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Beorhtwig 10

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Summary

Beorhtwig 10 held a tiny estate on the western side of Dartmoor TRE, assessed at 1 virgate and valued at 30s.

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. 17,13	Vill Mary Tavy	DB Spelling Bricstui	Holder 1066 Beorhtwig son of Cam	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Judhael of Totnes	1086 Subtenant Nigel 'the man of Judhael of Totnes'	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 1.50	1086 Value 2.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Beorhtwig 10’s tiny estate at Mary Tavy, on the western fringes of Dartmoor, had land for 4 ploughs and a TRE value of 30s, which implies a slightly larger estate than its assessment of only 1 virgate suggests.  Exon (317b3) calls Beorhtwig ‘the son of Cam’ (Bristuit camesone – a detail omitted by DB); Exon (126b margin, 401a4) also notes that a Beorhtric son of Cam held two small estates at Boode and North Buckland in north Devon.  The apparent uniqueness of the name Cam, together with the fact that the two men who have it as their patronymic also share the OE element beorht- in their own names (often a feature of familial naming patterns), renders it almost certain that all the references are to the same person, Cam 1, and that Beorhtwig and Beorhtric were brothers.

However, it cannot be assumed Cam 1 ever held any of the lands held by his sons TRE.  Not only does the small estate of Beorhtwig 10 lie 38 miles to the south of those held by his brother, which seems too far removed for them to have formed part of the same holding, but it also appears from DB that Beorhtric had acquired at least one of his estates only shortly before the Conquest and may have had other Devonshire estates.

It is worth noting, in passing, that the sons of Cam 1 shared the same first element, beorht, in their names, albeit not one shared or alliterating with that of their father.