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Finn

Gender: Male

Author: SDB

Editorial Status: 4 of 5

Discussion of the name

Finn is a rare name of Scandinavian origin, which occurs just once in the Anglo-Saxon corpus before Domesday: Finn 1 is named in genealogical lists among the distant ancestors of Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons (Æthelwulf 1).

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Fin, Find, Phin, Phim, Phincus

Forms in modern scholarship:

von Feilitzen head forms: ON Finnr, and ODan and OSw Finn

Phillimore edition: Finn

Alecto edition: Fin

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 Buckinghamshire	Phil. ref. 19,5	Vill Cheddington	DB Spelling Fin	Holder 1066 Finn the Dane	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert d'Oilly	1086 Subtenant Ralph Basset	Fiscal Value 1.50	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence C	Map
Shire Buckinghamshire	Phil. ref. 57,16	Vill Cheddington	DB Spelling Fin	Holder 1066 Finn the Dane	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Swarting, king's thegn	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 2.25	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence C	Map
Shire Essex	Phil. ref. 23,38	Vill Langham	DB Spelling Phin	Holder 1066 Finn the Dane	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant Walter Tirel	Fiscal Value 2.50	1066 Value 12.00	1086 Value 15.00	Confidence A	Map
Shire Essex	Phil. ref. 23,43	Vill Barrow Hall	DB Spelling Phin	Holder 1066 Finn the Dane	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.50	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 4.00	Confidence A	Map
Shire Essex	Phil. ref. 84,2	Vill Latchingdon	DB Spelling Phin	Holder 1066 Finn the Dane	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Wulfgifu wife of Finn	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 5.13	1066 Value 4.00	1086 Value 4.00	Confidence A	Map
Shire Lincolnshire	Phil. ref. 34,4	Vill Barnetby le Wold	DB Spelling Fin	Holder 1066 Finn 'of Barnetby le Wold'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Erneis de Buron	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.29	1066 Value 0.33	1086 Value 0.27	Confidence B	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 25,51	Vill Shelland	DB Spelling Find	Holder 1066 Finn the Dane	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.19	1066 Value 0.25	1086 Value 0.25	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Lord 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 Suffolk	Phil. ref. 25,52	Vill Ipswich	DB Spelling Phin	Holder 1066 12 burgesses	Lord 1066 Finn	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.00	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 25,52	Vill Ipswich	DB Spelling Phin	Holder 1066 1 burgess	Lord 1066 Finn	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.00	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 25,72	Vill Boynton	DB Spelling Fin	Holder 1066 Leofstan 'of Boynton'	Lord 1066 Finn	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.42	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.57	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value