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Centisc

Discussion of the name

Centisc originated as an Old English byname meaning ‘Kentish(man), associated with Kent’ and occurs as such in DB, but like several other bynames it became a masculine name in its own right (von Feilitzen 1937: 214; cf. Insley 2003: 378).

Other than DB, there are no occurrences of this name in PASE.

Bibliography

Insley 2003: J. Insley, ‘Pre-Conquest personal names’, Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde 23 (Berlin and New York, 2003), pp. 367-96

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: Chentis(c)

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Centisc

  Phillimore edition: Kentish

  Alecto edition: Centisc

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. 12,38	Vill Wavendon	DB Spelling Chentis	Holder 1066 Centisc 'of Wavendon'	Lord 1066 Leofnoth son of Osmund	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant Humphrey 'of Wiggington'	Fiscal Value 0.75	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.25	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Centisc 2 - ‘of Wavendon’ (Bucks.), fl. 1066