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Topi

Discussion of the name

Topi is an Old Danish masculine name that, together with its side-form Tupi, probably originated as a short form of names such as Thorbiorn (von Feilitzen 1937: 386; Fellows Jensen 1968: 291, 294).

There are two entries for Topi in the PASE corpus, of which Topi 2 is a catch-all for occurrences in DB. Topi 1 was the father of Ulf 28, who witnessed a confirmation of Peterborough Abbey’s lands in 1066x1067 (Bates 1998: no.216), and PASE also draws attention to the Ulf 19 son of Tofi 2 who occurs in a similar confirmation of 1055x1060 (S 1060); these are discussed below under Topi 3.

Bibliography

Bates 1998: Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum: The Acta of William I (1066–1087), ed. David Bates (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998)

Fellows Jensen 1968: Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire (Copenhagen: I Kommission hos Akademisk Forlag, 1968)

S: P. H. Sawyer, Anglo-Saxon Charters: An Annotated List and Bibliography, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 8 (London, 1968), revised by S. Kelly, R. Rushforth et al., The Electronic Sawyer: Online Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Charters, published online through Kemble: The Anglo-Saxon Charters Website, currently at http://www.esawyer.org.uk/about/index.html

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: Topic, Tope (gen.), Topi(us)

Spellings in Exon: Topicus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Topi

  Phillimore edition: Topi

  Alecto edition: Topi

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 Devon	Phil. ref. 16,146	Vill Wilson	DB Spelling Topic	Holder 1066 Topi 'of Wilson'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Baldwin the sheriff	1086 Subtenant William Black	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.15	1086 Value 0.25	Confidence B	Map
Shire Essex	Phil. ref. 32,34	Vill Fryerning	DB Spelling Topius	Holder 1066 Topi 'of Ing'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert Gernon	1086 Subtenant William d'Aunay	Fiscal Value 1.38	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 2.00	Confidence C	Map
Shire Hertfordshire	Phil. ref. 36,2	Vill Digswell	DB Spelling Topi	Holder 1066 Topi 'of Digswell'	Lord 1066 Almær of Bennington	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Peter de Valognes	1086 Subtenant Roger 'the man of Peter de Valognes'	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 2.50	1086 Value 1.75	Confidence C	Map
Shire Lincolnshire	Phil. ref. 25,5	Vill Kirmington	DB Spelling Tope	Holder 1066 Topi 'of Kirmington'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Hugh fitzBaldric	1086 Subtenant Hamelin 'of Croxton'	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 1.50	Confidence C	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 32,30	Vill Hobbestuna	DB Spelling Topi	Holder 1066 Topi 'of Hobbestuna'	Lord 1066 Wulfric, abbot of Ely	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Geoffrey de Mandeville	1086 Subtenant William fitzSaxwalo de Bouville	Fiscal Value 0.13	1066 Value 0.15	1086 Value 0.15	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Topi 3 - Topi ‘of Kirmington’ (Lincs.), fl. c. 1030x1066
• Topi 4 - Topi ‘of Ing’ (Essex), fl. 1066
• Topi 5 - Topi ‘of Digswell’ (Herts.), fl. 1066
• Topi 6 - Topi ‘of Wilson’ (Devon), fl. 1066
• Topi 7 - Topi ‘of Hobbestuna’ (Suff.), fl. 1066