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Brandy Hall above Bucklebury
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Gormadoc is pronounced 'go'rmadoc'
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Gormadoc ‘Deepdelver’ BrandybuckA partiarch of the Brandybuck clanA descendant of Gorhendad the founder of Buckland, and in turn an important ancestor of the Brandybuck family, Gormadoc is listed at the head of the genealogical table given in The Lord of the Rings. He married Malva Headstrong, and had three children, Madoc, Sadoc and Marroc. Madoc the eldest succeeded his father as Master of Buckland, and passed the line on through the generations to the later Masters, eventually including Meriadoc. Gormadoc was also the great-great-great-grandfather of Frodo Baggins (through Frodo's mother Primula Brandybuck). Gormadoc's nickname 'Deepdelver' seems to have its origins in Tolkien's first drafts of the Brandybuck family tree. At first, these placed Gorhendad, not Gormadoc, at the head of the tree, and Gorhendad was not only Buckland's founder, but also the delver of Brandy Hall in Buck Hill. Gorhendad was ultimately removed from this place and moved further back into history, but the idea of his being a 'Deepdelver' remained attached to the head of the family tree, and so passed on to his replacement Gormadoc. In this new context, it is presumably meant to suggest that Gormadoc expanded the Hall and delved deeper into the Hill. Notes
See also...Asphodel Brandybuck, Brandybuck Family, Deepdelver, Goldfather, Gundabald Bolger, Hanna Goldworthy, Headstrong Family, Madoc ‘Proudneck’ Brandybuck, Malva Headstrong, Marmadoc Brandybuck ‘the Masterful’, Marroc Brandybuck, Master of Buckland, Proudneck, Sadoc Brandybuck, Salvia Brandybuck, [See the full list...] Indexes: About this entry:
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