Ordgar 20

Ordgar ‘of Berrick Salome’ (Oxfordshire), fl. 1066x1086
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Name

Ordgar
Ordgar 19
Ordgar 21

Summary

Ordgar 20 ‘of Berrick Salome’ held two estates in Oxfordshire together with this father and uncle TRE, and from Miles Crispin in 1086. These estates were assessed at 5 hides and were worth £4 in total. He also held one further estate in Oxfordshire in 1086, which was assessed at 2 hides and £2, and which was held by a certain Godwine 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
Oxfordshire 35,24 Berrick Salome Orgar Ordgar 'of Berrick Salome' - Miles Crispin Ordgar 1.33 1.00 1.33 B Map
Oxfordshire 35,25 Gangsdown Orgar Ordgar 'of Berrick Salome' - Miles Crispin Ordgar 0.33 0.33 0.33 B Map
Totals

Tenant-in-Chief 1086 demesne estates (no subtenants)

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
Oxfordshire 58,38 Adlach Ordgar Godwine 'of Adlach' - Ordgar, king's thegn - 2.00 2.00 2.00 C Map
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Subtenant in 1086

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
Oxfordshire 35,24 Berrick Salome Orgar unnamed father of Ordgar - Miles Crispin Ordgar 1.33 1.00 1.33 A Map
Oxfordshire 35,24 Berrick Salome Orgar unnamed uncle of Ordgar - Miles Crispin Ordgar 1.33 1.00 1.33 A Map
Oxfordshire 35,24 Berrick Salome Orgar Ordgar 'of Berrick Salome' - Miles Crispin Ordgar 1.33 1.00 1.33 A Map
Oxfordshire 35,25 Gangsdown Orgar unnamed uncle of Ordgar - Miles Crispin Ordgar 0.33 0.33 0.33 A Map
Oxfordshire 35,25 Gangsdown Orgar Ordgar 'of Berrick Salome' - Miles Crispin Ordgar 0.33 0.33 0.33 A Map
Oxfordshire 35,25 Gangsdown Orgar unnamed father of Ordgar - Miles Crispin Ordgar 0.33 0.33 0.33 A Map
Totals

Profile

The entry for Gangsdown is followed by the assertion that ‘these 2 estates which Ordgar holds of Miles he ought to hold of the king, for he himself and his father and uncle held them freely TRE.’ On this basis, Ordgar is attributed a one third share of these two estates in the PASE Domesday database.

The fact that Ordgar survived as a subtenant of these estates in 1086 commends the view that he was identical with the Ordgar who is listed among the ‘servants of the king’ as the holder of ‘Adlach’ in 1086. It has been suggested that ‘Adlach’ could be either Standlake or Latchford in Great Haseley, since neither of these places are listed in Domesday (Darby and Campbell 1962: 194 n. 5). Latchford in Haseley is about 5 miles away from Berrick Salome, and is therefore the more likely of these two identifications. If so, the Godwine who held ‘Adlach’ TRE may have been Ordgar’s father or uncle.  

The fact that these three estates were geographically isolated from other estates attributed to people called Ordgar and passed to a unique successor commends the view that they were his only holdings.

Bibliography


Darby and Campbell 1962: H. C. Darby and E. M. J. Campbell, The Domesday Geography of South-East England (Cambridge, 1962).