Stenulf 2

Stenulf ‘of Sutton Scarsdale’ (Derb.), fl. 1066x1086
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Name

Stenulf
Stenulf 3

Summary

Stenulf 2 was a medium thegn with a cluster of four manors in east Derbyshire and one at some distance on the other side of Nottinghamshire. His six 6 manors were assessed at 10 carucates and valued at just over £8. He appears to have survived in 1086 as a king’s thegn.

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
Derbyshire 16,8 Rowthorn Steinulf Stenulf 'of Sutton Scarsdale' - Roger de Bully - 0.50 0.50 0.40 A Map
Derbyshire 5,1 Sutton Scarsdale Steinulf Stenulf 'of Sutton Scarsdale' - Roger the Poitevin - 4.00 2.00 1.00 A Map
Derbyshire 5,3 Lowne and Heath Steinulf Stenulf 'of Sutton Scarsdale' - Roger the Poitevin - 2.00 2.00 0.50 A Map
Derbyshire 5,4 Stainsby and Tunstall Steinulf Stenulf 'of Sutton Scarsdale' - Roger the Poitevin - 1.50 2.00 1.50 A Map
Derbyshire 5,5 Blingsby Gate and Hardstoft Steinulf Stenulf 'of Sutton Scarsdale' - Roger the Poitevin - 1.00 1.00 0.40 A Map
Nottinghamshire 9,70 Weston Stenulf Stenulf 'of Sutton Scarsdale' - Roger de Bully Robert the bursar of Roger de Bully 0.13 0.58 0.42 A Map
Nottinghamshire 9,71 Odestorp Stenulf Stenulf 'of Sutton Scarsdale' - Roger de Bully Fulk de Lisors 0.01 0.00 0.00 - Map
Nottinghamshire 9,71 Odestorp Stenulf Stenulf 'of Sutton Scarsdale' - Roger de Bully Robert the bursar of Roger de Bully 0.01 0.00 0.00 - Map
Nottinghamshire 9,71 West Retford Stenulf Stenulf 'of Sutton Scarsdale' - Roger de Bully Turold de Quièvrecourt 0.01 0.00 0.00 - Map
Nottinghamshire 9,71 West Retford Stenulf Stenulf 'of Sutton Scarsdale' - Roger de Bully Robert the bursar of Roger de Bully 0.01 0.00 0.00 - Map
Nottinghamshire 9,71 West Retford Stenulf Stenulf 'of Sutton Scarsdale' - Roger de Bully Fulk de Lisors 0.01 0.00 0.00 - Map
Nottinghamshire 9,71 Odestorp Stenulf Stenulf 'of Sutton Scarsdale' - Roger de Bully Turold de Quièvrecourt 0.01 0.00 0.00 - Map
Totals

Tenant-in-Chief 1086 demesne estates (no subtenants)

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
Derbyshire 17,9 Calow Steinulf Esbern 'of Calow' - Stenulf 'of Sutton Scarsdale' - 0.50 0.75 0.50 C Map
Totals

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
Derbyshire 5,2 Beighton Steinulf - Stenulf Roger the Poitevin - 0.69 0.25 0.32 A Map
Totals

Profile



6 and 8–11 formed a very compact group but were divided between two tenants-in-chief. All but one went to Roger the Poitevin, and indeed Stenulf was Roger’s only antecessor in Derb. 6–10 had belonged to Stenulf outright, whereas at the two places which went instead to Roger de Bully (11 and 13) Stenulf held one among multiple manors and was listed last in each case (after one other holder at 11 and four others at 13). The other holder at 11 (Wulfsige) was an antecessor of Roger de Bully elsewhere in the region. That suggests that Stenulf’s tenure at 11 and 13 may have been in some way subordinate, providing a reason why they did not pass to his normal successor.

7, although a little way distant from the group, was sokeland of 8. 13, also a little way distant, passed to the same Norman as 11. Much the largest of the manors was 6, Sutton Scarsdale, used here to give Stenulf 2 a topographical byname.

In the immediate vicinity of Stenulf 2’s main block of estates was Calow (Derb. 17:9), where two manors held TRE by Esbern and Hakun had passed by 1086 to the king’s thegns Stenulf and Dunning. They were assessed at 1 carucate and worth 20 shillings in 1086. DB noted that Calow was claimed by Dolfin, another king’s thegn who owned the adjoining manor of Tapton (Derb. 17:8) and other estates. The very close proximity of Calow to Stenulf 2’s estates suggests that he was the same person. No subtenants were recorded in 1086 on those of Stenulf’s manors which had passed to Roger the Poitevin, but that does not mean that Stenulf did not retain an interest in them.

The possibility that Stenulf 2 and Stenulf 5 were identical is raised by the succession after the Conquest: both sets of manors passed to Roger the Poitevin, but in different circumstances. Roger was given the whole of the land Between Ribble and Mersey (including Stenulf 5’s manors); and Stenulf 2 was his only antecessor in Derbyshire. The chronology of Roger the Poitevin’s acquisitions (and losses) in England is complicated and not fully understood (Lewis 1991: 36–8). One possible reconstruction would have him succeeding to the Derbyshire property of a man who was among his more important predecessors Between Ribble and Mersey.

If Stenulf 2 and Stenulf 5 were identical, and thus a man with widespread estates in northern Mercia, it may be that he also held in Cheshire and was thus identical with Stenulf 6. This larger grouping of 11 manors was assessed at 19¼ hide-equivalents and valued at £9.55.

A more remote possibility is that Stenulfs 2–6 were all the same person (discussed under Stenulf 3).

Bibliography


Lewis 1991: