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Pinn

Discussion of the name

Pinn is an Old English masculine name derived from pinn ‘pin, peg’, probably originating as a nickname (von Feilitzen 1937: 344).

The only entry in the PASE corpus is for Pinn 1, a catch-all category for occurrences in DB.

Bibliography

O. von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book (Uppsala, 1937), p. 344.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Pin

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Pinn

  Phillimore edition: Pin

  Alecto edition: Pinn

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 Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 2,7	Vill Hampen	DB Spelling Pin	Holder 1066 Pinn 'of Hampen'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Thomas, archbishop of York	1086 Subtenant Ansger 'of Hampen'	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Pinn 2 - Pinn ‘of Hampen’ (Glos.), fl. 1066