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Hademar 3

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Summary

Hademar 3 held three estates in Devon with a total assessment of 2 hides and a combined value of £4. In the Exon entry for his largest estate he was described as the man of Eadmær Ator (Eadmær 23), albeit with power of alienation.

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. 15,18	Vill Stockleigh	DB Spelling Haimerus	Holder 1066 Hademar 'of Stockleigh'	Lord 1066 Eadmær Ator	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant Alfred the butler	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 1.50	Confidence B	Map
Shire Devon	Phil. ref. 15,2	Vill Stochelie	DB Spelling Hadimarus	Holder 1066 Hademar 'of Stockleigh'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.25	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence B	Map
Shire Devon	Phil. ref. 15,60	Vill Chitterley	DB Spelling Hademar	Holder 1066 Hademar 'of Stockleigh'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant Alfred the butler	Fiscal Value 0.75	1066 Value 1.50	1086 Value 2.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Two of Hademar 3’s estates were called Stochelie in Domesday Book and, although not yet fully identified, they clearly lay close to each other and in the vicinity of Stockleigh English and Stockleigh Pomeroy in central Devon. The third holding, at Chitterley, was in the same vicinity.

All three estates passed to Robert, count of Mortain, or his subtenants Alfred the butler and Alfred the Breton by 1086; but Robert held extensive TRW estates throughout England and his position as successor is of limited value in identifying TRE landholders. It should also be noted that Exon only describes Hademar as the man of Eadmær Ator (Eadmær 23) with regard to one of the estates rather than all three. Nevertheless, to have three estates in such close proximity and all held TRE by a person with the same very rare name renders it almost certain that all three were held by the same person, namely Hademar 3 ‘of Stockleigh’.

Even when taken together Hademar 3’s estates were not large and they lay nearly a hundred miles from the estate of Hademar 2 in western Cornwall. Although both men’s estates passed directly to or to subtenants of Robert, count of Mortain, by 1086 and both men had the same very rare name, therefore, the distance between their holdings renders it most likely that they were separate people.