One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.

HOBBITS

HobbitsHobbits of BreeThe Little Folk who lived around the Bree-hill.

Hobbits

See also RULERS, FAMILIES, SONGS, VERSES, POEMS, SHIREBILBO, FRODO, SAMWISE, PIPPIN, MERRY, GOLLUM

BAGGINS BRANDYBUCK TOOK GAMGEE GARDNER BOLGER BOFFIN COTTON BRACEGIRDLE BURROWS

MARRIED HOBBIT-WOMEN and GUESTS FAREWELL PARTY, MAYORS OF MICHEL DELVING, THAINS OF THE SHIRE, MASTERS OF BUCKLAND, WARDENS OF WESTMARCH.

HOBBIT-NAMES. Hobbit-names

Hobbits like to have books filled with things that they already know, set out fair and square with no contradictions.

HEADS OF THE BAGGINS FAMILY. See Baggins Family

ADALBERT BOLGER. See BOLGERADALDRIDA BOLGER. See BOLGERADALDRIDA BRANDYBUCK = ADALDRIDA BOLGER

ADALFRIDA OF THE YALEAlfrida Bolger-Of The YaleHobbit of the Shire. Alfrida of the Yale married Gundolpho Bolger. They had three children: Gundahar born in 2774 of the Third Age, Rudolph born in 2778, and Gundahad born in 2780.

ADALGAR BOLGER. See BOLGERADALGRIM TOOK. See TOOKADAM HORNBLOWER. L:3A2900/3000. The Hobbiton blacksmith.

ADAMANTA CHUBB. (Took-Chubb). L:3A2800/2900. Gerontius the Old Took and Adamanta Chubb had 12 children (nine sons and three daughters): Their oldest daughter Belladonna was the mother of Bilbo.

Adamanta Chubb Adamanta is from adamant, a word used for diamond. Jewel names were common among female Hobbits. ADAMANTA TOOK = ADAMANTA CHUBB

ADELARD TOOK. See TOOK

ALFRIDA BOLGER = ALFRIDA OF THE YALEALFRIDA OF THE YALE.

Alfrida of the Yale Gundolpho Bolger married Alfrida of the Yale. They had three children: Gundahar born in 2774, Rudolph born in 2778, and Gundahad born in 2780.YALE, THE. Region. See SHIRE

AMARANTH BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKAMETHYST BOLGER = AMETHYST HORNBLOWER

AMETHYST HORNBLOWER.Rudibert Bolger and Amethyst Hornblower had one child: Adalbert (2901).Amethyst Hornblower Hobbit of the Shire. Amethyst Hornblower married Rudibert Bolger. They had a son named Adalbert, born in 2901 of the Third Age. Amethyst had a jewel name like many female Hobbits.

ANDWISE. (OE). "Expert, Skillful".ANDWISE “Andy” ROPER. See GAMGEEANGELICA BAGGINS. See BAGGINS

ANSON. (OE). from AN, SUNU (OE) "ONLY SON".ANSON ROPER. See GAMGEE

ASPHODEL BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKASPHODEL BURROWS = ASPHODEL BRANDYBUCK

BALBO BAGGINS. See BAGGINSBANDOBRAS TOOK.The Bullroarer. See TOOKBASSO BOFFIN. See BOFFIN

BELBA BAGGINS. See BAGGINSBELBA BOLGER = BELBA BAGGINS

BELL GAMGEE = BELL GOODCHILDBELL GOODCHILD. (Gamgee-Goodchild). Bell Goodchild

L:3A2900/3000. Died before the WR. She married Hamfast Gamgee the Gaffer. They had six children: Hamson, Halfred, Daisy, May, Samwise, and Marigold. Bell appears to have died sometime before the War of the Ring. See also SAMWISE

BELLADONNA BAGGINS = BELLADONA TOOKBELLADONNA TOOK. See TOOK

BERILAC BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCK

BERYLLA BAGGINS = BERYLLA BOFFINBERYLLA BOFFIN. See BOFFIN

BILBO BAGGINS (Bilba Labingi). See BILBO

BILBO GAMGEE/GARDNER. See GARDNER

BILL BUTCHER. L:WR. He was the butcher of Michel Delving in Samwise Gamgee's poem Perry-the-Winkle. Perhaps a historical character, but his surname may be more of an epithet than a true name. Bill's dog was Grip. Farmer Maggot had also a dog named Grip.See also DOGS > GRIP (2).

BINGO BAGGINS (1). Bilbo's son in RS. Son of Bilbo and Primula. In LR Bilbo is not married.BINGO BAGGINS (2) = FRODO BAGGINS. BINGO BAGGINS (3) = LARGO BAGGINS. BINGO BAGGINS (4). See BAGGINSBINGO BOLGER (1) = BILBO BAGGINS. BINGO BOLGER (2) = FRODO BAGGINS. BINGO BOLGER-BAGGINS (1) = BILBO BAGGINS. BINGO BOLGER-BAGGINS (2) = FRODO BAGGINS.

BLANCO and MARCHO.

Founders of the Shire. Hobbits of Bree, later Hobbits of the Shire. 3A1601: Argeleb II tenth King of Arthedain gave permission to the Hobbits to live in the Shire. Blanco with his brother Marcho settled there. They were Fallohide Hobbits. CAVALLO > BLANCO.BlancoHobbits who founded the Shire. Marcho and Blanco were brothers. They were of the kind of Hobbits called Fallohides. Marcho and Blanco originally lived in Bree, where both Men and Hobbits dwelled. In 1601 of the Third Age, Marcho and Blanco obtained permission from King Argeleb II to settle the land west of the Brandywine River. The brothers led a large group of Hobbits across the Bridge of Stonebows and claimed all the land between the river and the Far Downs. This land was named the Shire, and it became the homeland of the Hobbits in Middle-earth. The name Marcho is derived from the Old English mearh meaning "horse, steed" while Blanco is from blanca meaning "white or grey horse." According to The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, their names are based on the legendary brothers Hengest and Horsa - whose names also mean "horse" - who were involved in the migration of Germanic peoples to Britain.

BLANCO BRACEGIRDLE. See BRACEGIRDLE

BOB THE OSTLER. Man of Bree. Not a Hobbit. See MEN OF BREE

BODO PROUDFOOT. See PROUDFOOT

BOSCO BOFFIN. See BOFFINBOWMAN “Nick” COTTON. See COTTONBRIFFO BOFFIN. See BOFFINBRUNO BRACEGIRDLE. See BRACEGIRDLE

BUCCA OLDBUCK. Bucca of the Marish. First Thain of the Shire. R:3A1979-?. After King Arvedui of Arnor died (3A1975) Bucca was choosen thain by the chieftains of the Shire to rule "until the return of the King". Bucca was married. His wife is unknown. They had children. From Bucca were descended the Oldbucks and subsequently the Brandybucks. The office of Thain later passed to the Took family.Bucca of the Marish

First Thain of the Shire. Bucca was from the region on the west bank of the Brandywine River known as the Marish. After the fall of the North Kingdom, the Hobbits decided to elect a Thain to be their leader in the absence of the King. Bucca became the first Thain in 1979 of the Third Age. From Bucca were descended the Oldbucks and subsequently the Brandybucks. The office of Thain later passed to the Took family. In Old English, bucc means "male deer" and bucca means "male goat."

BUFFO BOFFIN. See BOFFINBUNGO BAGGINS. See BAGGINS

CAMELLIA BAGGINS = CAMELLIA SACKVILLE CAMELLIA SACKVILLE. (Baggins-Sackville). L:3A2900.

Mother of Otho Sackville-Baggins, born in 2910. Through Camellia, Otho became the head of the Sackville family and thus as was customary he combined the family names and was called Otho Sackville-Baggins. The only named member of the family, Camellia, lived between about1 3A 2860 and 3A2950 (1260-1350 by the Shire-reckoning); the family existed for at least one generation before this, and almost certainly longerWe don't have any dates for Camellia; the dates shown here are for her husband Longo Baggins.A camellia is a shrub that bears rose-like flowers.

Camellia Sackville

CARL. The name is Old English and Middle English "churl" from Scandinavian Karl "man".CARL COTTON. See COTTONCARL “Nibs” COTTON. See COTTONCELANDINE BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCK

CHICA BAGGINS = CHICA CHUBBCHICA CHUBB. (Baggins-Chubb). L:3A2900. She married Bingo Baggins, the brother of Bilbo's father Bungo. They had one child: son Falco Chubb-Baggins. Born 2903. (The first Chubb-Baggins).Aunt of Bilbo Baggins.-FATIMA.

Chica ChubbAunt of Bilbo Baggins. Chica Chubb married Bingo Baggins, the brother of Bilbo's father Bungo. Bingo and Chica had a son named Falco Chubb-Baggins, born in 2903 of the Third Age.

CHILDREN MAGGOT. L:WR. Famer Maggot and Mrs. Maggot had three daughters and two or more sons. See also Farmer Maggot and Mrs. Maggot.

CORA BOLGER = CORA GOODBODYCORA GOODBODY.Rudolph Bolger and Cora Goodbody had one child: Fastolph (2810).Cora GoodbodyHer birth and death dates are not known.

COTMAN COTTON. See COTTONCOTTAR COTTON. See COTTONCottar is a Scottish term for a cottager, or a peasant farmer living in a cottage.

DADDY TWOFOOT. Also Mr Twofoot. Daddy TwofootL:3A3000/. Guest at the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins. Daddy lived at Bagshot Row. Neighbor of Gaffer Gamgee. Daddy Twofoot lived at Number 2 Bagshot Row. In September 3001 of the Third Age, just before Bilbo Baggins' 111th birthday party, Daddy Twofoot was at the Ivy Bush with

Gaffer Gamgee. The Hobbits were discussing Frodo Baggins, whose mother was a Brandybuck from Buckland, and Daddy Twofoot said that folks from the other side of the Brandywine were queer because they lived near the Old Forest.

DAISY BAGGINS. See BAGGINSDAISY BOFFIN = DAISY BAGGINSDAISY GAMGEE See GAMGEEDAISY GAMGEE/GARDNER See GARDNERDAUGHTERS OF ADALGRIM TOOK. (Three daughters). L:3A3001/. Guests at the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins.DAUGHTERS OF ADELARD TOOK. (Three daughters). L:3A3001/. Guests at the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins.DAUGHTERS OF MARMADOC BRANDYBUCK. (Two daughters). L:3A2861/2867.DEAGOL. Hobbit Vales Anduin. The Ring-finder. See GOLLUMDIAMOND OF LONG CLEEVE. (Took-Took). See TOOKDIAMOND TOOK = DIAMOND OF LONG CLEEVE

DINA BOLGER = DINA DIGGLEDINA DIGGLE. (Bolger-Diggle).The only known member of this family, Dina Diggle, lived between about1 3A2774 and 3A2875 (SR1174 and SR1275)

Dina Diggle Dina Diggle was the wife of Gundahar Bolger (SR1174-1275). They had two children, Adalgar (SR1215-1314) and Adaldrida (born SR1218).Great-great-grandmother of Frodo Baggins. Adalgar's daughter Ruby was the mother of Drogo Baggins, father of Frodo. Adaldrida's son Gorbadoc was the father of Primula, mother of Frodo. Dina Bolger was therefore both the paternal and maternal great-great-grandmother of Frodo. The only known member of this family, Dina Diggle, lived between about1 3A2774 and 3A2875 (SR1174 and SR1275).DINODAS BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKDODERIC BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKDODINAS BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKDONNAMIRA BOFFIN = DONNAMIRA TOOKDONNAMIRA TOOK. See TOOKDORA BAGGINS. See BAGGINSDROGO BAGGINS. See BAGGINSDRUDA BOFFIN = DRUDA BURROWSDRUDA BURROWS. See BURROWSDUDO BAGGINS. See BAGGINS

