Note 43 — PART II HISTORICAL STUDIES
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Mr A. S. Ellis has suggested that 'Elward filius Reinbaldi' (D.B., i. 170b) King's thegn in Glo'stershire 'was evidently a son' of the chancellor. This suggestion is highly probable, and in any case, the thegn bearing this English name, it may fairly be presumed that his father Reinbald was not of Norman birth.