Centisc originated as an Old English byname meaning ‘Kentish(man), associated with Kent’ and occurs as such in DB, but like several other bynames it became a masculine name in its own right (von Feilitzen 1937: 214; cf. Insley 2003: 378).
Other than DB, there are no occurrences of this name in PASE.
Insley 2003: J. Insley, ‘Pre-Conquest personal names’, Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde 23 (Berlin and New York, 2003), pp. 367-96
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: Chentis(c)
Forms in modern scholarship:
von Feilitzen head forms: Centisc
Phillimore edition: Kentish
Alecto edition: Centisc
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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Buckinghamshire | 12,38 | Wavendon | Chentis | Centisc 'of Wavendon' | Leofnoth son of Osmund | Robert, count of Mortain | Humphrey 'of Wiggington' | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.25 | B | Map |
Total | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.25 |
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