EGLANTINE BANKS. (Took-Banks). L:3A3000/. She married Paladin Took II. They had four children. Three daughters: Pearl in 2975, Pimpernel in 2979, Pervinca in 2985. One son: Perergrin (called Pippin) in 2990. She was a guest at the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins.-THAMANDA TOOK. Married Olo Bolger (2) = Paladin II Took.. Odo’s mother.Eglantine Banks Mother of Peregrin Took. Eglantine Banks married Paladin Took, who became Thain Paladin II. Eglantine bore four children: Pearl in 2975 of the Third Age, Pimpernel in 2979, Pervinca in 2985, and Perergrin

(called Pippin) in 2990. She and her family attended the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3001. Eglantine's date of death is not known. An eglantine is a wild rose. This is in keeping with the Hobbit tradition of naming girls after flowers. See also PIPPINEGLANTINE TOOK = EGLANTINE BANKS

ELANOR “The Fair” GAMGEE/GARDNER. See GARDNERELANOR GREENHOLM = ELANOR “The Fair“ GAMGEE/GARDNER

ELFSTAN FAIRBAIRN. B:4A0033. Second Warden of Westmarch. Eldest son and heir of Fastred of Greenholm and Elanor the Fair. His younger sister was Firiel. Grandson of Samwise. The first of the Fairbairns of the Towers. His name means "elfstone" in translated Hobbitish. He was named after Aragorn II (King Elessar).Elfstan Fairbairn

Grandson of Samwise Gamgee. Elfstan Fairbairn was the son of Sam's daughter Elanor the Fair and Fastred of Greenholm. Elfstan had at least one sibling, a younger sister named Firiel. Elfstan was born in the year 33 of the Fourth Age. The next year the family moved to Undertowers in the Tower Hills in the Westmarch. They became known as the Fairbairns of the Towers and Fastred was named the Warden of Westmarch. This title remained in the Fairbairn family, so it is likely that Elfstan Fairbairn became the second Warden of Westmarch after his father's death. Elfstan means "Elfstone," the Common Speech equivalent of "Elessar." It seems likely that Elfstan was named in honor of Aragorn, King Elessar.

ERLING. L:3A2854-?. Third child and second son of Holman the Greenhanded of Hobbiton and ?. He was not married. Like his father he was of the working class. He had two older siblings - Rowan and Halfred - and two younger siblings - Hending and Rose.

Erling Erling is a Nordic name meaning "heir of the clan chief" or "prince."

ESMERALDA BRANDYBUCK = ESMERALDA TOOKESMERALDA TOOK. See TOOKESTELLA BOLGER. See BOLGERESTELLA BRANDYBUCK = ESTELLA BOLGEREVERARD TOOK. See TOOKFALCO CHUBB-BAGGINS.

FALCO CHUBB-BAGGINS.

L:3A2903-2999=96y. Only child and son of Bingo Baggins and Chica Chubb. He was the first Chubb-Baggins. He was married. His wife is unknown. They had one child: daughter Poppy.

Falco Chubb-BagginsThe first of the Chubb-BagginsesA cousin of Bilbo Baggins, Falco was the son of Bilbo's uncle Bingo Baggins and Chica Chubb. He lived a long life, reaching the age of ninety-six, but not quite long enough to attend his cousin's Farewell Party, which was held two years after his death. He was survived by a daughter, Poppy, but when she married Filibert Bolger the short-lived Chubb-Baggins line came to an end.Cousin of Bilbo Baggins. Falco took the name Chubb-Baggins. This type of hyphenated name was customary when a Hobbit became the head of his mother's family. Therefore it seems likely that Falco was the head of the Chubb family. Falco Chubb-Baggins had a daughter named Poppy, born in 2944.

FARAMIR. (Q). "...-jewel".FARAMIR TOOK I. tsh33/21. See TOOK

FARMER MAGGOT. Hobbit of the Shire.. His wife was Mrs Maggot. Her family-name is unknown. They had three daughters and two or more sons. Farmer Maggot and Tom Bombadil were friends and exchanged visits. Tom called him in jest Muddy-feet. Farmer Maggot was a good friend to all the Brandybucks. He was a terror to trespassers, and kept ferocious dogs: Grip, Fang, Wolf. Old Maggot caught Frodo Baggins several times trespassing after his famous mushrooms, when he was a youngster at Brandy Hall. Bill Butcher had also a dog named Grip. Farmer Maggot's farm was Bamfurlong. See also Mrs Maggot.-FARMER PUDDIFOOT. -GOODMAN MAGGOT. -MUDDY-FEET. -OLD MAGGOT, OLD FARMER MAGGOT. -PENNY-WISE TUB-ON-LEGS. -FARMER PUDDIFOOT. See also PUDDIFOOT.Maggot Farmer Maggot

Farmer famed for his mushrooms. Maggot's farm was Bamfurlong in the Marish between the Woody End and the Brandywine River. In addition to mushrooms, Maggot also grew turnips. His fields were well-tended and were divided by well-laid hedges. Maggot had a large brick house with a thatched roof. The house and farm buildings were surrounded by a wall with a wooden gate. Farmer Maggot was broad and thick-set with a round red face. He had a wife - known only as Mrs. Maggot - and they had three daughters and more than two sons. Maggot also employed several Hobbits on his farm. Maggot was very shrewd and knowledgeable about things both within the Shire and without. He ventured into the Old Forest at times and met with Tom Bombadil, who regarded Maggot as an important person. "There's earth under his old feet, and clay on his fingers; wisdom in his bones, and both his eyes are open," said Tom. The Fellowship of the Ring: "In the House of Tom Bombadil," p. 143

Farmer Maggot was friendly with the Brandybucks and knew Peregrin Took, but living as he did near the border he was suspicious of strangers. He had once run young Frodo Baggins off his land for stealing mushrooms, and threatened to set his dogs on him if he ever returned. But when Frodo met Farmer Maggot again on September 25, 3018 of the Third Age, as he passed through the farmer's fields on the way to Crickhollow, Maggot welcomed Frodo into his home. Earlier that day, a Black Rider had come to Maggot's farm and offered the farmer gold in exchange for news of Baggins, but Farmer Maggot sent him on his way. Maggot guessed that Frodo's trouble had something to do with Bilbo's treasure but he did not press Frodo for details and promised to deal with the Black Riders if they returned. After supper, Frodo and his companions were driven to the Bucklebury Ferry in Farmer Maggot's cart. Maggot sent Frodo on his way with a gift of mushrooms courtesy of Mrs. Maggot. Maggot was intended to be a "meaningless" Hobbit name and was not intentionally related to the word meaning "grub, larva." BAMFURLONG. The name Bamfurlong did not have a clear meaning in the Shire, but it probably meant "bean field." The element bam is likely derived from "bean." A furlong is a division of a common field. Farmer Maggot's farm. Bamfurlong was located in the Marish on the west side of the Brandywine River. Bamfurlong was a well-tended farm with fields and meadows divided by hedges and drainage dikes. Farmer Maggot was famous for growing mushrooms at Bamfurlong. He also had a large field of turnips. By the turnip field was a gate from which a lane ran to a clump of trees where the farm buildings stood. The lane then continued on for about a mile or two to the Causeway. The farm buildings were surrounded by a high wall with a wooden gate. The large house and farm buildings were made of brick and had thatched roofs. Farmer Maggot and Mrs. Maggot lived there with their children, including two sons and three daughters. Farmer Maggot also employed other Hobbits who worked on his farm. As a child, Frodo Baggins had gone to Bamfurlong to steal mushrooms and had been caught by Farmer Maggot, who threatened to set his dogs on the young Hobbit if he returned. Frodo inadvertently returned to Bamfurlong on September 25, 3018 of the Third Age, with Sam Gamgee and Pippin Took. The Hobbits had become disoriented while trying to avoid a Black Rider in the Woody End and emerged from the wood farther south than they had intended. Pippin recognized the land as Bamfurlong. They approached the farm house, and when Farmer Maggot realized who they were he invited them in for supper and told them that a Black Rider had come to the farm seeking news of someone named Baggins. After supper, he drove the Hobbits to the Bucklebury Ferry in his cart. Bamfurlong The farm of Farmer Maggot, located in the Marish near Bucklebury Ferry. Its major crop was mushrooms. The farm was stoutly built of brick and had a high wall round it. It is an English place-name. Probably from "bean" and "furlong" in the sense of a division of a common field. The name is now without clear meaning.See also DOGS > FANG, GRIP, WOLF.-BAMFURLONG. Farm. -BAMFURLONG = WHITFURROWS. Town. See SHIREMUSHROOMS.A favorite food of Hobbits. In the Shire, Farmer Maggot was noted for the fine mushrooms he grew at Bamfurlong, his farm in the Marish on the west bank of the Brandywine River. As a child, a yearning for mushrooms led Frodo Baggins to Farmer Maggot's fields to steal from his crop. Maggot caught young Frodo and threatened to set his dogs on him if he ever trespassed on his land again. When Frodo and his companions found themselves in Farmer Maggot's fields as they made their way to Crickhollow on September 25, 3018 of the Third Age, Maggot remembered Frodo but did not make good on his threat. Instead, the Hobbits were treated to a meal including a dish of mushrooms and bacon, and Mrs. Maggot prepared a basket of mushrooms for Maggot to give to Frodo when they parted. A tasty kind of edible fungus, and a particular favourite of the Hobbits. In the Shire, it seems those that grew in the boggy region of the Marish were the most prized. Farmer Maggot grew them in his fields, and in The Lord of the Rings Frodo remembers stealing mushrooms from Maggot's fields as a child. He revisited the same farm years later, and Old Maggot gave him a parting gift - a basket of mushrooms.

FASTOLPH BOLGER. See BOLGERFASTRED. (OE). "Firm Counsel".

FASTRED OF GREENHOLM. L:4A1/100. First Warden of Westmarch.4A0030: He married Elanor Gamgee daughter of Samwise Gamgee and Rose Cotton.Founder of the Fairbairns of the Towers. They had two children: Elfstan and Firiel.4A0033: His son Elfstan Fairbairn was born. 4A0034: Fastred was made the first Warden of Westmarch at the request of Samwise Gamgee (Mayor of the Shire). 4A0035: Fastred built Undertowers and the family moved to the Tower Hills. Founder of the Fairbairn Family and Founder of the Greenholm Family.Fastred of Greenholm

Husband of Elanor the Fair. Fastred was from Greenholm on the Far Downs. He married Sam Gamgee's daughter Elanor in the year 30 of the Fourth Age. Their children included a son named Elfstan, born in the year 33, and a daughter named Firiel. Aragorn, King Elessar, made the Westmarch from the Far Downs to the Tower Hills part of the Shire in the year 31, and in the year 34 Sam asked Thain Peregrin to make Fastred the Warden of Westmarch. Fastred's family moved to Undertowers in the Tower Hills and they came to be called the Fairbairns of the Towers. Fastred is from the Anglo Saxon fæstræd meaning "firmly resolved, steadfast."

FERDIBRAND TOOK. See TOOKFERDINAND TOOK. See TOOKFERUMBRAS TOOK I, II, III. See TOOKFILIBERT BOLGER. See BOLGER FÍRIEL. (Q) "Mortal Woman".FIRIEL. Woman of Westernesse. Dúnadan. Daughter of Orontor. L:2A. FIRIEL L:4A0100. Daughter of Fastred of Greenholm and Elanor Gamgee.She was the granddaughter of Samwise. Her older brother was Elfstan. Granddaughter of Samwise Gamgee. Firiel was the daughter of Sam's daughter Elanor the Fair and Fastred of Greenholm. Firiel had at least one sibling, an older brother named Elfstan Fairbairn. Fíriel is from the Quenya meaning "mortal woman." Firiel may have been named for a character in a poem called "The Last Ship" found in the Red Book of Westmarch. The Firiel of the poem may have in turn been named for a princess of Gondor who was an ancestor of Aragorn. Fíriel

FLAMBARD TOOK. See TOOKFOLCO BAGGINS = FRODO BAGGINSFOLCO BOFFIN. See BOFFINFOLCO BURROWES. Hobbit of the Shire.. A Lawyer. L:3A2942/.FOLCO TOOK (1) = DROGO BAGGINSFOLCO TOOK (2) = FRODO BAGGINSFORTINBRAS TOOK I, II. See TOOKFOSCO BAGGINS. See BAGGINS

FOSCO BOFFIN. See BOFFINFOSCO BOLGER = FOSCO BAGGINSFOSCO TOOK = PEREGRIN TOOKFREDEGAR “Fatty” BOLGER. See BOLGERFRODO BAGGINS (Maura Labingi). See FRODOFRODO GAMGEE/GARDNER. See GARDNER

GERDA BOFFIN. See BOFFINGERDA BOLGER = GERDA BOFFINGERONTIUS TOOK. See TOOKGILLY BAGGINS = GILLY BROWNLOCKGILLY BROWNLOCK. (Baggins-Brownlock). D:3A3001>. Guest at the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3A3001.

