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Topi 6

Name

Summary

Topi 6 had a tiny estate in north Devon TRE assessed at 1 virgate and with a value of 3s.

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 Devon	Phil. ref. 16,146	Vill Wilson	DB Spelling Topic	Holder 1066 Topi 'of Wilson'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Baldwin the sheriff	1086 Subtenant William Black	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.15	1086 Value 0.25	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

The identification of Topi 6’s tiny estate is not certain but the DB and Exon place-name forms together with the Exon order of entries point to Wilson in Witheridge parish, on a hill between two tributary streams of the Little Dart River in north Devon (Reaney 1935: lvi; Thorn & Thorn 1985: DB 16,146 Notes). If so then it was one of numerous small and dispersed holdings in the area.

In any event, Topi 6’s holding in Devon was far from any other attributed to that name in DB and, despite the rarity of the name, there is no reason to consider him in connection with anyone else.

Bibliography

Reaney 1935: P. H. Reaney, The Place-Names of Essex (Cambridge, 1935)

Thorn and Thorn 1985: Domesday Book 9: Devon, ed. C. Thorn and F. Thorn, eds., 2 vols. (Chichester, 1985)