Ealhhere 20

Ealhhere ‘of Mullacott’, fl. 1066
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Name

Ealhhere
Ealhhere 21

Summary

Ealhhere 20 was a minor thegn holding three tiny estates in north and west Devon TRE with a total assessment of just under 1 hide and a value of 25s.

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
Devon 39,2 Sprytown Alcher Ealhhere 'of Mullacott' - Alfred d'Épaignes, the Breton Wihenoc 'of Giffords Hele' 0.25 0.50 0.50 D Map
Devon 40,3 Brimblecombe Alcher Ealhhere 'of Mullacott' - Ansger of Montacute - 0.13 0.25 0.38 D Map
Devon 47,7 Mullacott Alcher Ealhhere 'of Mullacott' - Godbold - 0.50 0.50 1.00 C Map
Totals

Profile

Ealhhere 20’s three tiny Devonshire estates lay between 18 and 37 miles apart but it is more likely that all were held by the same man than that there were two landholders in Devon TRE with the same unusual name, even though his three estates had passed to three different tenants-in-chief by 1086. Ealhhere 20 is mentioned as a thegn in Exon (498b4), although the account of his estates given in Domesday Book would suggest that he was a very minor one.

Mullacott was Ealhhere 20’s largest holding and for that reason has been adopted as his identifying byname here, although it may be that his smallest estate, that at Brimblecombe, was more important.  Not only was this the best-placed in relation to his other two estates (being 22 miles from Mullacott and 18 miles from Sprytown) but it was also the one for which TO (498ba) described Ealhhere as ‘a thegn [who] held in parage’, which suggests that this was inherited and thus family land; it was the only one of his estates for which Exon (456b3) stated that he had the power of alienation.