feminine given names and bynames found in this document. The given names are arranged listed in their Latin nominative form, and arranged by frequencey. The bynames are sorted by frequency of type. You can also browse the raw data for this article.
The forms found in the document are Latin forms that are appropriate for Latin contexts only, e.g., written documents or some church and university settings where the spoken language was Latin. The spoken English form of the name often differed from the Latin documentary name. I have listed the expected vernacular in the final column. These vernacular forms come from Talan Gwynek, "Feminine Given Names in A Dictionary of English Surnames" (SCA: KWHS Proceedings, 1994; WWW: Academy of Saint Gabriel, 1997).
| Latin form | Number | Variants | Vernacular form | Notes |
| Agnes | 28 | Agneta, Angnes | Agnes | |
| Alicia | 14 | Alesia | Alice | |
| Cristiana | 13 | Cristina | Christian | |
| Matillis | 11 | Matild | ||
| Isabella | 9 | Isabel | ||
| Emma | 8 | Emma | ||
| Margeria | 8 | Margery | ||
| Alina | 6 | Alyna | Aline | |
| Eva | 6 | Eve | ||
| Hawisia | 5 | Hawis | ||
| Amabilia | 4 | Amabillia | Amabil | |
| Beatrix | 4 | Beatrix | ||
| Juliana | 4 | Gillian | ||
| Dionisia | 3 | Denis | ||
| Johanna | 3 | Joan | ||
| Margareta | 3 | Margaret | ||
| Maria | 3 | Mary | ||
| Rametta | 3 | Ramett | ||
| Cecelia | 2 | Cecilia | Cecily | |
| Constancia | 2 | Constance | ||
| Julia | 2 | |||
| Mariota | 2 | Mariot | ||
| Marsila | 2 | |||
| Sibilla | 2 | Sibil | ||
| Alienora | 1 | Alienor | ||
| Diana | 1 | |||
| Editha | 1 | Edith | ||
| Elizabetha | 1 | Elizabeth | ||
| Ella | 1 | |||
| Idonea | 1 | Idony | ||
| Is' | 1 | This is probably a scribal abbreviation of Isabella. | ||
| Isolda | 1 | Isold ? | ||
| Lucia | 1 | Lucy | ||
| Mabilia | 1 | Mabil | ||
| Milesenta | 1 | Milisenta | Milisent or Milesent | |
| Sussanna | 1 | |||
| Wymarc | 1 |
| Type | Number | Examples | Meaning |
| uxor ejus/uxor sua | 67 | 'wife of the previous/aforesaid' | |
| quæ fuit uxor X | 24 | quæ fuit uxor Eustacii de Dalton, quæ uxor Rogeri de Hatehawes | 'who is the wife of X' |
| uxor X | 19 | uxor Alani de Menyl, uxor Ricardi Moryn | 'wife of X' |
| locative | 18 | de Muschaump', de Neweham, de Quenton' | |
| filia X | 18 | filia Elyæ de Hetpol', filia Margeriæ | 'daughter of X' |
| other | 7 | Bertram, Briam, Goye, Paynel | |
| soror ejus | 5 | 'sister of the previous/aforesaid' | |
| no byname | 2 |
Sources:
Great Britain. Assizes (Northumberland). Three early assize rolls for the county of Nortymberland, sæc. XIII. (Durham [Eng.] Published for the Society by Andrews and Co., 1891.)