Gilly Brownlock

GOLDILOCKS GAMGEE/GARDNER. (Took-Gamgee). See GARDNERGOLDILOCKS TOOK = GOLDILOCKS GAMGEE/GARDNER

GOLLUM. See GOLLUM

GORBADOC “Broadbelt” BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKGORBULAS BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKGORHENDAD OLDBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKGORMADOC “Deepdelver” BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKGRIFFO BOFFIN. See BOFFINGRUFFO BOFFIN. See BOFFINGUNDABALD BOLGER. See BOLGER GUNDAHAD BOLGER. See BOLGERGUNDAHAR BOLGER. See BOLGERGUNDOLPHO BOLGER. SeeBOLGER

HALFAST GAMGEE (of Overhill). Called Hal. See GAMGEEHALFRED. (OE). "Half-counselled". A Hobbit name.HALFRED GAMGEE. See GAMGEEHALFRED GAMGEE (of Overhill). See GAMGEE

HALFRED GREENHAND. L:3A2851-?. Second child and eldest son of Holman the Greenhanded and ?. He was the first Greenhand. He was married. His wife is unknown. They had one child: son Holman Greenhand. Halfred lived in Hobbiton and was a gardener.

Halfred Greenhand

Gardener in Hobbiton. Halfred had an older sister Rowan who was the great-grandmother of Sam Gamgee. Halfred also had three younger siblings: Erling, Hending, and Rose. Halfred had a son named Holman Greenhand who worked as a gardener for Bilbo Baggins at Bag End. The name Greenhand is a reference to gardening.

HAM. (OE). "Home".HAMFAST. A Hobbit name. The genuine Hobbitish name was Ranugad (shortened to Ran), which meant"stay-at-home". The name Hamfast is of Anglo-Saxon origin, literally "home-fixed", "home-firm".RanugadHAMFAST OF GAMWICH. See GAMGEEHAMFAST “Gaffer” GAMGEE. See GAMGEEFather of Samwise.HAMFAST GAMGEE/GARDNER. See GARDNERSon of SamwiseHAMSON. OE). “Home son”.HAMSON GAMGEE. See GAMGEE

HANNA BRANDYBUCK = HANNA GOLDWORTHYHANNA GOLDWORTHY. (Brandybuck-Goldworthy). L:/3A2800. She married Madoc Brandybuck. They had one son: Marmadoc.-SAVANNA HOGPEN.

Hanna Goldworthy Hanna's husband Madoc was the Master of Buckland from 2836 of the Third Age until his death in 2877. Hanna and Madoc had a son Marmadoc, born in 2817.

HARDING. (OE). "Brave Man". The name is from hearding (OE) "brave one", "warrior".The name Harding means "son of the bold one" from the Old English heard meaning "bold, hardy" and the ending -ing denoting "son of." Harding of the HillHARDING GARDNER OF THE HILL. See GARDNER

HENDING. L:3A2859-?. Fourth child and third son of Holman, the Greenhanded and ?. He was not married.

Hending Hending was the son of Holman the Greenhanded of Hobbiton. He had three older siblings - Rowan, Halfred Greenhand, and Erling - and a younger sister named Rose.

HERIBALD BOLGER. See BOLGERHERUGAR BOLGER. See BOLGERHILDA BRACEGIRDLE. (Brandybuck-Bracegirdle). See BRACEGIRDLEHILDA BRANDYBUCK = HILDA BRACEGIRDLEHILDIBRAND TOOK. See TOOKHILDIFONS TOOK. See TOOK

HILDIGARD TOOK. See TOOKHILDIGRIM TOOK. See TOOKHOB GAMMIDGE. See GAMGEE

HOB HAYWARD. Hob Hayward L:WR. He lived in the Eastfarthing. Before the WR he guarded the Hay Gate. At the time of Saruman's control of the Shire he was a guard at the Brandywine Gate. He was fairly old then. Hob was supposed actually to be a hayward. A keeper of a pound or fenced enclosure. Guard of Buckland. Hob Hayward was an old Hobbit at the time of the War of the Ring. He was originally a guard at the Hay Gate, where the High Hay met the Great East Road. But after the Chief's Men took over the Shire, he became a guard at the new spiked gates erected on the Brandywine Bridge. Hob Hayward was on duty the night of October 30, 3019 of the Third Age, when Frodo Baggins and his companions returned to the Shire. Hob recognized Merry Brandybuck and expressed surprise that he was still alive. Hob and his fellow guards were reluctant to open the gate because it was against orders to admit anyone after nightfall. Merry and Pippin climbed the gate and ousted Bill Ferny, the Chief's Big Man. Hob started to tell the four Hobbit adventurers what had been happening in the Shire during their absence, and when the other guards tried to stop him he accused some of them of being informants for the Chief's Men. The name Hayward reflects Hob's duties as a guard at the High Hay. The word hay means "fence, hedge" and the word ward means "warden, guard."

HOBSON “Roper” GAMGEE. See GAMGEEHOLFAST GARDNER. See GARDNERGrandson of Sam Gamgee. HOLMAN. A Hobbit name. Old English "hole man". Holman is an English surname; but in LR supposed "hole-man" (pronounced the same).HOLMAN COTTON (of Bywater). See COTTON

HOLMAN GREENHAND. (Cousin Holman). Only child and son of Halfred Greenhand and ?.B:3A2892. D:3A2961/. He was not married. He took up with his "cousin" Hamfast the Gaffer as a gardener in Hobbiton. Holman lived at Number 3, Bagshot Row, Hobbiton. He was gardener to Bilbo. He taught the craft of gardening to Hamfast Gamgee the Gaffer. Holman Greenhand was the grandson of Holman the Greenhanded. Holman Greenhand

Gardener of Bilbo Baggins. He was the son of Halfred Greenhand and the grandson of Holman the Greenhanded. Holman Greenhand worked in the garden at Bag End in Hobbiton. Holman liked and admired Bilbo Baggins but found his employer's tendency to wander off on his own and talk to strangers and travellers rather peculiar. On April 5, 2941, Bilbo went out walking and told Holman that he hoped to meet some Elves since the next day was the Elves' New Year. Shortly thereafter, Gandalf came to Bag End looking for Bilbo and Holman told the Wizard what Bilbo had said before he left. Gandalf was pleased by this indication of Bilbo's adventurous spirit and he made up his mind to include Bilbo as a member of the quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountainfrom Smaug the Dragon. When over a year had passed since Bilbo left on the quest, he was declared dead. An auction was held to sell his possessions on June 22, 2942, and Holman assigned his apprentice Hamfast Gamgee to keep people from trampling the garden. Bilbo returned in the middle of the auction and took up residence in Bag End once more. Holman continued to work for Bilbo until around 2961, when Hamfast took over as gardener at Bag End. Holman's date of death is not known.

The name Greenhand is a reference to gardening, while the name Holman may imply "hole dweller."

HOLMAN THE GREENHANDED. L:3A2810-?. Son of ?. He was married. His wife is unknown. They had three sons and two daughters: Rowan, Halfred Greenhand, Erling, Hending, Rose. Daughter Rowan married Hob Gammidge the Roper. Daughter Rose married Cotman father of Holman Cotton. Holman was an excellent gardener and founder of the family of Greenhand. He lived in Hobbiton. Holman the greenhanded

GreenhandedFounder of a family of gardeners. Holman was born in 2810 of the Third Age. He lived in Hobbiton. Holman was known as the Greenhanded, implying that he was a skillful gardener. Holman had five children. His oldest daughter Rowan married Hob Gammidge, and they were the great-grandparents of Sam Gamgee. His second child Halfred Greenhand was a gardener, and Halfred's son Holman Greenhand worked as a gardener for Bilbo Baggins at Bag End. Holman the Greenhanded had two more sons, Erling and Hending, and a daughter Rose who married into the Cotton family. The name Holman probably means "hole dweller." His eldest son and his descendants took the surname Greenhand because they were gardeners.

HUGO BOFFIN. See BOFFINHUGO BRACEGIRDLE. See BRACEGIRDLE

IAGO GRUBB. Lawyer. L:3A2942/.ILBERIC BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKINIGO BAGGINS (1). L:3001/. A contemporary of Bilbo's. He was a guest at the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins. INIGO BAGGINS (2) = BALBO BAGGINS.ISEMBARD TOOK. See TOOKISEMBOLD TOOK. See TOOKISENGAR TOOK. See TOOKISENGRIM. In some old Hobbit-families, especially those of Fallohide origin such as the Tooks and the Bolgers it was the custom to give high-sounding first-names. The name Isengrim is an old Germanic one, perhaps best known now as the name (Isegrim) adopted for the Wolf as a character in the romance Reynard the Fox. ISENGRIM TOOK I, II, III. See TOOK

ISUMBRAS TOOK I, II, III, IV. See TOOKIVY BOFFIN = IVY GOODENOUGHIVY GOODENOUGH.Buffo Boffin and Ivy Goodenough had four children: Bosco, Basso, Briffo, Berylla.Ivy Goodenough

Lived 3A2720/3A2820Great-great-grandmother of Bilbo Baggins. Ivy Goodenough married Buffo Boffin. They had four children: Bosco born in 2767 of the Third Age, Basso born in 2769, Briffo born in 2770, and Berylla born in 2772. Their daughter Berylla was the great-grandmother of Bilbo. The family lived in the Yale. The daughter of Ponto Baggins, and thus a distant relation of Bilbo Baggins (though Bilbo referred to himself as Angelica's uncle, she was in fact not his niece, but his second cousin, twice removed). Angelica not only attended Bilbo's famous Birthday Party, but was among those who received special presents: in her case, a round mirror.

JAGO BOFFIN. See BOFFINJESSAMINE BOFFIN. See BOFFINJESSAMINE BOLGER = JESSAMINE BOFFIN

LALIA OF THE CLAYHANGERS. (Took-Clayhangers). Called the Fat and the Great. L:3A2883-3002=119y. She married Fortinbras II Took in 3A2914 when she was 31 years old. Their son was Ferumbras. When her husband died in 3A2980 at the age of 102, she outlived him for 22 years, ruling the Tooks and the Great Smials, as the Head of the Took family. Lalia was not at the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins, prevented by her great size and immobility.

Lalia Clayhanger Fat The FatShe married Fortinbras Took in 2914 when she was 31. Their son Ferumbras was born in 2916. Upon the death of her husband in 2980, Lalia became the nominal head of the Took family. According to Hobbit custom, her son would not succeed her until her death. She ruled for 22 years. Lalia was a powerful and memorable though not well-loved matriarch. It was said that Ferumbras remained unmarried because no Hobbit-maid wanted Lalia as a mother-in-law. Lalia was so fat that she could not walk and had to be pushed in a wheelchair. She was thus unable to attend Bilbo Baggins' Farewell Party in 3001. One day in the spring of 3002, Lalia was pushed by her attendant to take air at the Great Door of the Great Smials. The chair ran over the threshold and tipped and Lalia fell down the steps into the garden and died. It was rumored that the attendant was Pearl Took, sister of Pippin Took. After Ferumbras became Thain, Pearl received a pearl necklace that was a Took family heirloom. Also known as Lalia the Great and Lalia the Fat.

