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Ordgar 21

Name

Summary

Ordgar 21 ‘of Clayhill’ held three estates in Somerset assessed at 1.5 hides and half a virgate and worth 45 shillings in total.

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 Somerset	Phil. ref. 21,7	Vill Clayhill	DB Spelling Ordgar	Holder 1066 Ordgar 'of Clayhill'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Courseulles	1086 Subtenant Ansketil the parker	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Somerset	Phil. ref. 21,75	Vill Lexworthy	DB Spelling Orgar	Holder 1066 Ordgar 'of Clayhill'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Courseulles	1086 Subtenant Geoffrey de Vautortes	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.75	1086 Value 0.75	Confidence B	Map
Shire Somerset	Phil. ref. 46,7	Vill Perry	DB Spelling Orgar	Holder 1066 Ordgar 'of Clayhill'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 John the usher	1086 Subtenant Robert 'the man of John the usher'	Fiscal Value 0.53	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.75	Confidence D	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

The fact that three estates lay less than 3 miles apart commends the view that they were held by the same person although they passed to two different successors. Ordgar 21 may have been identical with Ordgar se wite (Ordgar the White = Ordgar 11) who is listed among the witnesses of a list in OE of dues pertaining to Taunton, which was drawn up at an unknown date either late in the reign of King Edward or during the reign of King William before 1086 (Robertson 1939: 238,  489). Clayhill is about 9 miles north of Taunton. Ordgar 21 is unlikely to have been identical with Ordgar 15, since the latter’s estate lay about 29 miles away in Devon and passed to a different successor.