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Ordgar 17

Name

Summary

Ordgar 17 ‘of Massingham’ was a free man who held three estates in north Norfolk assessed at 7 carucates and worth 100 shillings TRE.

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire	Phil. ref.	Vill	DB Spelling	Holder 1066	Lord 1066	Tenant-in-Chief 1086	1086 Subtenant	Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value	Conf.	Show on Map
Shire Norfolk	Phil. ref. 5,1	Vill Massingham	DB Spelling Orgarus	Holder 1066 Ordgar 'of Massingham'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Eustace, count	1086 Subtenant Guy d'Anjou	Fiscal Value 4.00	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 2.50	Confidence B	Map
Shire Norfolk	Phil. ref. 5,2	Vill Anmer	DB Spelling Orgarus	Holder 1066 Ordgar 'of Massingham'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Eustace, count	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 2.00	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 2.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Norfolk	Phil. ref. 5,3	Vill Fring	DB Spelling Orgarus	Holder 1066 Ordgar 'of Massingham'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Eustace, count	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 3.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

The fact that all three estates were closely grouped and passed to the same successor commends the view that they were held by the same individual. Ordgar 17 is differentiated from Ordgar 18 on the grounds that the latter’s estate lay more than 25 miles south of the Massingham group, and passed to a different successor. He is differentiated from Ordgar 14 on the grounds that the latter’s nearest estate lay more than 30 miles away in a different shire and passed to a different successor.