An encyclopedia of Middle-earth and Numenor
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An encyclopedia of Middle-earth and Numenor |
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See also: Baggins,
Brandybuck,
Gamgee,
and Took
See the Boffin and Bolger family trees at the bottom of this page.
Names &
Etymology:
The Hobbit name Banks refers
to the banks or slopes where Hobbits built their holes.
Sources:
The Return
of the King: "Homeward Bound," p. 271
"Nomenclature
of The Lord of the Rings," entry for Banks
The Lord
of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina
Scull: "Homeward Bound," p. 653-54
Bob was charged with caring for Merry Brandybuck's five ponies: Bumpkin, Sharp-ears, Swish-tail, White-socks, and Wise-nose. But during the night of September 29-30, 3018 of the Third Age, the stables were raided and the ponies were released in an attempt to delay the Hobbits' departure. Bob searched the neighborhood for replacements, but was only able to find one scrawny pony owned by Bill Ferny. Barliman bought the pony, which Sam named Bill. Bob and Nob gave Sam apples as a parting gift.
When trouble came to Bree during the War of the Ring, Bob continued to work at the inn but he went home to his folks at nightfall.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony," p. 165, 172; "A Knife
in the Dark," p.190-92
The Return
of the King: "Homeward Bound," p. 270
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family
Tree below.
Source:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Source:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Briffo Boffin moved from the Shire to Bree in 2810. His date of death is not recorded.
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Source:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Source:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Names &
Etymology:
Daisy was named after a flower,
as was common among Hobbit-lasses.
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below and the Baggins
Family Tree.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Donnamira Took married Hugo Boffin. They had two children: Jago and Jessamine. Donnamira Took died in 2948.
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below and the Took Family
Tree.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Took genealogy, p. 382
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
In September of 3018, Folco Boffin came to stay at Bag End to help Frodo pack up his possessions and prepare to move to Crickhollow. On September 22, Folco attended Frodo's birthday dinner and farewell feast with Fatty Bolger, Merry Brandybuck, and Pippin Took. The next day, Folco went home after lunch. He was not present at Crickhollow on the eve of Frodo's departure from the Shire.
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "The Shadow of the Past," p. 51; "Three Is Company," p.
76-77
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Griffo Boffin's date of death is not known.
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Took genealogy, p. 382
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Source:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Source:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Names &
Etymology:
Lavender is a floral name
as was common among female Hobbits.
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Names &
Etymology:
Otto Boffin was known as
Otto
the Fat.
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Names &
Etymology:
Sapphira had a jewel name
like many female Hobbits.
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Names &
Etymology:
Amethyst had a jewel name like many
female Hobbits.
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Source:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Belba married Rudigar Bolger. They had a son named Herugar who was the grandfather of Fatty and Estella Bolger. Belba Bolger died in 2956.
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below and the Baggins
Family Tree.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Source:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Source:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Fredegar "Fatty" Bolger |
Friend
of Frodo Baggins. Fredegar Bolger, called Fatty,
was born in 2980 of the Third Age to Odovacar Bolger
and Rosamunda Took Bolger. He had a sister
Estella who married
Merry
Brandybuck. Fatty's great-great-grandfather on his mother's side was
Gerontius,
the Old Took, who was also the great-great-grandfather of Merry and
of Pippin Took.
Fatty's family was from Budgeford in Bridgefields in the Eastfarthing. They attended the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3001.
Fatty had no desire to leave the Shire, but he did his part to help his friend Frodo. Fatty came to stay at Bag End in September of 3018 to help Frodo pack up and move to Crickhollow. He was present at Frodo's final birthday feast at Bag End on September 22 and drove off with Merry with the last cart the next morning.
While Merry and Pippin set out with Frodo and Sam on their journey, Fatty stayed behind at Crickhollow to make it appear that Frodo was still living there. On September 30, the house at Crickhollow was attacked by three Nazgul including Khamul. When Fatty saw the shadowy figures approaching he fled out the back door and ran to the nearest house. He was terrified, but he managed to raise the alarm. The Horn-call of Buckland sounded and the Nazgul fled.
When the Shire was occupied by ruffians during the War of the Ring, Fatty led a band of rebels based in the Brockenbores by the Hills of Scary. Fatty was captured and thrown into the Lockholes. When Frodo and his companions released Fatty, he was too weak to walk and the nickname Fatty no longer applied.
Names &
Etymology:
Bolger contains a corruption
of the element bulge and is meant to imply fatness or tubbiness.
