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Cynning

Discussion of the name

Cynning is an -ing derivative of a pet form of an Old English masculine name that had Cyne- (from cynn ‘rank, family, kin’) as its first element; this is a more likely interpretation of the DB form than either *Cēning or a name derived from cyning, cyng ‘king’ (von Feilitzen 1937: 221).

The only entry in the PASE corpus is Cyning 1 [recte Cynning], a catch-all for occurrences in DB.

Bibliography

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: Chening

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Cyn(n)ing

  Phillimore edition: Kening

  Alecto edition: Cyning

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 Hampshire	Phil. ref. 43,2	Vill Dunbridge	DB Spelling Chening	Holder 1066 Cynning 'of Dunbridge'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Gilbert de Breteuil	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.26	1086 Value 1.26	Confidence B	Map
Shire Hampshire	Phil. ref. 43,3	Vill Tytherley	DB Spelling Chening	Holder 1066 Cynning 'of Dunbridge'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Gilbert de Breteuil	1086 Subtenant Papald	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Cynning 2 - Cynning ‘of Dunbridge’ (Hants), fl. 1066