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Cynna 5

Name

Summary

Cynna 5 had a tiny holding in west Hampshire TRE assessed at only ½ virgate and with a value of 20s, and which he held under King Edward (Edward 15); he was still there in 1086 but his holding had been further diminished, with half being taken into the New Forest and his share being worth only 4s.

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. NF10,4	Vill Canterton	DB Spelling Chenna	Holder 1066 Cynna 'of Canterton'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.13	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.80	Confidence -	Map
Shire Hampshire	Phil. ref. NF10,4	Vill Canterton	DB Spelling Chenna	Holder 1066 Cynna 'of Canterton'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant Cynna	Fiscal Value 0.13	1066 Value 0.20	1086 Value 0.20	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

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
Shire Hampshire	Phil. ref. NF10,4	Vill Canterton	DB Spelling Chenna	Holder 1066 Cynna 'of Canterton'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant Cynna	Fiscal Value 0.13	1066 Value 0.20	1086 Value 0.20	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Cynna 5’s tiny estate was at Canterton in the wooded hills of west Hampshire and which he held TRE under King Edward (Edward 15), probably as a dependent tenant.  Although its TRE valuation of 20s could indicate a slightly larger holding than its assessment of ½ virgate would suggest, the ferding taken by King William (William 1) into the New Forest after the Conquest included all the woodland and meadow and had the lion’s share of the value at 16s.

Cynna was still alive in 1086 and apparently holding the other ferding, then valued at 4s; an ambiguity in DB’s wording could be read as meaning that he was still there despite it being in the forest rather than that he was still holding one of the ferdings (Munby 1982: NF10,4 Notes), but the fact the this value is assigned to him tells against this interpretation.  It is, however, not entirely clear if the half-plough in demesne and the dependent peasant population of four bordars (and their households) refer to Cynna’s ferding or the king’s, although the former is more likely.

It is odd that Cynna’s holding was only 8½ miles from those of Cynning 2, the only other person DB records with a name based on a pet-form of one in Cyne-, and that the only other instances of such a name are Cynna 2-4, representing one or more local moneyers active between 997 and 1023 at Chichester and then Winchester.  Although it is tempting to suggest a connection between these instances, however, there is no supporting evidence for doing so.

Bibliography

Munby 1982: J. Munby, ed., Domesday Book 4: Hampshire (Chichester, 1982), NF10,4 Notes.