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Ordgar 19

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Ordgar 19 ‘of Harlestone’ held a share of three estates in Northamptonshire TRE, which passed to Robert count of Mortain. These estates were assessed in total at 7 hides and 3 virgates hides and were worth 65 shillings in total; his share of them is estimated to have been just under 2 hides and about 13 shillings.

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 Northamptonshire	Phil. ref. 18,43	Vill Harlestone	DB Spelling Orgar	Holder 1066 Ordgar 'of Harlestone'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant William de Cahagnes	Fiscal Value 0.75	1066 Value 0.13	1086 Value 0.75	Confidence B	Map
Shire Northamptonshire	Phil. ref. 18,57	Vill Farthingstone	DB Spelling Orgar	Holder 1066 Ordgar 'of Harlestone'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant William de Cahagnes	Fiscal Value 0.58	1066 Value 0.18	1086 Value 0.72	Confidence B	Map
Shire Northamptonshire	Phil. ref. 18,58	Vill Dodford	DB Spelling Orgar	Holder 1066 Ordgar 'of Harlestone'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant William de Cahagnes	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.33	1086 Value 0.67	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

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The fact that these three estates lay in close proxity to one another, at some distance to other estates attributed to people called Ordgar, passed to a different successor, and were all shared with other landholders TRE commends this identification. Harlestone was held jointly by Ordgar and Leofric; Farthingstone by Ordgar, Theodgar and Godric; and Dodford by Ordgar, Ælfric, and Leofric. Leofric was a common name, but even so the fact that it recurs twice in this group strengthens the identification. This group of estates lay too far from the nearest estates attributed to Ordgar 14 (about 45 miles) and Ordgar 20 (about 39 miles) to make identification with them plausible. They also passed to different successors. It is conceivable but unlikely that Ordgar 19 was identical with Ordgar 24.