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Eadwulf 69

Name

Summary

Eadwulf farmed 1½ ploughs and 4 slaves, and kept a herd of goats and a few cattle, on the royal estate at Axminster in 1086.

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Subtenant in 1086

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. 19,45	Vill Axminster	DB Spelling Eddulfus	Holder 1066 Viking 'of Awliscombe'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William Chevre	1086 Subtenant Eadwulf	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence Z	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Axminster, on the river Axe in east Devon, was a major royal estate (Devon 1:11) but there was a second and much smaller manor there which in 1086 was held of William Chievre by Eadwulf 69. It continued separate from the main part of Axminster in later centuries (Phill. Devon, notes Ch. 19 and 19,45). Lightly assessed at 1 virgate, it included land for 2 ploughs, a little meadow, and access to common pasture. Eadwulf farmed there with 1½ ploughs and 4 slaves, and kept a herd of goats and a few cattle. The only other inhabitants were bordars.

The corresponding entry in Exon gives a different name for William Chievre’s tenant, Vlfus, and originally said that he held from ‘the earl’ (comite), but the latter word seems to be underlined for deletion and replaced by an interlined W (for William Chievre). The change in subtenant’s name from Vlfus (Ulf, or possibly Wulf) in Exon to Eddulfus (Eadwulf) in GDB is susceptible of several different explanations, and the tenant of Axminster in 1086 might well not have been called Eadwulf at all.

Bibliography

Phill. Devon: Domesday Book, ed. John Morris, 9: Devon, ed. Caroline and Frank, 2 vols (Chichester: Phillimore, 1985)