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Blæc 3

Name

Summary

Blæc 3 was a small landowner in north Bedfordshire, the holder of a single virgate worth 3s. and commended to a fellow villager.

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 Bedfordshire	Phil. ref. 17,6	Vill Easton	DB Spelling Blach	Holder 1066 Blæc 'of Easton'	Lord 1066 Augi	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William de Warenne	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.15	1086 Value 0.10	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

The name Blæc occurs only twice in DB, at widely separated places where there is no other reason to make a connection. One of them was in the Bedfordshire vill of Easton, a detached part of the shire surrounded by Huntingdonshire which probably extended beyond the later parish (Phill. Beds.: note 3,6). Blæc had a single virgate comprising land for 2 oxen worth 3s. but had the power to alienate his land. He was commended to Augi, who was resident in the same vill but had only 1½ hides and was himself commended to the king’s thegn Eskil of Ware (Eskil 2).

Bibliography

Phill. Beds.: Domesday Book, ed. John Morris, 20: Bedfordshire (Chichester: Phillimore, 1977)