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Botic

Discussion of the name

Botic is a masculine Old English name, known only as a solitary example in Domesday Book. It was based on the element bōt (‘help’) with the suffix –ic (von Feilitzen 1937: 207). Such formations are not well recorded, with only one other found among TRE landowners (Æfic), but may have been more common in lower social ranks. Names in Bot– are much better represented in the pre-Viking period than afterwards, and in 1066 Botic might well have been a low-status archaic name. That would be quite appropriate for the social standing of its only bearer.

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: Botiz

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Bōtic

  Phillimore edition: Botic

  Alecto edition: Botic

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire	Phil. ref.	Vill	DB Spelling	Holder 1066	Lord 1066	Tenant-in-Chief 1086	1086 Subtenant	Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value	Conf.	Show on Map
Shire Sussex	Phil. ref. 9,57	Vill Heathfield	DB Spelling Botiz	Holder 1066 Botic 'of Hawksborough'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Eu	1086 Subtenant Osbern fitzGeoffrey	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.25	1086 Value 0.25	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Botic 2 - Botic ‘of Hawksborough’ (Suss.), fl. 1066