Tubbi

Male
DWP
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Discussion of the name

Tubbi is a short form of the Old Norse or Old Danish name Thorbiorn, comprising the elements Þórr, the god’s name, and bjorn ‘bear’ (von Feilitzen 1937: 388; Fellows Jensen 1968: 285, 301).

The only entry in the PASE corpus is for Tubbi 1, a catch-all for occurrences in DB. There are also entries for Thorbiorn 1 and Turbern 1 (a variant form), both of them also DB catch-alls, and two entries for Thorbjorn, representing charter occurrences in 1066 and 1072.

Bibliography

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

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: Tube, Tubi

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Tubbi

  Phillimore edition: Tubbi

  Alecto edition: Tubbi

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
Warwickshire 16,59 Newbold Tube Tubbi 'of Newbold' - Robert, count of Meulan Gilbert 'the man of Robert, count of Meulan' 0.67 0.50 0.83 D Map
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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
Buckinghamshire 17,6 Stoke Poges Tubi 1 sokeman, man of Tubbi Tubbi William fitzAnsculf Walter 'the man of William fitzAnsculf' 1.00 0.60 0.50 C Map
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