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below and the Took Family
Tree.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "Three Is Company," p. 76-77; "A Conspiracy Unmasked,"
118; "A Knife in the Dark," p. 188-89
The Return
of the King: "The Grey Havens," p. 301
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Took genealogy, p. 381
"Nomenclature
of The Lord of the Rings," entry for Budgeford
The Lord
of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina
Scull: "A Knife in the Dark," p. 164-7
Gerda Boffin married Adalbert Bolger. They had a son named Filibert born in 2942. Gerda Bolger died in 3004.
Genealogy:
See Boffin
Family Tree and the Bolger Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, Table BG4 p. 97, 99, Table BF4 p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Gundahar Bolger married Dina Diggle. They had a son named Adalgar and a daughter named Adaldrida. Adalgar was the grandfather of Frodo's father Drogo, while Adaldrida was the grandmother of Frodo's mother Primula. Gundahar Bolger was therefore both the paternal and maternal great-great-grandfather of Frodo.
Gundahar Bolger died in 2875.
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Names &
Etymology:
Jessamine is a variation
of Jasmine, a flower name.
Genealogy:
See Boffin
Family Tree and the Bolger Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, Table BG4 p. 97, 99, Table BF4 p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth:
"The Family Trees," p. 88, 93-94, Table BG4 p. 97
Odovacar Bolger married Rosamunda Took. They lived in Budgeford in Bridgefields in the Eastfarthing of the Shire. Their son Fredegar - called Fatty - was born in 2980, and their daughter Estella - who later married Merry Brandybuck - was born in 2985. The family attended the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3001.
Odovacar Bolger died in the year 10 of the Fourth Age.
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Conspiracy Unmasked," 118
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Took genealogy, p. 381
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Names &
Etymology:
Pansy had a flower name like
many Hobbit-lasses.
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below and the Baggins
Family Tree.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Names &
Etymology:
Like many female Hobbits, Poppy
had a flower name.
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below and the Baggins
Family Tree.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below and the Baggins
Family Tree.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Rosamunda married Odovacar Bolger and they had two children: Fredegar (called Fatty) born in 2980, and Estella born in 2985. The family lived in Budgeford in Bridgefields in the Eastfarthing. Rosamunda and Odovacar attended the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3001 along with their two children.
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below and the Took Family
Tree.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Conspiracy Unmasked," 118
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Took genealogy, p. 381
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Source:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Source:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Names &
Etymology:
A salvia is a plant of the
mint family.
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below and the Brandybuck
Family Tree.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Source:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Bolger
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88, 93-94, and Table BG4 p. 97
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
The Return
of the King: "The Grey Havens," p. 301
Hugo Bracegirdle had a tendency to borrow books and not return them. When Bilbo Baggins left the Shire in 3001, he gave Hugo an empty bookcase to house his collection, which included several of Bilbo's own books. Hugo attended Bilbo's Farewell Party.
Names &
Etymology:
The family name Bracegirdle
is meant to reference the tendency of Hobbits to be fat and strain their
belts (girdles).
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Source:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Long-Expected Party," p. 46
The Return
of the King: "The Grey Havens," p. 301
"Nomenclature
of The Lord of the Rings," entry for Bracegirdle
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
Genealogy:
See the Boffin
Family Tree below.
Sources:
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 99 and Table BF4, p. 101
The Return
of the King: "The Grey Havens," p. 301
Asphodel Brandybuck married Rufus Burrows. They had a son named Milo in 2947. The family attended the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3001. Asphodel Burrows died in 3012.
Names &
Etymology:
An asphodel is a plant of
the lily family with white, yellow or pink flowers.
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
Family Tree.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Milo and his wife and three oldest children attended the Farewell Party of Bilbo Baggins in 3001. Milo never responded to letters, so Bilbo gave him a farewell gift of a gold pen and ink bottle.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
Family Tree and the Brandybuck
Family Tree.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Long-Expected Party," p. 46
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380; Brandybuck genealogy,
p. 382
Minto Burrows was about 5 years old at the time of Bilbo's Farewell Party in 3001. Minto did not attend the party, though his parents and older siblings did.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
Family Tree.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Names &
Etymology:
Some sources have interpreted the
writing on the Baggins family tree as Moto Burrows. However he is
named Moro Burrows in
The History of Middle-earth,
vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family Trees," p. 88.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
Family Tree.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
The History
of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth: "The Family
Trees," p. 88
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
Family Tree.
Sources:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Names &
Etymology:
Myrtle is a flowering plant.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
Family Tree.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Names &
Etymology:
Peony had a flower name like
many female Hobbits.
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
Family Tree.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Genealogy:
See the Brandybuck
Family Tree.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Brandybuck genealogy, p. 382
Déagol |
Thomas
Robins as Deagol
in the New Line film |
Finder
of the One Ring. Deagol was of Hobbit-kind.