LALIA TOOK = LALIA OF THE CLAYHANGERSCLAYHANGERS. Town. See SHIRE

LARGO BAGGINS. See BAGGINS

LAURA BAGGINS = LAURA GRUBBLAURA GRUBB. (Baggins-Grubb). L:3A2814-2916=102y. She married Mungo Baggins. Mungo Baggiins and Laura Grubb had three sons and two daughters: Bungo, Belba, Longo, Linda, Bingo.

She was the grandmother of Bilbo Baggins. After the death of her husband she remained "head" of the family of "Baggins of Hobbiton". She held this position for 16 years.-REGINA.Laura Grubb

Grandmother of Bilbo Baggins. Laura Baggins was born a Grubb. She had a sister named Lavender. Laura married Mungo Baggins and they had five children: Bungo, Belba, Longo, Linda, and Bingo. Mungo died in the year 2900 of the Third Age and Laura became the head of the Baggins family. Laura Baggins died in 2916 at the age of 102 and was succeeded by her eldest son Bungo, father of Bilbo.

LAVENDER BOFFIN = LAVENDER GRUBBLAVENDER GRUBB. Otto Boffin and Lavender Grubb had four children: Hugo, Uffo, Rollo, Primrose.Lavender Grubb

Grandmother of Lobelia Sackville-Baggins. Lavender Grubb married Otto Boffin, known as Otto the Fat. They had four children: Hugo, Uffo, Rollo, and Primrose - mother of Lobelia. Lavender's sister Laura married Mungo Baggins and was the grandmother of Bilbo Baggins. Lavender is a floral name as was common among female Hobbits.

LILY BAGGINS. See BAGGINSLILY GOODBODY = LILY BAGGINS

LILY BROWN. (Cotton-Brown). Also Mrs. Cotton.

Wife of Farmer Tolman Cotton. Lily Cotton was originally named Lily Brown. She married Farmer Tolman Cotton of Bywater and had five children: Tom, Rose, Wilcome, Bowman, and Carl. Their daughter Rose married Sam Gamgee.

Lily Cotton's birth and death dates are not recorded. Lily had a flower name like many Hobbit women. L:WR. She married Tolman Cotton, first son of Holman Cotton of Bywater. Tolman Cotton and Lily Brown had five children: Tolman (also called Tom), Rose, Wilcome (called Jolly), Bowman (called Nick), and Carl (called Nibs). Their daughter Rose married Sam Gamgee. Mrs. CottonMrs. Lily Cotton (née Lily Brown). Sam Gamgee’s mother-in-law. The wife of Tolman Cotton of Bywater, and mother to Rose Cotton, who would marry Samwise Gamgee after the War of the Ring. She makes a very brief appearance in the text of The Lord of the Rings, where she is referred to simply as 'Mrs. Cotton'.

LILY COTTON = LILY BROWNLINDA BAGGINS. See BAGGINSLINDA PROUDFOOT = LINDA BAGGINSLOBELIA BRACEGIRDLE. (Sackville-Baggins-Bracegirdle). See BRACEGIRDLELOBELIA SACKVILLE-BAGGINS = LOBELIA BRACEGIRDLELONGO BAGGINS. See BAGGINS

LOTHO SACKVILLE-BAGGINS. Called the Chief and Chief Shirriff. Also called Little Pimple and Pimple. Also The Boss.

Lotho Sackville-Baggins L:3A2964-3019=55y. mmd 3018/3019. Son and only child of Otho Sackville and Lobelia Bracegirdle. He was not married. September 3A3018: Lotho and his mother Lobelia moved into Bag End. They bought it from Frodo Baggins. Lotho used money obtained from Isengard and elsewhere from the sale of pipe-weed grown on his lands in the Southfarthing. He began buying up property and supporting outside Men, known as Ruffians or the Chief's Men. Lotho imprisoned the Mayor, Will Whitfoot, and named himself Chief Shirriff. He took over the Shire, industrialising and regimenting its life. During Lotho's control of the Shire the Bridge Inn was torn down.September 3A3019: The arrival of Saruman. Now the power of Lotho collapsed. In September or October Saruman was slain probably by Gríma, who may have eaten him. At his own insistence Lotho was called the Chief, which was short for Chief Shirriff. The Hobbits of the Shire called him Pimple or Little Pimple. He seems to have had a number of facial blemishes. He was a guest at the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins.-BOSS THE The BossA title taken by Lotho Sackville-Baggins. -CHIEF. ChiefA nickname of Lotho Sackville-Baggins. Title given to the leader of the Shire during the time it was under the control of Saruman's forces, nominally given to his puppet, Lotho Sackville-Baggins.The Encyclopedia of Arda-CHIEF SHIRRIFF.Chief ShirriffA title claimed by Lotho Sackville-Baggins. A title apparently invented for himself by Lotho Sackville-Baggins after he deposed Will Whitfoot as Mayor of the Shire and took power for himself. Though 'Chief Shirriff' was his official title, he was more commonly called simply 'the Chief'. After Saruman came to the Shire and took it over as 'Sharkey', the Hobbits considered him to be the 'real' Chief.The Encyclopedia of Arda-PIMPLE.Pimple

A name for Lotho Sackville-Baggins. Lotho was the only son of Otho and Lobelia Sackville-Baggins. An unpopular hobbit, he was widely known by the mocking name 'Pimple'. When his father died in III 3012, he inherited plantations of Pipe-weed in the Southfarthing, and began to trade with the lands south of the Shire. It was later discovered that he had come into contact with Isengard, and was supplying Leaf to none other than the Wizard Saruman.Pimple's trade and wealth grew, and he began to buy up land and property across the Shire, from inns and mills to farms and more plantations. Eventually, he sent so much of the Shire's produce away into the south that its people began to suffer hardship. Then, Lotho's Ruffians came out of the southern lands to quell the Shire-hobbits' complaints, and Pimple took the title of Chief Shirriff.Eventually Saruman himself arrived in the Shire, though the hobbits had no idea of his history or nature, knowing him only by the name his servants used, 'Sharkey'. At about this time Lotho Pimple fell out of view, and it was thought that he was being held prisoner by Sharkey at his headquarters, Bag End. The truth was far worse: Saruman's servant Wormtongue had stabbed the self-appointed Chief Shirriff in his sleep. So the hobbit who had tried to take control of the Shire came to a grisly and untimely end.The Encyclopedia of Arda-CHIEF'S MEN (RUFFIANS, SHARKEY'S MEN). -COSIMO SACKVILLE-BAGGINS. Hobbit who declared himself Chief of the Shire during the War of the Ring. Lotho was born in 2964 of the Third Age. He had sandy hair. Lotho's father Otho Sackville-Baggins was the cousin of Bilbo Baggins and was the next in line to become head of the Baggins family. Otho and Lobelia Sackville-Baggins dreamed of the day when they would move into Bag End, but their hopes were dashed in 2989 when Bilbo made Frodo Baggins his heir. Lotho and his family attended Bilbo's Farewell Party in 3001. When Otho died in 3012, Lotho inherited his father's pipe-weed plantations in the Southfarthing. Not content with the revenue he earned within the Shire, Lotho also exported pipe-weed. His biggest customer was Saruman,the traitorous Wizard, who had learned of pipe-weed from Gandalf. Saruman was suspicious of Gandalf's interest in the Shire and he sent agents there to purchase leaf and other goods and to gather information. Lotho and others were corrupted by Saruman and gave details about their land and their fellow Hobbits in exchange for payment. With his new wealth Lotho began to purchase more plantations and farmland as well as inns, malt-houses, and mills including the Old Mill in Hobbiton. In September of 3018, Lotho moved into Bag End with his mother when Frodo sold it to her before he mysteriously disappeared from the Shire. Lotho then tore down the Old Mill and replaced it with an brick building full of wheels and strange contraptions to increase production. During the fall of 3018, Lotho sent large quantities of pipe-weed and other goods out of the Shire, causing a shortage of provisions among the Hobbits as winter approached. Rough-looking Men came to the Shire and took the merchandise away in carts. Some of the Men stayed in the Shire and cut down trees to build themselves ugly new houses. At first the Men paid for damages and goods, but soon they began taking what they wanted. Mayor Will Whitfoot was on his way to Bag End to protest when he was arrested and imprisoned in the Lockholes. Shortly after the New Year of 3019, Lotho proclaimed himself Chief Shirriff. An ever-growing list of Rules were imposed on the Hobbits of the Shire, and those who disobeyed were sent to the Lockholes. Shirriff-houses were built in many villages and the number of Shirriffs was increased to enforce the Rules. Food and other goods were gathered for central distribution, but the Hobbits got short shrift. Beer and pipe-weed were reserved for the Chief's Men and inns were closed. Lotho was nominally in charge of the Shire, but things soon got out of control and the Men did as they pleased. Then on September 22, 3019, the Men's real master Saruman arrived. Saruman moved into Bag End and took over as Chief and things went from bad to worse in the Shire. The Chief's Men began wantonly destroying and burning homes, trees, and farmland. The New Mill was used for some industrial purpose and the Water became polluted with waste. Lotho's mother Lobelia was arrested after she threatened some of the Chief's Men with her umbrella when they came to put up sheds at Bag End. Frodo Baggins and his companions returned to the Shire and rallied the Hobbits to defeat the Chief's Men at the Battle of Bywater on November 3, 3019. Frodo had hoped to save Lotho, for he realized that Lotho had been tricked by Saruman's agents and had lost control of the situation. But it was too late: Lotho had been stabbed to death in his sleep by Saruman's lackey Grima Wormtongue. Saruman insinuated that Grima ate Lotho's body, but it is not known whether this was true.

Lotho proclaimed himself Chief Shirriff or simply Chief. Other Hobbits called him Pimple.

MADOC “Proudneck” BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCK

MALVA BRANDYBUCK = MALVA HEADSTRONGMALVA HEADSTRONG. (Brandybuck-Headstrong). L:3A2800/. Her husband was Master of Buckland.

Malva Headstrong Before her marriage, her name was Malva Headstrong. Her husband was Master of Buckland until his death in 2836 of the Third Age. Malva - or mallow - is the name of a genus of herbaceous flowering plants.

MARCHO and BLANCO. Founders of the Shire. Hobbits of Bree, later Hobbits of the Shire. 3A1601: Argeleb II tenth King of Arthedain gave permission to the Hobbits to live in the Shire. Blanco with his brother Marcho settled there. They were Fallohide Hobbits. -MARCO > MARCHO,MarchoHobbits who founded the Shire. Marcho and Blanco were brothers. They were of the kind of Hobbits called Fallohides. Marcho and Blanco originally lived in Bree, where both Men and Hobbits dwelled. In 1601 of the Third Age, Marcho and Blanco obtained permission from King Argeleb II to settle the land west of the Brandywine River. The brothers led a large group of Hobbits across the Bridge of Stonebows and claimed all the land between the river and the Far Downs. This land was named the Shire, and it became the homeland of the Hobbits in Middle-earth. The name Marcho is derived from the Old English mearh meaning "horse, steed" while Blanco is from blanca meaning "white or grey horse." According to The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, their names are based on the legendary brothers Hengest and Horsa - whose names also mean "horse" - who were involved in the migration of Germanic peoples to Britain. Wikipedia entries on Hengest and Horsa.

