Mann

Male
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Discussion of the name

Mann is an Old English masculine name derived from mann ‘man’ (Redin 1919: 8; von Feilitzen 1937: 324); the DB form cannot formally be distinguished from that for the cognate Scandinavian name Man, but OE Mann is presumed here because it occurs in association with other OE names.

There are nine entries in the PASE corpus for Mann, of which Mann 1-8 occur between the mid-eighth and early eleventh centuries and Mann 9 is a catch-all for occurrences in DB. However, there are also six entries for Monn, a form that should be regarded as representing the name Mann and for which reason the profile given below is assigned as Mann 16; it is also probable that some of the moneyers entered under the head-form Man in PASE could in fact represent the name Mann.

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: Man

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Man(n)

  Phillimore edition: Mann

  Alecto edition: Mann

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
Suffolk 1,102 Shotley Man Mann 'of Shotley' Gyrth, earl William, king Mann, sokeman 0.09 0.02 0.02 D Map
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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
Suffolk 1,102 Shotley Man Mann 'of Shotley' Gyrth, earl William, king Mann, sokeman 0.09 0.02 0.02 D Map
Totals