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Leofgifu 13

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Summary

Leofgifu 13 was described as a ‘free woman’ in Domesday Book and held a single estate in Berkshire that was assessed at 6 hides and valued at £3 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
Shire Berkshire	Phil. ref. 42,1	Vill South Denchworth	DB Spelling Leueua	Holder 1066 Leofgifu 'of Denchworth'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert of Stafford	1086 Subtenant Laurence 'of Denchworth'	Fiscal Value 6.00	1066 Value 3.00	1086 Value 3.00	Confidence D	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Denchworth does not lie near any estate held TRE by someone called Leofgifu except for that at Liddington held by Abbess Leofgifu 5 of Shaftesbury (and which was itself further from that abbey than all but one of its estates) and that at Reading held by Abbess Leofgifu 6. Although the possibility that Denchworth was a private estate of Leofgifu 6 cannot entirely be discounted, Leofgifu 13 was described as libera femina rather than abbatissa and Denchworth was held by Lawrence as the tenant of Robert of Stafford (Robert 42) in 1086 rather than by the abbot of Battle. It is therefore most likely that Leofgifu 13 was a separate woman distinct from Leofgifu 5 or Leofgifu 6.