MARIGOLD COTTON = MARIGOLD GAMGEEMARIGOLD GAMGEE. (Cotton-Gamgee). See GAMGEE

MARMADAS BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKMARMADOC “Masterful” BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCK MARROC BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKMAT, MATTA. (Hg). A personal name, shortened to Mat.MAT HEATHERTOES. Hobbit of Bree.D:3A3019. He was killed in a fight between Bree-landers and Bill Ferny and his men.Man of Bree?. Mat Heathertoes was killed during the fighting that erupted in Bree in early 3019 of the Third Age. Men who had come up the Greenway from the South were the instigators of the fight which also claimed the lives of two other Men of Bree - Rowlie Appledore and Tom Pickthorn - and two Hobbits - Willie Banks and one of the Underhills of Staddle. The ruffians were thrown out of town along with their cohorts Bill Ferny and Harry Goatleaf. Heathertoes is listed among the botanical names common among the Men of Bree (FotR, p. 167) and Mat Heathertoes was clearly a Man. (RotK, p. 271) However, in etymological notes Tolkien implies that Heathertoes was a Hobbit name: "Presumably a joke of the Big Folk, meaning that the Little Folk, wandering unshod, collected heather, twigs and leaves between their toes." (Nomenclature) In addition, the name Mat is said to be short for the common Hobbit name Matta. (App. F, p. 414) Mat Heathertoes Heathertoes, Mat

MAY GAMGEE. (daughter Hobson). See GAMGEEMAY GAMGEE. (daughter Hamfast). See GAMGEEMELILOT BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCK

MENEGILDA BRANDYBUCK = MENEGILDA GOOLDMENEGILDA GOOLD. (Brandybuck-Goold). L:3A2900/3000. She married Rorimac Brandybuck. They had two sons: Saradoc (Merry’s father) and Merimac. Grandmother of Merry Brandybuck-MATILDA.Menegilda Goold

Rorimac Brandybuck and Menegilda Goold had two children: Saradoc and Merimac.Grandmother of Merry Brandybuck. Menegilda Goold married Rorimac Brandybuck. They had two sons: Merry's father Saradoc, born in 2940 of the Third Age, and Merimac, born in 2942. Menegilda's date of death is not known.

MENTHA BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKMERIADOC “Merry” BRANDYBUCK. The Magnificent. (Kalimac Brandagamba). See MERRYMERIADOC'S SON BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKmbu08.L:4A0000/0100. Son of Meriadoc Brandybuck and Estella Bolger. R:4A0063-?. LRB1134: "they handed over their goods and offices to their sons".MERIMAC BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKMERIMAS BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKMERRY GAMGEE/GARDNER. See GARDNERMESSRS GRUBB, GRUBB AND BURROWES. L:3A2942/. Maybe also Burrows. Business firm in the Shire. The firm of Grubb, Grubb, and Burrowes were hired to auction off the possessions of Bilbo Baggins after he went on a quest to the Lonely Mountain and was presumed dead. The sale was held on June 22, 2942, at 10:00 in the morning. Bilbo returned home that same day, but many of his things had already been sold. It took several years of legal wrangling to straighten everything out, and in the end Bilbo had to buy back much of his own furniture. Bilbo returned home that same day, but many of his things had already been sold. It took several years of legal wrangling to straighten everything out, and in the end . The word Messrs. is the plural of Mr. It is pronounced like "messers." It comes from the French messieurs, the plural of monsieur, meaning "mister."

MILLER SANDYMAN. The Hobbiton miller. Called Sandyman the Miller.L:WR. Owner of the Mill at Hobbiton. He was married. His wife is unknown. Father of Ted Sandyman.Sandyman Sandyman the MillerMiller in Hobbiton. Mr. Sandyman owned the Old Mill. He was the father of Ted Sandyman. His first name is not known. One evening in September 3001 of the Third Age, Mr. Sandyman was at the Ivy Bush listening to Gaffer Gamgee talk about his employer Bilbo Baggins, who was about to throw a magnificent birthday party with his heir Frodo Baggins. Mr. Sandyman said that he had heard that Frodo's parents had drowned because Primula Baggins had pushed her husband Drogo out of their boat and Drogo had pulled his wife in after him. Sandyman also commented on Bilbo's reputed wealth and his dealings with strangers, saying: "Bag End's a queer place, and its folk are queerer." (FotR, p. 32) The Gaffer dismissed the Miller's remarks; he did not like Mr. Sandyman very much.

In the fall of 3018, Lotho Sackville-Baggins bought the Old Mill and tore it down to replace it with a new building. Mr. Sandyman's son Ted continued to work at the New Mill for the Chief's Men.

MILO BURROWS. See BURROWSMIMOSA BUNCE. (Baggins-Bunce). L: 3A2800/2900. She married Ponto Baggins, whose older brother Mungo was Bilbo's grandfather. Mimosa and Ponto had a daughter named Rosa and a son named Polo. Rosa married Hildigrim Took, and from them were descended Merry and Pippin. Great-aunt of Bilbo Baggins; great-great-grandmother of Merry Brandybuck and Pippin Took. -MAXIMA.

Mimosa BunceGreat-aunt of Bilbo Baggins; great-great-grandmother of Merry Brandybuck and Pippin Took. Mimosa Bunce married Ponto Baggins, whose older brother Mungo was Bilbo's grandfather. Mimosa and Ponto had a daughter named Rosa and a son named Polo. Rosa married Hildigrim Took, and from them were descended Merry and Pippin. Mimosa is a name for small pink, yellow, or white flowers that grow on shrubs.

MINTO BURROWS. See BURROWSMIRABELLA BRANDYBUCK = MIRABELLA TOOKMIRABELLA TOOK. See TOOKMIRANDA ?. In RS Miranda was the wife of Cosimo = Lotho Sackville-Baggins. In LR Lotho was not married.MORO BURROWS. See BURROWS MOSCO BURROWS. See BURROWSMR BOFFIN = FOLCO BOFFIN.MR MUGWORT. Hobbit of Bree. L:WR. A visitor at the Prancing Pony.MR PROUDFOOT = ODO PROUDFOOT.MRS BUNCE. Called Old Bunce. A character in Samwise Gamgee's poem Perry-the-Winkle. She may haven been a historical personage.

MRS MAGGOT. Hobbit of the Shire. L:WR. Her family name is not known. Wife of Farmer Maggot. They had three daughters and two or more sons. See also FARMER MAGGOT.

Mrs. MaggotMrs. Maggot lived with her husband at Bamfurlong, their farm in the Marish. When Frodo Baggins arrived at the farm on September 25, 3018 of the Third Age, she prepared a meal of good farmhouse fare, including a dish of mushrooms and bacon. Later she gave Farmer Maggot a basket of mushrooms to give to Frodo with her compliments. Mrs. Maggot was concerned for her husband's well being when he took the Hobbits to the Bucklebury Ferry that evening and he hurried home to her.

MRS PROUDFOOT. Mr. and Mrs. Proudfoot. She married Odo Proudfoot. Her family name is not known. She was a guest at the Farewel Party of Bilbo Baggins.MUNGO BAGGINS. See BAGGINS

MYRTLE BURROWS. See BURROWS

NINA BOLGER = NINA LIGHTFOOTNINA LIGHTFOOT.Theobald Bolger and Nina Lightfoot had one child: Wilibald.Nina Lightfoot Hobbit of the Shire. Nina Lightfoot married Theobald Bolger. They had a son named Wilibald in 2904 of the Third Age. Her birth and death dates are unknown.

NOB. Originally called Lob. Hobbit of Bree. L:WR. Servant at the Prancing Pony with Bob the Man of Bree.NobServant at the Prancing Pony. Nob's full name is not known. Nob's duties at the inn included serving food and tending to the needs of guests. His employer, Barliman Butterbur, called Nob a "woolly-footed slowcoach" and a "woolly-pated ninny," but Nob was cheerful and willing. It was Nob who found Merry Brandybuck unconscious near Bill Ferny's house and shouted out before two dark figures could carry Merry away. Nob also made up the Hobbits' beds with bolsters to resemble sleeping figures, complete with a brown mat to represent Frodo's head. Nob took part in keeping watch on the inn's doors, but the inn was attacked nevertheless. Nob and his co-worker Bob gave Sam a bag of apples as a parting gift. When the four Hobbits returned to Bree in October 3019 of the Third Age, they found Nob still working at the Prancing Pony.

NORA BOLGER. See BOLGER

NUNCLE TIM. Tom's uncle ("nuncle") in Samwise Gamgee's poem The Stone Troll. A corps whose shinbone was being gnawed on by the Troll. Nuncle Tim was most probably imaginary and fictitious. Also called TIM.TimTom’s disinterred uncle. In Sam's troll-rhyme, Tim was the uncle of Tom, and was long dead at the beginning of the story. One day, Tim's nephew Tom discovered a troll gnawing on a shin-bone, which he was somehow able to recognise as belonging to his dead uncle Tim. Tom set out to avenge his uncle by aiming a kick at the rock-hard troll, but his foolhardiness earned him no more than a lame leg.It is likely that neither Tim nor Tom actually existed, but were simply the products of Sam's imagination. On the other hand, it is perfectly possible that Sam's poem was based on actual events, or perhaps on Hobbit folk-legend out of the past.

OBO TOOK-TOOK > ROLLO TOOK-TOOK. Bilbo's great-uncle.

ODO PROUDFOOT. Mr. and Mrs. Proudfoot. Called Old Proudfoot, Old Odo Proudfoot, Mr Proudfoot. L:3A2904-3005=101y. Son of Bodo Proudfoot and Linda Baggins,aunt of Bilbo. Cousin of Bilbo Baggins. He was married with Mrs Proudfoot. They had children. One of them was son Olo. Odo was a guest at the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins. Odo Proudfoot Cousin of Bilbo Baggins. His parents were Bodo Proudfoot and Linda Baggins Proudfoot – aunt of Bilbo. He had a son named Olo. Odo Proudfoot had exceptionally large and hairy feet. Odo Proudfoot was a guest at Bilbo’s Farewell Party on September 22, 3001. He became annoyed when Bilbo used the incorrect plural of his family name: Proudfoots instead of the correct Proudfeet. When Bilbo disappeared using his magic Ring, Odo took his feet off the table and stamped on the ground.

ODOVACAR BOLGER. See BOLGEROLD FARMER HOGG. Also called Farmer Hogg. L:WR. The name appears in Samwise Gamgee's poem Perry-the-Winkle. Old Farmer Hogg may have been an historical personage. OLD GAMGEE = HAMFAST GAMGEE See GAMGEE

OLD NOAKES. L:WR in Bywater. He fequented the Ivy Bush the inn in Bywater.Old Noakes Hobbit of Bywater. Old Noakes frequented the inn called the Ivy Bush. One evening before Bilbo and Frodo Baggins' birthday party in September 3001 of the Third Age, Old Noakes was at the Ivy Bush along with Gaffer Gamgee, Daddy Twofoot, and Sandyman the Miller. Old Noakes was a bit suspicious of Frodo because his mother was a Brandybuck. He commented, "It beats me why any Baggins of Hobbiton should go looking for a wife away there in Buckland, where folks are so queer." (FotR, p. 30) He also reported a rumor he had heard that Frodo's parents drowned because Drogo Baggins' weight sank their boat. The name Noakes is from the early English atten oke meaning "at the oak."

OLD POTT. L:3A3001/. He was the Mayor of Michel Delving, and a guest at the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins. A character in Samwise Gamgee's poem Perry-the-Winkle.

OLO PROUDFOOT. See PROUDFOOT

OLD RORY = RORIMAC BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKORGULAS BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKORLANDO BURROWES. Friend of Bilbo's. Spelt BURROWS. (Replaced Orlando Grubb). -ORLANDO GRUBB. Replaced by Orlando Burrowes. (Replaced Gorbudoc Grubb). -GORBUDOC GRUBB. (Replaced by Orlando Grubb).

