Dates
III 2990 - c. IV 70 (1390 - c.1491 by the Shire-reckoning)
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Meaning
'Peregrin' means 'traveller in strange countries'. The meaning of 'Took' is unknown (the modern version is thought to derive from the Norse god Thor, and cannot relate to Peregrin's family name).
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Son of Paladin Took II of Great Smials, and later Thain Peregrin I; he travelled with the Company of the Ring. With Meriadoc Brandybuck, he was separated from the Company at Parth Galen, and taken captive by Orcs. Escaping into Fangorn Forest, he saw the destruction of Isengard and travelled with Gandalf to Minas Tirith, where he became a bondsman of Steward Denethor II.
Pippin, as Peregrin was universally known, was the youngest of Frodo's companions. He was only twenty-eight years old when he set out with Frodo and Sam from Bag End on the first part of their great journey, which was considered very young for a Hobbit. At first, he seemed to be rather unsuited to a long journey - through the early part of their travels, we see him regularly calling for rests or meals. As befitted the son of the Shire's Thain, though, he had a good general knowledge of that land and its people.
Peregrin inherited the title Thain of the Shire in the year IV 14 (1434 by the Shire-reckoning). During his Thainship, he remained in close contact with Gondor, and built a library of great historical importance at Great Smials. The works he collected were mainly concerned with the history of Númenor and the Exiles after its Downfall, and so were of little interest to the Hobbits of the Shire, but were of great significance to the larger world. The Tale of Years was probably prepared at Great Smials, with help from Meriadoc Brandybuck.
See also...
Adalgrim Took, Adamanta Chubb, Ants, Aragorn Elessar, Baranor, Battle of Bywater, Beechbone, Beregond, Bergil, Bregalad, Company of the Ring, Council of Elrond, Crickhollow, Diamond of Long Cleeve, Dol Baran, [See the full list...]East Wall of Rohan, Eglantine Banks, Ent-draughts, Ent-strides, Éothain, Ernil i Pheriannath, Esmeralda Took, Everard Took, Faramir Took I, Foxes, Frodo Baggins, Gildor Inglorion, Goldilocks Gardner, Green Hill Country, Grishnákh, Hildigard Took, Hildigrim Took, Horsemen of Rohan, Ingold, Iorlas, Isumbras Took I, Lampwrights Street, Legolas Greenleaf, Long Cleeve, Longbottom Leaf, Lord of the Ring, Lugdush, Master, Mauhúr, Meriadoc Merry Brandybuck, Mimosa Bunce, Northerners, Orcs of the Misty Mountains, Oxen, Paladin Took II, Pearl Took, Periannath, Pervinca Took, Pimpernel Took, Pippin Gardner, Prince of the Halflings, Rath Celerdain, Rath Dínen, Rosa Baggins, Sapphira Brockhouse, Shire-thain, Silmarillion, Stone of Orthanc, Thain of the Shire, The Golden Perch, Travellers, Treebeards Hill, Uglúk, Warden of Westmarch, Wellinghall, Whitwell, Wilibald Bolger, Willie Banks, Wingfoot, Woodhall
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