Thains of the Shire
Bucca of the Marish Gorhendad Oldbuck Isumbras I Isengrim II Isumbras III Ferumbras II Fortibras I Gerontius, the Old Took Isengrim III Isumbras IV Fortinbras II Ferumbras III Paladin II Peregrin I Faramir I
The eleventh Thain of the Took line, and twenty-third overall, Isumbras succeeded his father Isengrim II . He had two sons, of whom the younger, Bandobras , became famous as the 'Bullroarer '. Isumbras' years as Thain were a time of hardship and privation - his son Bandobras beat back a raiding Orc -band at the Battle of Greenfields , while the end of his Thainship saw the Long Winter fall on the Shire . He was succeeded by his elder son, who became Thain Ferumbras II .
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There is a Middle English romance titled Sir Isumbras , and this seems to be the likely source for Tolkien's selection of the name. Taken literally, however, the name Isumbras means 'iron arm'.
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