Boia

Male
DWP
4 of 5

Discussion of the name

Boia probably represents an insular borrowing of the Continental Germanic masculine name Boio, of uncertain meaning (Forssner 1916: 51-2; von Feilitzen 1937: 205).

There are 37 entries for Boia in the PASE corpus, but all of these are moneyers except for Boia 1-4 (people associated with Winchester or Kent) and Boia 5 (a catch-all category for occurrences of this name in DB) and all but one (Boia 27, a moneyer at Taunton in 1048-50) belong to the period c.880-c.1042.  The large number of moneyers represented suggests that despite the relatively high frequency of entries in PASE, therefore, Boia should perhaps be regarded as an uncommon name with regard to normal usage in the mid-eleventh century.

Bibliography

Forssner 1916: T. Forssner, Continental-Germanic Personal Names in England (Uppsala, 1916)

von Feilitzen 1937: O. von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book (Uppsala, 1937)

Forms of the name

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
Devon 1,72 Down St Mary Boia Boia 'of Down' - William, king Eadwulf 0.38 0.50 0.50 D Map
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Sub-subtenant in 1086

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
Cornwall 1,6 Pendavey Boie Harold, earl - William, king Robert, count of Mortain 1.00 1.00 0.50 - Map
Totals