Took-clan

The Took-clan were a famous Hobbit kin of the Shire. Their ancestral home was the Great Smials of Tookland.
== History ==
The first recorded Took was Isumbras I Took, who became the thirteenth Shire-thain of the Shire after Gorhendad Oldbuck crossed into Buckland, becoming Master there. After Isumbras, the Shire-thain position became hereditary in the Took family, and at the end of the Third Age his descendant Peregrin "Pippin" Took became the 19th Shire-thain of the Took-clan, the 32nd in the Shire.
The head of the Took-clan, usually but not always the Shire-thain, was called 'The Took' and uniquely the title could be held by Hobbit women, including the wife of the previous holder, as was the case with Lalia (Clayhanger) Took.
The Tooks lived in the Great Smials of Tuckborough, ruling Tookland in the Westfarthing of the Shire. A smaller clan called the North-Tooks would settle Long Cleeve and the Northfarthing; these were descendants of the legendary hero Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took. Even as many Hobbit families relocated over time, most Tooks still inhabited the Westfarthing, especially the Tookland.
Tooks were mainly of Fallohide Hobbit stock. They were more ambitious and adventurous than other Hobbits, with a reputation for unusual behavior - qualities valued or respected by few in the Shire. They were also among the richer clans of a very frugal race. Bilbo Baggins and Meriadoc Brandybuck both had Took mothers. The wizard Gandalf knew many Took figures personally across the Third Age.
It was rumored that one of the Took ancestors had taken a fairy wife in the past, whose blood left the clan not entirely hobbit-like.The Lord of the Rings: Appendix C , "Took of Great Smials"
== Etymology ==
The meaning of the original term Tûk, of Hobbit-speech, is unknown. Took is pronounced like 'Luke', not 'book'.
== Notable Tooks ==
*Adalgrim Took
*Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took
*Belladonna Took
*Eglantine Took
*Mirabella Took
*Ferumbras III Took
*Gerontius Took (The Old Took)
*Lalia Took
*Pearl Took
*Peregrin Took
*Pervinca Took
*Pimpernel Took
*Paladin II Took
== References ==
Category:Hobbit families
Category:Fallohides
 
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