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Probably lived in the Tookland1
Pronunciation
Isumbras is pronounced 'isu'mbras'2
Meaning
Isumbras means 'Iron arm'3
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Isumbras Took IThe first Shire-thain of the Took line
In the year 740 by the Shire-reckoning (or III 2340) the then Thain of the Shire, Gorhenhad Oldbuck, led the settlement of the lands beyond the Brandywine, which were to become known as Buckland. With the departure of Gorhendad across the river, the line of Thains descended from Bucca came to an end, and a new Thain was needed by the Shire-folk. We don't know how this new Thain was installed, though the original choice of Bucca apparently involved an election, so Gorhendad's replacement was perhaps installed by a similar process. The new Shire-thain, the thirteenth to hold the office, was Isumbras, a member of the Took clan. Already an important family within the Shire, the installation of Isumbras established the Tooks as the source of the hereditary Thains of the Shire down to the War of the Ring (about seven hundred years later) and beyond. Isumbras was followed by more than twenty Thains who could claim him as an ancestor, including at least three who also took the name 'Isumbras'. For that reason, Isumbras the successor to Gorhendad Oldbuck and first Thain of the Took line is known to history as 'Isumbras Took the first'. Notes
See also...Hobbit-names, Isengrim Took II, Shire-reckoning, Shire-thain, Thain of the Shire, Took Family Indexes: About this entry:
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