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Yric 3

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Summary

Yric 3 held a tiny estate in north-west Devon TRE with an assessment of 1 virgate and a value of 20s.

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. 15,14	Vill Bulkworthy	DB Spelling Iric	Holder 1066 Yric 'of Bulkworthy'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant Ansger the Breton	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Yric 3’s tiny estate lay at Bulkworthy, in the upper Torridge valley in north-west Devon. It was over 200 miles from any other estate held TRE by someone with that or a similar name and it is therefore safe to presume that Bulkworthy was Yric 3’s only estate.

Despite the small size of his estate, Yric 3 was no dependent tenant but instead had the power of alienation, ‘to go with his land to whichever lord he would’ (Exon 211a2). Although we do not know to which lord he had commended himself, the Exon Terrae Occupatae (Exon 497b1) note that his manor had been wrongfully added to the TRE lands of Eadmær Ator (Eadmær 23), that had passed to Robert, count of Mortain. It may be, therefore, that Yric had been commended to Eadmær’s lordship and that it was on these grounds (deliberately confusing the bond of lordship with dependent tenure) that Count Robert had claimed Yric’s manor.