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Manning

Discussion of the name

Manning is an -ing derivative of the Old English masculine name Mann, from mann ‘person, man’; the DB spelling ‘-ic’ for ‘-ing’ is paralleled in other DB forms and in the coin legends of some of the moneyers noted below (Redin 1919: 149, 168-9; von Feilitzen 1937: 85-6, 324).

There are fourteen entries for this name in the PASE corpus, of which Manning 1 is a catch-all for occurrences in DB and Manning 2-14 were moneyers active between 848-1017.

Bibliography

Redin 1919: Studies on Uncompounded Personal Names in Old English (Uppsala: A.-B. Akademska Bokhandeln, 1919)

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: Mannicus

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Manning

  Phillimore edition: Manning

  Alecto edition: Manni

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 Essex	Phil. ref. 18,29	Vill Thurrock	DB Spelling Mannicus	Holder 1066 Manning 'of Thurrock'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Odo, bishop of Bayeux	1086 Subtenant Ansketil de Graye	Fiscal Value 2.83	1066 Value 3.00	1086 Value 4.00	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Manning 15 - Manning ‘of Thurrock’ (Essex), fl. 1066