OTHO SACKVILLE-BAGGINS. L:3A2910-3012=102y. Son and only child of Longo Baggins and Camellia Sackville. He married Lobelia Bracegirdle. They had one child: son Lotho. Otho was the founder of the family Sackville-Baggins. He was a guest at the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins. Like the rest of his family, Otho was offensive and greedy. Cousin of Bilbo Baggins.-COSMO SACKVILLE-BAGGINS. Early name of Otho. (Replaced Sago).-SAGO SACKVILLE-BAGGINS. Otho Sackville-BagginsCousin of Bilbo Baggins. Otho was born in 2910 of the Third Age. He was the son of Bilbo's uncle Longo Baggins. Otho's mother was Camellia Sackville. Through his mother, Otho became head of the Sackville family and as was customary in such cases he took her name in addition to his father's and was thus called Otho Sackville-Baggins. Otho owned land in the Southfarthing where pipe-weed was grown. He married Lobelia Bracegirdle and they had one son, Lotho, born in 2964. Otho was the next in line to become head of the Baggins family after his cousin Bilbo, who had no children. It was Otho's ambition to be the head of two families, and if he had succeeded he may have styled himself Otho Baggins-Sackville-Baggins. In 2941, Bilbo Baggins mysteriously disappeared from the Shire for over a year and was presumed dead. Otho and his wife Lobelia were at Bag End preparing to move in when Bilbo suddenly returned. Otho was sorely disappointed to have his ambition thwarted, and he remained resentful of Bilbo for the rest of his days. Otho's hope to become head of the Baggins family was finally dashed when Bilbo adopted Frodo Baggins as his heir around 2989. Despite their hard feelings, Otho and Lobelia attended Bilbo's 111th Birthday Party on September 22, 3001, because of the magnificent invitation and the promise of plentiful food. They were outraged when Bilbo suddenly vanished (with the help of his magic Ring) and they left the party in a huff. The next day the Sackville-Bagginses came to Bag End and Otho demanded that Frodo show him Bilbo's will. But Otho discovered that the will was clear and correct and signed in red ink by seven witnesses, so he left Bag End and never realized his ambition to live there.

Otho Sackville-Baggins died in 3012 at the age of 102. Six years after his death, his wife Lobelia bought Bag End when Frodo left the Shire and she moved in with her son Lotho. But their residence was short-lived, because Saruman - with whom Lotho had business dealings - came to the Shire in September of 3019 and took over Bag End. Lobelia was imprisoned and Lotho was killed. When Lobelia was released from the Lockholes, she returned Bag End to Frodo Baggins. The name Sackville - containing the word sack - was intentionally related to Baggins - containing the word bag. Otho Baggins took the hyphenated name Sackville-Baggins because he became the head of the Sackville family through his mother.

OTTO BOFFIN. See BOFFIN

PALADIN TOOK I, II. See TOOKPANSY BAGGINS. See BAGGINSPANSY BOLGER = PANSY BAGGINSPEARL TOOK. See TOOKPEEPING JACK. Lived in Michel Delving. He was a character in Sam Gamgee's poem Perry-the-Winkle, perhaps a historical person. PEONY BAGGINS. See BAGGINSPEONY BURROWS = PEONY BAGGINSPEREGRIN “Pippin” TOOK. (Razanur Tûk). See PIPPINPERRY-THE-WINKLE. Also called Winkle and Young Winkle. He was a young hobbit of Michel Delving, in Samwise Gamgee's poem of the same name. The character of Perry-the-Winkle may have been based on a real hobbit. PERVINCA TOOK. See TOOKPIMPERNEL TOOK. See TOOKPIPPIN GAMGEE/GARDNER. See GARDNERPOLO BAGGINS. See BAGGINSPONTO BAGGINS. (Son Balbo). See BAGGINSPONTO BAGGINS. (Son Posco). See BAGGINS

POPPY BOLGER = POPPY CHUBB-BAGGINSPOPPY CHUBB-BAGGINS. (Bolger-Chubb). L:3A2944-?. Only child and daughter of Falco Chubb-Baggins and ?. She married Filibert Bolger. Children ?. Guest at the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins.-GERDA.

Poppy Chubb-Baggins Hobbit of the Shire. Poppy Chubb-Baggins was born in 2944 of the Third Age. She was the daughter of Falco Chubb-Baggins who was a cousin of Bilbo Baggins. Poppy married Filibert Bolger. They attended Bilbo's Farewell Party in 3001. Like many female Hobbits, Poppy had a flower name.

PORTO BAGGINS. SeeBAGGINSPOSCO BAGGINS. See BAGGINSPRIMO GRUBB. (Replaced Inigo Grubb). A great glutton. -INIGO GRUBB. -INIGO GRUBB-TOOK.PRIMROSE BOFFIN. See BOFFINPRIMROSE BRACEGIRDLE = PRIMROSE BOFFIN

PRIMROSE GAMGEE/GARDNER. See GARDNERPRIMULA Bilbo's (Bilbo Baggins) wife. See BILBO PRIMULA BAGGINS = PRIMULA BRANDYBUCKPRIMULA BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKPRISCA BOLGER = PRISCA BAGGINSPRISCA BAGGINS. See BAGGINS

RAN, RANU, RANUGAD. (Hg). Meaning "stay-at-home". Ran, Ranu (hobbit-settling).REGINARD TOOK. See TOOKROBIN GAMGEE/GARDNER. See GARDNER

ROBIN SMALLBURROW. Called Cock-robin by Samwise. L:WR in Hobbiton. He became a Shirriff before the WR (3012?) because it was an easy job. Under Lotho Sackville-Baggins and the expansion of the Shirriffs he became partly unwillingly a member of the First Eastfarthing Troop.Robin Smallburrow Cock-robinShirriff in the Shire. Robin Smallburrow was from Hobbiton. He became a Shirriff around 3012 of the Third Age. He enjoyed roaming the countryside and talking to people and hearing news. He was also fond of visiting the various inns of the Shire and sampling their beer. When the Shire was occupied by ruffians during the War of the Ring, Robin Smallburrow was assigned to the First Eastfarthing Troop and he was quartered in the Shirriff-house at Frogmorton. He was not allowed to resign from his post and had to enforce a number of harsh and unfair rules that were imposed on Hobbits by the Chief's Men. On November 1, 3019, Frodo Baggins and his companions returned to the Shire and were arrested by the First Eastfarthing Troop at Frogmorton. Sam Gamgee recognized Robin Smallburrow and asked him to explain what was going on. Robin told Sam about the expansion of the Shirriff force under the Chief's Men and the arrest of Mayor Will Whitfoot and others. He also told Sam that a message had arrived by Quick Post saying that Frodo and his friends were to be brought before the Chief. The next day the Shirriffs began to escort their prisoners to Bywater but the four Hobbit adventurers soon outpaced them. When the Shirriffs finally caught up to them at the Green Dragon they found that their prisoners had rallied the Hobbits to defy the Chief and his Men. Most of the Shirriffs joined the rebellion, and although it is not stated, it seems likely that Robin Smallburrow was one of them. The Hobbits defeated the Men at the Battle of Bywater on November 3.

ROLLO BOFFIN. See BOFFINROLLO TOOK-TOOK < OBO TOOK-TOOK > FOSCO BOLGER. RORIMAC “Goldfather” BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCK ROSA BAGGINS. See BAGGINSROSA TOOK = ROSA BAGGINSROSAMUNDA BOLGER = ROSAMUNDA TOOKROSAMUNDA TOOK. See TOOKROSE COTTON. See COTTONROSE GAMGEE = ROSE COTTONROSE GAMGEE/GARDNER. See GARDNER

ROSE COTTON = ROSE. Daughter of Holman the Greenhanded. Married Cotman.ROSE. Daughter of Holman the Greenhanded. L:3A2862-?. Fifth child and second daughter of Holman the Greenhanded and ?. Youngest child. She married Cotman Cotton (son Cottar). They had one child: son Holman Cotton ("Long Hom") of Bywater. Rose

Great-grandmother of Rose Cotton Gamgee. Rose was the daughter of Holman the Greenhanded of Hobbiton. She had four older siblings: Rowan, Halfred Greenhand, Erling, and Hending. Rose married Cotman and they had a son named Holman Cotton who was the father of Farmer Tom Cotton.

ROWAN GAMGEE = ROWAN daughter of Holman the Greenhanded.ROWAN. (Gamgee-Greenhand). L:3A2849-?. First child and eldest daughter of Holman the Greenhanded and ?. She married Hob Gammidge the Roper. They had one child: son Hobson (Roper Gamgee) born 3A2885. Great-grandmother of Samwise. Rowan had four younger siblings: Halfred Greenhand, Erling, Hending, and Rose. Rowan

Great-grandmother of Sam Gamgee. She was the eldest child of Holman the Greenhanded of Hobbiton. Rowan had four younger siblings: Halfred Greenhand, Erling, Hending, and Rose. Rowan married Hob Gammidge, who was a rope-maker in Tighfield. They had a son named Hobson in 2885.

RUBY BAGGINS = RUBY BOLGERRUBY BOLGER. See BOLGERRUBY GAMGEE/GARDNER. See GARDNERRUDIGAR BOLGER. See BOLGERRUDIBERT BOLGER. See BOLGERRUDOLPH BOLGER. See BOLGER RUFUS BURROWS. See BURROWS

SADOC BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCK

SALVIA BOLGER = SALVIA BRANDYBUCKSALVIA BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKSAMWISE “Sam” GAMGEE (Banazîr Galbasi). See SAMWISE

SANCHO PROUDFOOT. See PROUDFOOT

SANDYMAN THE MILLER. See MILLER SANDYMAN

SAPPHIRA BOFFIN = SAPPHIRA BROCKHOUSESAPPHIRA BROCKHOUSE.Uffo Boffin and Sapphira Brockhouse had two children: Gruffo, Gerda.Sapphira Brockhouse

Hobbit of the Shire. Sapphira Brockhouse married Uffo Boffin. They had two children: Gruffo, born in 2900 of the Third Age, and Gerda, born in 2904. Sapphira had a jewel name like many female Hobbits. SARADAS BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKSARADOC “Scattergold” BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCK SEREDIC BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKSIGISMOND TOOK. See TOOKSMEAGOL = GOLLUMSONS OF SADOC BRANDYBUCK. (Two sons). L:3A2800/.

TANTA BAGGINS = TANTA HORNBLOWERTANTA HORNBLOWER. (Baggins-Hornblower). L:3A2800/2900. Great-grandmother of Frodo Baggins. -CORNELIA.

Tanta HornblowerTheir son Fosco was born in 2864 of the Third Age. Fosco had three children, including Drogo, father of Frodo.

TED SANDYMAN. L:WR in Hobbiton. Associated with Lotho Sackville-Baggins, during the latter's control of the Shire. Son of Miller Sandyman. -TOM SANDYMAN. Earlier name. (Replaced Tom Tunnely). -TOM TUNNELLY.

Ted SandymanHobbit allied with the Chief's Men during the War of the Ring. Ted Sandyman was the son of Sandyman the Miller of Hobbiton.

One evening in early April 3018 of the Third Age, Ted Sandyman was at the Green Dragon with Sam Gamgee, the gardener at Bag End. Sam talked about strange things that had been happening in the Shire, including a Tree-man that his cousin Hal claimed to have seen walking on the North Moors. Ted Sandyman scoffed at Sam's tales, calling them children's stories. Neither was Ted interested in the news that the Elves were leaving Middle-earth. He questioned the reliability of Sam's sources of information - Bilbo and Frodo Baggins - saying: "Oh, they're both cracked. Leastways old Bilbo was cracked, and Frodo's cracking." (FotR, p. 54) After Frodo and Sam left the Shire in September of 3018, Lotho Sackville-Baggins bought the Old Mill and tore it down. He replaced it with an ugly brick building that straddled the river and was full of wheels and strange contraptions to increase production. The next year in September of 3019, Saruman took over operation of the Mill and it was used for some industrial purpose that created noise and pollution. Ted Sandyman was pleased by these developments and he continued to work in the New Mill. He took orders from the Chief's Men and he participated in the wanton destruction of the Shire by cutting down the trees beyond the Mill that shaded the road to Bywater. After the Battle of Bywater on November 3, 3019, Frodo and Sam returned to Hobbiton with Merry Brandybuck and Pippin Took. They encountered Ted Sandyman at the New Mill. Ted laughed at their dismay at the destruction that had been done to Hobbiton, and he said that if they touched him he would report them to the Chief. When Merry told him that the Chief's Men had been defeated and that the Chief was about to be removed, Ted was shocked. He sounded a horn to raise the alarm, but Merry responded by sounding the Horn of the Mark, and Hobbits from all over Hobbiton responded. The New Mill was subsequently torn down. It is not known what became of Ted Sandyman.

