Haghni is the Old Danish form of a masculine name borrowed in Scandinavia from the West Germanic area (Hagano in Old High German). It was brought to England in the Viking period and appears as an element in major place-names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. There are no recorded occurrences as a personal name before DB, but in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries it was well used in Norfolk (several dozen examples) and known but much less frequent elsewhere (Fellows Jensen 1968: 122; Insley 1994: 174–80). The later concentration in Norfolk, to the exclusion even of Suffolk, is strikingly foreshadowed by the evidence from DB, and helps to tip the balance in favour of identifying several landowners of the name in 1066. Besides appearing as a personal name in both 1066 and 1086, it was used TRE as a byname by Wulfric Haghni and to form the compound name Cockhaghni (Cockhaghni 2).
Fellows Jensen 1968: Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire (Copenhagen: I Kommission hos Akademisk Forlag, 1968)
Insley 1994: John Insley, Scandinavian Personal Names in Norfolk: A Survey based on Medieval Records and Place-Names, Acta Academiae Regiae Gustavi Adolphi 62 (Uppsala, 1994)
von Feilitzen 1937: Olof von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Nomina Germanica 3 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1937)
Spellings in Domesday Book: Hagana, Hagane, Haganus, Hagene, Hakena, Hakene;
Hago, Hagonus (1086)
Forms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms: ODan Haghni, OSw Hagne, ON Hogni
Phillimore edition: Hagni (Norf.), Hagen (Herefs.)
Alecto edition: Hagni (Norf.), Haghni (Herefs.)
Shire | Phil. ref. | Vill | Holder 1066 DB Spelling | Holder 1066 | Lord 1066 | Tenant-in-Chief 1086 | 1086 subtenant | Fiscal value | 1066 value | 1086 value | Holder 1066 ID conf. | Show on map |
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Herefordshire | 21,4 | Sollers Hope | Hagene | Haghni 'of Sollers Hope' | - | Ansfrid de Cormeilles | Richard 'the man of Ansfrid de Cormeilles' | 3.50 | 2.80 | 2.80 | B | Map |
Herefordshire | 21,4 | Sollers Hope | Hagene | Haghni 'of Sollers Hope' | - | Ansfrid de Cormeilles | Richard 'the man of Ansfrid de Cormeilles' | 1.50 | 1.20 | 1.20 | B | Map |
Norfolk | 1,81 | Kimberley | Hakene | Haghni 'of Bedingham' | - | William, king | Godric the steward | 2.00 | 3.00 | 7.00 | C | Map |
Norfolk | 1,82 | Bowthorpe | Hakene | Haghni 'of Bedingham' | - | William, king | Godric the steward | 2.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | C | Map |
Norfolk | 1,84 | Runhall | Hakene | Haghni 'of Bedingham' | - | William, king | Godric the steward | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | C | Map |
Norfolk | 1,86 | Swathing | Hagana | Haghni 'of Bedingham' | - | William, king | Godric the steward | 2.00 | 5.00 | 6.67 | C | Map |
Norfolk | 1,87 | Flockthorpe | Hakena | Haghni 'of Bedingham' | - | William, king | Godric the steward | 2.00 | 5.00 | 10.00 | C | Map |
Norfolk | 1,87 | Manson | Haghni 'of Bedingham' | - | William, king | Godric the steward | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | C | Map | |
Norfolk | 1,87 | Manson | Haghni 'of Bedingham' | - | William, king | Godric the steward | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | C | Map | |
Norfolk | 1,182 | Bedingham | Hagane | Haghni 'of Bedingham' | Edward, king | William, king | - | 2.00 | 4.00 | 7.63 | C | Map |
Norfolk | 1,184 | Shotesham | Haghni 'of Bedingham' | - | William, king | - | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | C | Map | |
Norfolk | 6,2 | Weybourne | Haganus | Haghni 'of Weybourne' | - | Hugh, earl | Ranulph de Mesnilwarin | 2.00 | 4.00 | 7.00 | C | Map |
Norfolk | 9,2 | Pentney | Hagane | Haghni 'of Pentney' | - | Roger Bigod | Robert de Vaux | 3.00 | 5.00 | 7.00 | C | Map |
