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Centisc 2

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Summary

Centisc 2 had a tiny estate in north-east Buckinghamshire TRE assessed at 3 virgates and with a value of 10s; he had power of alienation over his land and was the man of Leofnoth.

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 Buckinghamshire	Phil. ref. 12,38	Vill Wavendon	DB Spelling Chentis	Holder 1066 Centisc 'of Wavendon'	Lord 1066 Leofnoth son of Osmund	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant Humphrey 'of Wiggington'	Fiscal Value 0.75	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.25	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

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Centisc 2’s tiny estate was one of seven small manors and holdings at Wavendon, which as suggested by its second element Old English dūn ‘hill, upland expanse’ occupies high ground between the River Lovat (or Ouzel) and two of its minor tributaries in north-east Buckinghamshire.  DB describes him as the man of Leofnoth and notes that he ‘could sell’, indicating that he had power of alienation over his land rather than holding it in dependent tenure and presumably was therefore Leofnoth’s man by commendation.

It is odd that that the adjectival byname Centisc, ‘of Kent’ or ‘Kentish’, should here be adopted as a proper noun (it occurs in its adjectival sense elsewhere in DB) and there must remain a suspicion that Centisc 2 was also known by another, more usual name.  Nevertheless, there is no solid evidence to support such a suggestion and, since this is the only occurrence of Centisc as a personal name in DB, there is no reason to consider Centisc 2 in connection with any other person or place.