THEOBALD BOLGER. See BOLGERTHEODORIC BRANDYBUCK. See BRANDYBUCKSon of Gorboduc Brandybuck (= Gorbadoc).

TIM = NUNCLE TIM

TOBOLD HORNBLOWER. Called Toby and Old Toby. L:3A2670/. His residence was Longbottom. He was the first to grow pipe-weed in the Shire. Old Toby was also a variety of pipe-weed, named after Tobold. -TOBIAS HORNBLOWER.Tobold Hornblower Old Toby The first cultivator of pipe-weed. Tobold Hornblower lived in Longbottom in the Southfarthing during the time of Thain Isengrim II. Tobold was knowledgeable about herbs. Around 2670 of the Third Age, he began cultivating pipe-weed in his gardens. Tobold never revealed how he came by the pipe-weed plant. In his book Herblore of the Shire, Merry Brandybuck speculated that Tobold may have acquired specimens of the plant in Bree, where he often traveled in his youth. Tobold was nicknamed Old Toby, and one of the finest varieties of pipe-weed bore the same name. PIPE-WEED/PIPEWEED. The art of smoking pipe-weed was invented by Hobbits. Pipe-weed was put in the bowl of a clay or wooden pipe with long stem through which one inhaled the smoke of the burning leaves. This custom spread among Dwarves, Men, and even Wizards, and it is still practiced today. Most of what is known about pipe-weed comes from Herblore of the Shire by Meriadoc Brandybuck. Pipe-weed is a plant of the genus Nicotiana. The plant was probably not native to Middle-earth and may have been brought from over the Sea by the Men of Westernesse. It grew abundantly in Gondor, though it was known mainly for its fragrant smell and the idea of smoking it apparently did not occur to Men. The plant was probably carried north up the Greenway, by accident or design, and came to grow around the village of Bree. The Hobbits of Bree may have been the first to smoke the plant in pipes, and the Prancing Pony in Bree became a center of the art of pipe smoking. The first true pipe-weed was grown by Tobold Hornblower, who most likely obtained his first specimens from Bree around 2670 of the Third Age. He bred and cultivated the plant, which flourished in the warm, sheltered climate around Longbottom in the Southfarthing of the Shire. One of the most popular varieties of pipe-weed, Old Toby, was named after him. Longbottom Leaf and Southern Star were two other popular types of leaf of the Shire, while Southlinch was a variety grown in Bree.

During their long journey, the members of the Fellowship frequently took comfort in smoking pipes. Strider the Ranger was smoking a pipe when Frodo first saw him. Gandalf smoked to help himself think when he was uncertain of the way to take in Moria. Sam remembered to pack pipe-weed when the Fellowship left Rivendell (though he forgot rope); later, near Mordor, he dreamed he was searching for his pipe and realized he had no weed left. Merry and Pippin were able to replenish their supply from a cache of Longbottom Leaf they found in the storerooms of Isengard. They shared their discovery with the Three Hunters, who had at last caught up to them. At their first meeting, Merry promised to tell King Theoden about the history of smoking, but he never got the chance. After the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, where the King was slain, Merry thought he might never smoke again, but Aragorn told him to have a pipe in memory of his liege. The mystery of the pipe-weed found at Isengard was solved when the Hobbits returned home: Saruman had been dealing with Lotho Sackville-Baggins. Lotho had begun by selling pipe-weed from his lands in the Southfarthing but had expanded his business interests. Soon there was no leaf to be had by Hobbits in the Shire. Rough-looking Men started to take over and then Saruman himself arrived. But after the Scouring of the Shire, in the year 1420 S.R., there was a bountiful pipe-weed harvest and things returned to normal. The art of smoking pipe-weed was invented by Hobbits. Pipe-weed was the tobacco of Middle-earth. Brought from Westernesse. It grew abundantly in Gondor, but only with great care in the North, in places like Longbottom and the Bree-land. In Gondor weed was esteemed for the fragrance of its flowers. Hobbits were the first to put it into a pipe and smoked it. The first time this happened probably in Bree. Travellers like Dwarves and Rangers picked up the habit at the Prancing Pony. About 3A2670 Tobold Hornblower grew pipe-weed for the first time in the Shire. Of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf, Aragorn, Peregrin, Meriadoc, and Gimli the Dwarf were avid smokers. Legolas, perhaps in common with all Eldar, disapproved of the habit. At the time of the War the Bracegirdles and the Sackville-Bagginses owned many plantations.Pipe-weed -GALENAS. Sindarin name in Gondor. -FUILAS.-HALFLING'S LEAF. Halflings’ LeafAnother name for pipe-weed. Tobacco; smoking was invented by the Hobbits, and great quantities of Leaf, as it was called, were grown in the Shire, especially the warmer regions of the Southfarthing. -HORNPIPE SHAG, HORNPIPE TWIST.-LEAF. The name in the Shire. LeafThe Pipe-weed of the Hobbits. A broad name for the plant cultivated by the hobbits for smoking, and for that reason more commonly known as 'Halflings' Leaf'. It had many other names besides, from the plain 'pipe-weed' or 'westmansweed' to its more elegant name among the Dúnedain, 'sweet galenas'. -LONGBOTTOM LEAF. Grown in the Southfarthing. Longbottom LeafOne of the finest varieties of pipe-weed. • Hornblower Family • Longbottom.One of the three varieties of pipe-weed recorded as being the most sought-after, the other two being Old Toby and Southern Star. Longbottom in the Southfarthing was the first place in the Shire where pipe-weed was grown, and so Longbottom Leaf must have been one of the oldest and most established types (if not the original variety). The first Leaf-grower was Tobold Hornblower, and his family continued the tradition. When Merry and Pippin found barrels of Longbottom Leaf in the ruins of Isengard, they bore the brand-marks of the Hornblower family. -NICOTIANA. The Quenya name for tobacco. Jean Nicot (1530-1600). May 1559. Jean Liebault: Nicotiana.-OLD TOBY. Grown in the Southfarthing. Old TobyOne of the best varieties of pipe-weed. Meaning: 'Old Toby' was the nickname of Tobold Hornblower, who first introduced pipe-weed to the Shire One of the most notable varieties of the plant known as pipe-weed or Halflings' Leaf, grown in the region around Longbottom in the Shire's Southfarthing. It took its name from the famous old Hobbit who introduced pipe-weed to the Shire, the original 'Old Toby', Tobold Hornblower. The first pipe-weed of any kind was grown in the Shire in about the year 1070 by the Shire-reckoning (that is, the year 2670 of the Third Age), so Old Toby must have appeared after this date. Its apparent connections with Longbottom (where the first Leaf was grown) and the Hornblower family (who first grew it) hint that it was developed fairly soon after this date.

-SOUTHERN STAR. Grown in the Southfarthing. Southern StarA famous variety of pipe-weed. • Longbottom Leaf. A variety of pipe-weed grown in the Southfarthing of the Shire, and apparently originating in the district around Longbottom. The 'star' of its name presumably refers to the star-shaped flowers of the pipe-weed plant. -SOUTHLINCH. Grown in Bree. Southlinch-SWEET GALENAS. Sweet GalenasCalled in Gondor sweet galenas and westmansweed. -TOBACCO. Tobacco-WEED. -WESTMANSWEED. (W). WestmansweedOne of the many names for Halflings’ Leaf. Another name for the plant better known as pipe-weed or Halflings’ Leaf. Westmansweed was its name among the vulgar of Gondor, a reference to the Men of the West who were said to have brought it to Middle-earth from Westernesse.

TOGO GOODBODY. L:3A2800/2900. He married Lily Baggins, the aunt of Bilbo's father Bungo Baggins. Great-uncle of Bilbo Baggins. They had children and there were various Goodbodies.-TOGO GAUKROGER.Togo Goodbody Great-uncle of Bilbo Baggins. Togo Goodbody married Lily Baggins, the aunt of Bilbo's father Bungo Baggins. From Togo and Lily were descended various Goodbodies.

TOLMA, TOMBA. (Hg). Hobbit forename usually shortened to Tom.TOLMAN COTTON. (Senior). See COTTONTOLMAN COTTON. (Junior). See COTTONTOLMAN “Tom” GAMGEE/GARDNER. See GARDNERTOM, TOMBA, TOLMA. Hobbit forename.

TOM. The protagonist of Sam Gamgee's poem The Stone Troll. Maybe to some extend modelled on Tom Bombadil. Samwise composed the poem after meeting Bombadil.TomA character in Sam's Troll-rhyme. Adventuring in the hills west of Rivendell, Strider and the Hobbits came across the petrified remains of the Stone-trolls encountered by Bilbo and the Dwarves many years before. There, Sam recited a rather gruesome rhyme that he had created himself, in which a character named Tom encounters a lone Troll gnawing the shin-bone of his uncle Tim. Understandably enraged by this, he aimed a kick at the Troll, but the monster's hide was as strong as stone, and so Tom earned himself a lame leg.There's no suggestion that Tom actually existed outside Sam's imagination (though it's not entirely impossible that he based his rhyme on real events). To confuse matters, one of the three Stone-trolls that inspired Sam's recitation was himself named Tom, but this is simple coincidence: the Tom in the rhyme is very clearly not a Troll.

TOM = TOLMAN COTTON (Senior). See COTTONTOM = TOLMAN COTTON (Junior). See COTTONTOM = TOLMAN “Tom” GAMGEE/GARDNER. See GARDNER

TOSTO BOFFIN. See BOFFINUFFO BOFFIN. See BOFFINVIGO BOFFIN. See BOFFIN

WIDOW RUMBLE.

Widow Rumble At the beginning of the Fourth Age, Widow Rumble looked after Hamfast Gamgee the Gaffer after his son Samwise had married with Rose Cotton. Widow Rumble was an old hobbit-woman.Widow Rumble looked after Hamfast Gamgee after the War of the Ring when his son Sam moved from Bagshot Row to Bag End.

WILCOME “Will” COTTON. See COTTONWILCOME “Joly” COTTON. See COTTONWILIBALD BOLGER. See BOLGERWILIMAR BOLGER. See BOLGER

WILL WHITFOOT. Called Flourdumpling, Old Flourdumpling, Old Will. At the Prancing Pony in Bree, Peregrin Took amused the crowd in the Common Room with a story about the roof of the Town Hole collapsing and covering Mayor Will Whitfoot in chalk, earning him the nickname Flourdumpling.Mayor of Michel Delving from 3A3012 (or earlier) until 4A0006. He was the first Hobbit put in the Lockholes by the Chief's Men. He was (before his imprisonment) the fattest hobbit. Most probably a guest at the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins.He was known as Flourdumpling because when the roof of the Town Hole collapsed, he emerged covered in chalk and looking like a flour dumpling. Will Whitfoot was Mayor at the time of the War of the Ring. When Lotho Sackville-Baggins and his ruffians started cutting down trees and taking crops and goods from the Shire, Will Whitfoot went to Bag End to protest. But before he got there, Will was arrrested by Lotho's Men and imprisoned in the Lockholes. Lotho then named himself Chief of the Shire. Will was released along with the other prisoners by Frodo Baggins on November 4, 3019. Will had lost a good deal of weight and was not fit to serve as Mayor. Frodo acted as Deputy Mayor until Mid-year's Day in 3020 and Will Whitfoot returned to the office of Mayor for another seven years. Will Whitfoot resigned as Mayor in the year 6 of the Fourth Age and Samwise Gamgee was elected to replace him. Will Whitfoot FlourdumplingMayor of Michel Delving. As Mayor, Will Whitfoot was the Postmaster of the Messenger Service and the First Shirriff of the Watch. Otherwise, his main duty was to attend official banquets on holidays. Will apparently enjoyed this part of his job, for at one time he was the fattest Hobbit in the Westfarthing. He was known as Flourdumpling because when the roof of the Town Hole collapsed, he emerged covered in chalk and looking like a flour dumpling. Will Whitfoot was Mayor at the time of the War of the Ring at the end of the Third Age. When Lotho Sackville-Baggins and his ruffians started cutting down trees and taking crops and goods from the Shire, Will Whitfoot went to Bag End to protest. But before he got there, Will was arrrested by Lotho's Men and imprisoned in the Lockholes. Lotho then named himself Chief of the Shire. Will was released along with the other prisoners by Frodo Baggins on November 4, 3019. Will had lost a good deal of weight and was not fit to serve as Mayor. Frodo acted as Deputy Mayor until Mid-year's Day in 3020 and Will Whitfoot returned to the office of Mayor for another seven years. Will Whitfoot resigned as Mayor in the year 6 of the Fourth Age and Sam Gamgee was elected to replace him. The element whit is derived from white. Old WillA nickname of the Will Whitfoot, the Mayor of the Shire at the time of the War of the Ring. He was already known as 'Old Will' at that time, though we're never told exactly how old he was.After Sharkey took over the Shire, Old Will found himself the first prisoner placed in the Lockholes, and he was held there until Sharkey was overthrown and he was freed. Once known as the fattest Hobbit in the Westfarthing, he emerged much less fat than when he had been imprisoned. Frodo Baggins took on the role of Deputy Mayor until the old Mayor was ready to resume his office, which he did on Mid-year's Day of 3A3020 (1420 by the Shire-reckoning). He then served another seven-year term before finally retiring (by which time he must have been 'Old Will' indeed).