Norfolk | 9,2 | East Walton | Haghni 'of Pentney' | - | Roger Bigod | Robert de Vaux | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | C | Map | |
Norfolk | 12,42 | Heckingham | Hagana | Haghni 'of Bedingham' | Stigand, archbishop of Canterbury | Godric the steward | - | 4.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | C | Map |
Total | 26.58 | 33.00 | 58.30 |
Shire | Phil. ref. | Vill | Lord 1066 DB Spelling | Holder 1066 | Lord 1066 | Tenant-in-Chief 1086 | 1086 subtenant | Fiscal value | 1066 value | 1086 value | Lord 1066 ID conf. | Show on map |
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Norfolk | 1,81 | Kimberley | Hakene | 10 sokemen | Haghni | William, king | Godric the steward | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | C | Map |
Norfolk | 1,81 | Carleton | 7 free men | Haghni | William, king | Godric the steward | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | C | Map | |
Norfolk | 1,82 | Bowthorpe | 2 sokemen | Haghni | William, king | Godric the steward | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | C | Map | |
Norfolk | 1,84 | Runhall | 7 free men | Haghni | William, king | Godric the steward | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | C | Map | |
Norfolk | 1,86 | Swathing | 5 sokemen | Haghni | William, king | Godric the steward | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 | C | Map | |
Norfolk | 1,86 | Thustuna | 4 sokemen | Haghni | William, king | Godric the steward | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | C | Map | |
Norfolk | 1,86 | Thuxton | 4 sokemen | Haghni | William, king | Godric the steward | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | C | Map | |
Norfolk | 1,87 | Manson | 22 sokemen | Haghni | William, king | Godric the steward | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | C | Map | |
Norfolk | 1,182 | Bedingham | 6 sokemen | Haghni, king's thegn | William, king | - | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | C | Map | |
Norfolk | 1,182 | Bedingham | Hagane | 3 free men | Haghni, king's thegn | William, king | - | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.68 | C | Map |
Norfolk | 9,2 | East Walton | 10 sokemen | Haghni | Roger Bigod | Robert de Vaux | 0.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | C | Map | |
Total | 4.20 | 0.00 | 0.68 |
Shire | Phil. ref. | Vill | TIC DB Spelling | Holder 1066 | Lord 1066 | Tenant-in-Chief 1086 | 1086 subtenant | Fiscal value | 1066 value | 1086 value | TIC ID conf. | Show on map |
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Norfolk | 56,1 | Bintree | Hago/Hagonus | 10 sokemen | - | Haghni the king's reeve | - | 0.83 | 1.00 | 1.00 | D | Map |
Norfolk | 56,2 | Guist | Hago/Hagonus | 2 villans | - | Haghni the king's reeve | - | 0.83 | 1.00 | 1.00 | D | Map |
Norfolk | 56,3 | Wood Norton | Hago/Hagonus | 5 sokemen | - | Haghni the king's reeve | - | 0.42 | 0.50 | 0.50 | D | Map |
Norfolk | 56,4 | Guestwick | Hago/Hagonus | 2 sokemen | - | Haghni the king's reeve | - | 0.42 | 0.50 | 0.50 | D | Map |
Norfolk | 56,5 | Weston Longville | Hago/Hagonus | 1 sokeman | - | Haghni the king's reeve | - | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.10 | D | Map |
Norfolk | 56,6 | Sparham | Hago/Hagonus | 1 free man | - | Haghni the king's reeve | - | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.20 | D | Map |
Norfolk | 56,7 | Tyby | Hago/Hagonus | 1 free man | - | Haghni the king's reeve | - | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.15 | D | Map |
Norfolk | 56,8 | Salle | Hago/Hagonus | 1 sokeman | - | Haghni the king's reeve | - | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 | D | Map |
Norfolk | 56,9 | Thurning | Hago/Hagonus | 1 sokeman | - | Haghni the king's reeve | - | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 | D | Map |
Total | 3.17 | 3.65 | 3.65 |
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