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Cynesige

Discussion of the name

Cynesige is an Old English masculine name comprising the elements cynn ‘rank, family, kin’ and sige ‘victory’.

There are fewer than twenty entries for Cynesige in the PASE corpus and so the name should be regarded as unusual. Cynesige 1-13 occur between the tenth and mid-eleventh centuries while Cynsige 15-16 are moneyers; none of them appear in Domesday Book. The PASE corpus suggests that this name was rare in northern England, and although this may not be fully representative it is also notable that the name does not occur in the Durham Liber Vitae.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Chenesis, Chenisi, Chinesi

Spellings in Exon DB: Chinesi, Chiuisi

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Cynesige

  Phillimore edition: Cynesi, Kenesis, Kinsey

  Alecto edition: Cynesige

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 Cornwall	Phil. ref. 5,4,7	Vill Willsworthy	DB Spelling Chenisi	Holder 1066 Cynesige 'of Willsworthy'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant Thurstan the sheriff	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.35	1086 Value 0.25	Confidence B	Map
Shire Somerset	Phil. ref. 24,35	Vill Huish Rhyne	DB Spelling Chinesi	Holder 1066 Cynesige 'of Huish'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Walter de Douai	1086 Subtenant Rayner the clerk, brother of Walter de Douai	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Cynesige 18 - Cynesige ‘of Willsworthy’ (Cornwall), fl. 1066
• Cynesige 19 - Cynesige ‘of Huish’