His people were descended from the Stoors who had migrated from Eriador
and settled on the shores of the Anduin
in Wilderland.
One day in the year 2463 of the Third Age, Deagol and his friend Smeagol went fishing near the Gladden Fields. Deagol caught a large fish on his line and was dragged out of the boat to the bottom of the river, where he saw something shiny in the riverbed. Deagol let go of his line and dived for the object, which turned out to be a gold ring. Although Deagol did not know it, the ring was the One Ring wrought by the Dark Lord Sauron, and it had lain at the bottom of the Anduin since the year 2 when Isildur was slain at the Gladden Fields.
Deagol brought the Ring ashore and gloated over it, but Smeagol saw the Ring and coveted it and he asked Deagol to give it to him as a birthday present. Deagol refused, saying that he had already given Smeagol more than he could afford. Smeagol then strangled Deagol and hid his body and took the Ring for himself. Deagol's family never knew what had become of him.
Names &
Etymology:
Déagol is an anglicized
equivalent of the name Nahald. Both names mean "secret." Deagol's
name was Nahald in the language of the upper Anduin where his people
lived.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "The Shadow of the Past," p. 62
Appendix
F of The Lord of the Rings: Part I - "The Languages and Peoples of
the Third Age," p. 408, note 1; Part II - "On Translation," p. 414-15
Letters
of J.R.R. Tolkien:
Letter #214 (information on Deagol's Stoor ancestry)
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
Family Tree.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
Family Tree.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
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.
Names &
Etymology:
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."
Sources:
The Return
of the King: "The Scouring of the Shire," p. 277-79
"Nomenclature
of The Lord of the Rings," entry for Hayward
Tobold was nicknamed Old Toby, and one of the finest varieties of pipe-weed bore the same name.
Source:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "Prologue: Concerning Pipe-weed," p. 17
Farmer MaggotFarmer 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.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. Names &
Etymology:
Sources:
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Top:
Cameron Rhodes as Farmer Maggot
in the New Line film Bottom: Farmer & Mrs. Maggot by the Brothers Hildebrandt
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Source:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Short Cut to Mushrooms," p. 105-7
Names &
Etymology:
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.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "Prologue: Concerning Hobbits," p. 13
The Lord
of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina
Scull: "Prologue," p. 19
Wikipedia
entries on Hengest and
Horsa
Old NoakesHobbit 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. Names &
Etymology:
Sources:
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Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony," 165-66; "Strider,"
p. 178, 181, 185-87; "A Knife in the Dark," p. 191-92
The Return
of the King: "Homeward Bound," p. 269-70
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
Family Tree.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
Family Tree.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Odo ProudfootCousin of Bilbo Baggins. Odo Proudfoot was born in 2904 of the Third Age. 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. Odo Proudfoot died in 3005. Genealogy:
Sources:
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Noah
Appleby as Mr. Proudfoot
in the New Line film  |
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
Family Tree.
Source:
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Genealogy:
See the Baggins
Family Tree.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Long-Expected Party," p. 48
Appendix
C of The Lord of the Rings: Baggins genealogy, p. 380
Source:
The Return
of the King: "The Grey Havens," p. 304
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.
Names &
Etymology:
Also called Sandyman the Miller.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "A Long-Expected Party," p. 30-32; "The Shadow of the
Past," p. 53
The Return
of the King: "The Scouring of the Shire," p. 291-92
Ted Sandyman |
Brian
Sergent as Ted Sandyman
in the New Line film |
Hobbit
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.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "The Shadow of the Past," p. 53-54; "The Bridge of Khazad-dum,"
p. 339, "The Mirror of Galadriel," p. 378
The Return
of the King: "The Scouring of the Shire," p. 291-92, 296-97
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.
Names &
Etymology:
Also called Cock-robin by
Sam.
Sources:
The Return
of the King: "The Scouring of the Shire," p. 280-83, 288
Daddy TwofootNeighbor 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.Source:
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Decipher
card of Daddy Twofoot
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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.
Names &
Etymology:
The element whit is derived
from white.
Sources:
The Fellowship
of the Ring: "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony," p. 168
The Return
of the King: "The Scouring of the Shire," p. 281, 292; "The Grey Havens,"
p. 301, 305
Appendix
B of LotR: "The Tale of Years," p. 377
"Nomenclature
of The Lord of the Rings," entry for Whitfoot
These Boffin and Bolger family trees were ready for publication in The Lord of the Rings but were cut at the last minute for space. They appear in The History of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth.
Boffin Family Tree:
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