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Finn 2

Name

Summary

Finn 2 the Dane held estates in Buckinghamshire, Essex and Suffolk, which were worth just over £20 in total; he was also the lord of 13 burgesses and one free man TRE. He survived within the Conqueror’s regime and acquired several small estates in Suffolk after 1066, but appears to have died before 1086. His wife, Wulfgifu (Wulfgifu 10), held two estates in Essex in 1086, including at least one formerly held by Finn the Dane; however, the bulk of his holding had passed to Richard fitzGilbert by that date.

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 Buckinghamshire	Phil. ref. 19,5	Vill Cheddington	DB Spelling Fin	Holder 1066 Finn the Dane	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert d'Oilly	1086 Subtenant Ralph Basset	Fiscal Value 1.50	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence C	Map
Shire Buckinghamshire	Phil. ref. 57,16	Vill Cheddington	DB Spelling Fin	Holder 1066 Finn the Dane	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Swarting, king's thegn	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 2.25	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence C	Map
Shire Essex	Phil. ref. 23,38	Vill Langham	DB Spelling Phin	Holder 1066 Finn the Dane	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant Walter Tirel	Fiscal Value 2.50	1066 Value 12.00	1086 Value 15.00	Confidence A	Map
Shire Essex	Phil. ref. 23,43	Vill Barrow Hall	DB Spelling Phin	Holder 1066 Finn the Dane	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.50	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 4.00	Confidence A	Map
Shire Essex	Phil. ref. 84,2	Vill Latchingdon	DB Spelling Phin	Holder 1066 Finn the Dane	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Wulfgifu wife of Finn	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 5.13	1066 Value 4.00	1086 Value 4.00	Confidence A	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 25,51	Vill Shelland	DB Spelling Find	Holder 1066 Finn the Dane	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.19	1066 Value 0.25	1086 Value 0.25	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Lord 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 Suffolk	Phil. ref. 25,52	Vill Ipswich	DB Spelling Phin	Holder 1066 1 burgess	Lord 1066 Finn	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.00	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 25,52	Vill Ipswich	DB Spelling Phin	Holder 1066 12 burgesses	Lord 1066 Finn	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.00	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 25,72	Vill Boynton	DB Spelling Fin	Holder 1066 Leofstan 'of Boynton'	Lord 1066 Finn	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.42	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.57	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

The estates listed above passed to four different successors and were located in two distinct regions. However, three considerations commend the view that they were held by the same individual: Finn’s name was rare; the same byname was used to describe him in Buckinghamshire and Essex; and his holdings in Essex made him a landholder of some substance, which makes it plausible that he could manage dispersed holdings.

Finn is given the byname dacus (Who was the sheriff of Suffolk in 1086?IE entries/mentionsVCH Essex, i. 348-9VCH Buckinghamshire i. 218VCH Suffolk i. 398%%