Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hotun, Hoton 1086 DB 1120–30 Kendii,142 1157 YCh 1190,1190–5 Cockers 1256 Ass10d 1461 Pat

• Houton 1227 FF 1276 Kendii,344

• Hotton(e), Hottun 1256 Ass 1280 Kendii,345 1356 Ipm 1461 CockersRent

• Hutton 1461 CockersRent 16 AOMB 1544 Kendii,350 1777 M

• Hotun riof 1090–7 Ch 1308 YCh 1157

• Hoton Roph(e) 1161–84 Kendii,342 13 MaryH43d

• Hoton Roff(e) 1277 Kendii,345 1279 Ass1d 1309 Ipm 1409 Pat

• Hoton Rof 1328 Cl 1332 Lanc 1335 Ch 1337 SR 1362 Ipm

• Hoton rofe 1461 Pat

• -riwe 1184–1200,1190–1220,1220–54 Cockers

• -rive 1190 ib

• -rue 1210–35,1222–9,1230–55 Cockers

• -Ruff(e) 1256 Ass 1407 Pat 1411 Kendii,349 16 AOMB 1544 Kendii,350

• -Ruf 1276,1280 1283 Ipm 1332 SR

• -Roue 1260 Cockers

• -Royf 1279 Ass14d

• Hoton Roef 1276 Kendii,345 1347 Cl 1348–1352 Ipm 1355 Cl 1437 Kendi,44

• Hoton Rouf 1287 Kendii,345 1303 Ipm

• Hutton Rowff 1577 Kendii,135

• Hoton Reof 1355 Kendii,348

• -Roof(e) 1376 Ipm 1612,1617 Kendii,351 1651 Rent 1656 PR(KL) 1777 M

Etymology

'Farmstead near the end of a hill v. hōh , tūn , a common NCy p.n., cf. also New & Old Hutton, Hutton (i, 127, 131, 154 infra ). Roof is a feudal affix, but the person whose name it was has not been identified.In view of the great variety of spellings the original form of the pers.n. is uncertain, but the oldest spelling -riof and others like -reof , -riwe , -rive suggest, as Ekwall has pointed out, the OG  pers.n. Ricwulf in the form Riulf , Riolf etc. (FörstemannPN s.n.) with later loss of -l - through French influence; this OG  pers.n. was in use in England as Ricwulf (Searle s.n.), though Rīcwulf , as Dr Feilitzen points out, could be native OE.