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Wonni

Discussion of the name

Wonni probably represents a variant of the Old English masculine name Wunning, with an Anglo-Norman substitution of the first vowel and a reduction of the final element from –ing to –i (von Feilitzen 1937: 416) also seen not far away in the Welsh borders in the name of Henning, whose name was sometimes spelled Hunni.

The name Wunning appears as that of a priest who witnessed documents at Bodmin (Cornw.) in the late eleventh century (K 981; Pelteret 1990: nos. 87–8) and a member of the parish guild of Whitestone near Exeter (Devon) in the time of Bishop Osbern of Exeter, 1072–1103 (Hickes 1703: 19; Pelteret 1990: no. 133).

Bibliography

Kemble 1839–48: John M. Kemble, Codex diplomaticus aevi saxonici, 6 vols (London: English Historical Society, 1839–48)

Hickes 1703: George Hickes, Dissertatio epistolaris ad Bartholomæum Showere, in Antiquæ septentrionalis libri duo, 2 vols (Oxford, 1703–5), I [Part IV], 1–159

Pelteret 1990: David A. E. Pelteret, Catalogue of English Post-Conquest Vernacular Documents (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1990)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Wonni

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Wonni

  Phillimore edition: Wonni

  Alecto edition: Wonni

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 Herefordshire	Phil. ref. 10,8	Vill Maund	DB Spelling Wonni	Holder 1066 Wonni 'of Maund'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Lacy	1086 Subtenant Hugh de Lacy	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 0.75	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Wonni 2 - Wonni ‘of Maund’ (Herefs.), fl. 1066