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Bicca

Discussion of the name

The Old English masculine name or names Bicca and Bica are of uncertain meaning, although the latter is probably related to OE bica ‘beak, point’.

There are two instances of Bicca and three of Bica in the PASE corpus. Bicca 2 is a catch-all category for occurrences of this name in DB and three of the remaining four instances occur between the late seventh and the early ninth centuries.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Bichus Book: Biche

Spellings in Exon: Bichus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Bic(c)a

  Phillimore edition: Bicca

  Alecto edition: Bicca

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. 23,23	Vill Coleridge	DB Spelling Biche	Holder 1066 Bicca 'of Coleridge'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Walter de Douai	1086 Subtenant Alric 'of Woodcombe'	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.25	1086 Value 0.25	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Bicca 3 - Bicca ‘of Coleridge’ (Devon), fl. 1066