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Alwynn 5

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Summary

Alwynn 5 held an estate in Buckinghamshire TRE assessed at 1 hide and with a value of 20s. She had power of alienation over her land and her lord, probably by commendation, was Siweard. (Siweard)

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. 14,18	Vill Burston	DB Spelling Aluuen	Holder 1066 Alwynn 'of Burston'	Lord 1066 Siward brother of Sæwulf	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Walter Giffard	1086 Subtenant Thurstan fitzRolf	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Buckinghamshire	Phil. ref. 35,3	Vill Burston	DB Spelling Aluene	Holder 1066 Alwynn 'of Burston'	Lord 1066 Siward brother of Sæwulf	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Thurstan fitzRolf	1086 Subtenant Reynold 'the man of Thurstan fitzRolf'	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Alwynn 5 is identified because her estate was of only 1 hide and, at more than 50 miles, was too distant from any other held TRE by a woman of that name for any connection between them to be considered.

She was one of six people holding land TRE at Burston in the Vale of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, and although relatively small her estate may have been the largest individual holding of the six. 

The details of Alwynn 5’s estate were entered twice in DB, under two different fiefs. The first entry records that in 1086 one Turstin held the estate as subtenant of Walter 3 Giffard, whereas the second entry, lined for deletion by the scribe, records one Reginald as the subtenant of Turstin (Turstin) fitzRolf. Presumably the same Turstin is meant in both entries and this estate that he held as subtenant had been confused with those that he held as tenant-in-chief.

So far as Alwynn 5 is concerned, the first entry describes her as ‘a certain woman holding under (sub) Siweard’ (Siweard) and notes that she ‘could sell’ her land, while the second entry (the one marked for deletion) describes her as ‘a certain woman of Siweard’ and notes that she ‘could give [her land] to whom she wished’. It is clear from these entries that Alwynn had the power of alienation over her land, so she was presumably in Siweard’s lordship by commendation rather than dependent tenure.