WILLIE BANKS. Hobbit of Bree. He was killed in the fight between Bree-landers and Bill Ferny and his men in January 3A3019.

Willie BanksWillie Banks may have lived on the upper slopes of Bree-hill. He was killed in early 3019 of the Third Age when fighting broke out in Bree instigated by Men who had come up the Greenway from the South. Another Hobbit of the Underhill family was also killed, as were three Men of Bree: Mat Heathertoes, Rowlie Appledore, and Tom Pickthorn. The troublemakers were expelled from Bree along with Bill Ferny and Harry Goatleaf who had sided with them. The Hobbit name Banks refers to the banks or slopes where Hobbits built their holes.

WISEMAN GAMWICH. See GAMGEE

Hobbits Hobbits Bree-hobbits Hobbits of Bree Hobbits of the Shire

HOBBITS Pippin said to Treebeard: 'Put us among the four, next to Man (the Big People)'. 'Nobody else calls us hobbits; we call ourselves that'. Hob: "..., since they have become rare and shy of the Big People, as they call us. They are (or were) a little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded Dwarves. Hobbits have no beards. There is little or no magic about them. They are inclined to be fat in the stomach; they dress in bright colours (chiefly green and yellow); wear no shoes, because their feet grow natural leathery soles and thick warm brown hair like the stuff on their heads (which is curly); have long clever brown fingers, good-natured faces, and laugh deep fruity laughs....".Hobbits have the unusual characteristic of having tough soles on their feet, as well as hair that covers all the way to their toes, so their feet stay warm. Hobbits do not tend to wear boots or shoes in any form, though where the land is low and muddy, they will wear boots to keep their feet dry (especially the Stoors).Hobbits also tended to live in burrows, often with many generations of one family in a very large one (eg. Brandy Hall or the Great Smials of Tuckbourogh). As suitable areas of these burrows often did not exist, Hobbits started to build houses, though they were still long and low. Even where they could burrow, hobbits tended to build workshops and sheds and the like. It is unknown where Hobbits came from, though after 1050 of the Third Age of the Sun, they started to wander Westwards over the Misty Mountains. This was after the Shadow fell on Greenwood the Great near where they lived (eg. Smeagol/Gollum and Deagol). Hobbits were split into three "kinds": Fallohides, which were taller, thinner, and often more adventurous than either of the other two. Fallohides were often found as chieftains of the other groups, and they were more skilled in languages and song as well as being more friendly with Elves.Harfoots: These were the most numerous kind, and more friendly with Dwarves.Stoors: These remained longest in the area of the River Anduin. Unlike many hobbits, the Stoors were more at ease in boats and could swim. Stoorish hobbits were the only hobbits who could grow a beard, in fact the only ones with any trace of facial hair.Hobbits averaged between two and four feet high though they now rarely reach 3 feet in height.

BANAKIL.(Wg). "Halfling". BanakilBANATHIN. (W). "Hobbit".BATTLE OF GREENFIELDS 3A2747. BOUNDERS. See RULERS > MAYOR.BRANDY HALL. See RULERS > MASTER.BREE-FOLK, BREE-HOBBITSBUCKLAND, BUCKLANDERS. BucklandersCOMPANIONS OF THE RING (Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin), COUNCIL OF ELROND (Bilbo, Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin), FALLOHIDES. See FAMILIESFIRST EASTFARTHING TROOP. See RULERS > MAYOR.FOUR TRAVELLERS. During the WR. 1. Frodo Baggins, 2. Samwise Gamgee, 3. Peregrin Took, 4. Meriadoc Brandybuck. The Hobbits of the Shire called them so after their return from their adventures to the Shire. Songs and Verses: Drinking Song a, Walking song a.GAMWICH, GLADDEN FIELDS, GREAT SMIALS. See RULERS > THAIN.

HALF-HIGH, HALFHEAH, HALFLINGS. Translation of PERIANNATH. Halfling was the Westron name for Hobbit. The name was given by Men. The sense is "a half-sized man/person".

HalflingsHARFOOTS See FAMILIESHOBBITONIANS. The Hobbits who lived in Hobbiton. HOBBIT-BOWS. See WEAPONSHOBBIT-FAMILIES. See FAMILIESHOBBIT FAMILY TREES. Appendix C LR (LRC).HOBBIT-HOLES = SMIALS. See SHIREHOBBIT-STRAINS. FALLOHIDES, HARFOOTS, STOORS. See FAMILIESHOBBITISH. See LANGUAGESHOBBITON, HOBBITON HILL, HOBBITON ROAD, HOBBITRY-IN-ARMS. See RULERS > THAIN.HOLBYTLA (sing), HOLBYTLAN (pl). HolbytlanHOLBYTLAN. (R). "Holedwellers" .-HOLEDWELLERS. Master Holbytla = Meriadoc Brandybuck .HORN-CALL OF BUCKLAND, HORNBLOWER COUNTRY, I PHERIANNATH. (S). "of the Halflings". KUD-DUKAN. (R). "Hole-dweller". Kûd-dûkanRohirric name for the Hobbits. Translation of Old English Hol-bytla "Hole-builder". Holbytla could easy be worn down to the form "Hobbit"KUDUKS. (Hg). "Hobbits". The Hobbits' own name for themselves. Related to the word in the language of Rohan, Kûd-dûkan "Hole-dweller". Date of origin unknown; first recorded in 3A1050Cultures: Bree-hobbits, Bucklanders, Shire-hobbits, Stoors of the AngleMeaning: Derived from kûd-dûkan, 'hole-dweller'Other names: Banakil, Halflings, Hobbits, Holbytlan, Little People, PeriannathKuduk. The Westron word for those of Hobbit-kindA word from the Westron language, used by the people of the Shire and Bree to refer to those of Halfling kind (it was, therefore, the word that Hobbits would have used to refer to themselves). It seems to have a derived from an older compound, kûd-dûkan, which was still in use in Rohan and meant 'hole-dweller'.In his 'translation' of the histories of Middle-earth, Tolkien used Old English to represent the language of the Rohirrim, and thus their kûd-dûkan became the Old English equivalent holbytla, giving rise to the more current and popular form used farther to the north: Hobbit. (It should be noted that this etymology was invented after the fact: the word 'Hobbit' came to Tolkien's imagination first, and then he devised this elaborate origin to explain it.)

LANGUAGE OF THE HOBBITS, LIBRARIES, LITTLE FOLK. Little FolkLITTLE PEOPLE. Little PeopleLOCKHOLES. See RULERS > MAYOR.

MARISH THE, MICHEL DELVING. See RULERS > MAYOR.MATHOM. The word is not Westron, but peculiar to Hobbits (also Smials). The meaning is "anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away". It represents Old English meaning "precious thing, treasure".Mathoms-KAST, KASTU. See also THINGSMATHOM-HOUSE. See RULERS > MAYOR.MESSENGER SERVICE. See RULERS > MAYOR.NATHRAMIN. (W). "Hobbit".MONEY of the Hobbits. -PENNIES. -SILVER PENNIES. OUTSIDERS. Hobbits who did not live in the Shire, so called by the Hobbits of the Shire. Hobbits not of the Bree-land.PERIAN (sing), PERIAIN (pl), PERIANNATH (pl)..PERIAIN, PERIAN. (S). "Halfling". PERIANNATH. (S). "Halflings". PeriannathQUICK POST. See RULERS > MAYOR.RANGERS. Identified as WILD FOLK. Identified as WILD HOBBITS.-WILD FOLK. -WILD HOBBITS.RED BOOK OF WESTMARCH, RIDDLE-GAME, RING-BEARERS (Gollum, Bilbo, Frodo, Sam), RING-FINDERS (Deagol, Bilbo), SHIRE-MOOT (Thain), SHIRE-FOLK. Shire-folkSHIRE-HOBBITS. Shire-hobbitsSHIRE-MUSTER. See RULERS > THAIN.SHIRE THE, SHIRRIFF-HOUSE. See RULERS > MAYOR.SHIRRIFFS. See RULERS > MAYOR.SMIALS. See SHIRESONGS and VERSES, SPRINGLE-RINGSPRINGLE-RING. Springle-ringThe word is translated Hobbitish: "war-horse ring". A vigorous Hobbit dance. The dancers gathered in a circle and did a lot of leaping about.STOORS. See FAMILIESTOWN HOLE. See RULERS > MAYOR.TUCKBOROUGH. See RULERS > THAIN.UNDERTOWERS. See RULERS > WARDEN.VALES OF ANDUIN, WANDERING DAYS, WATCH THE. See RULERS > MAYOR.WESTMARCH.

SONGS, VERSES, POEMS: Bilbo Baggins: Bath Song the, Bilbo's Song, Cat and the Fiddle the, Errantry, Fall of Gil-galad the, Lazy Lob and crazy Cob, Man in the Moon stayed the, Old fat Spider etc., Old Walking Song the, Roads go ever on, Song of Earendil, Walking Song a, Warning of winter. Frodo Baggins: Frodo's lament for Gandalf, Old Walking Song the, Song in the woods, Song to Goldberry, Wight's chant.Samwise Gamgee: Cat, Elven hymns to Varda, Fall of Gil-galad the, Oliphaunt, Perry-the-Winkle, Sam's rhyme of the Troll, Sam's Song in the Orc-tower, Stone Troll the. Peregrin Took: Farewell Song Pippin + Merry. Meriadoc Brandybuck: Farewell Song Merry + Pippin, Lament for Theoden, Song of the Mounds of Mundburg.Gollum: Gollum's riddle, Gollum's song.

Thorin and Company: Chip the glasses etc., The wind was on etc., Under the mountain etc., Far over Misty etc.Hobbits of Buckland: Adventures of Tom Bombadil the, Bombadil goes boating.Hobbits of the Shire: Fastitocalon, Hoard the, Last Ship the, Man in the Moon came the, Mewlips the, Princess Mee, Sea-bell the, Shadow-bride.Four Travellers: Drinking Song a, Walking song a.

HOBBITS OF BREE. Bree-folk Bree-hobbits Bree-landers Hobbits of BreeHOBBITS OF BUCKLAND.HOBBITS OF THE SHIRE. Hobbits of the ShireHOBBITS OF THE VALES OF ANDUIN. Gollum and Deagol.HOBBITS OF WESTMARCH.OLD WINYARDS. A strong red wine, made by the Hobbits in the Southfarthing.Old Winyards - see WineSee also THINGS