Colbrand 5

Colbrand ‘of Creech’ (Dors.), fl. 1066
Male
DWP
4 of 5

Name

Colbrand
Colbrand 4
Colbrand 6

Summary

Colbrand 5 had an estate in south-east Dorset TRE assessed at 2 hides and with a value of 40s.

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
Dorset 28,3 Creech Colebrand Colbrand 'of Creech' - Roger de Beaumont - 2.00 2.00 2.00 C Map
Totals

Profile

Colbrand 5’s estate was one of four TRE at Creech, named (via Brittonic *crüg ‘abrupt hill, tumulus’) from the highest point of a line of hills overlooking the Isle of Purbeck in south-east Dorset (Mills 1977: 89-90).  The four estates together amounted to 5 hides, which together with the shared name suggests they once formed a single land-unit.  However, there is little evidence from the DB entries to indicate that its fragmentation had been recent, nor is there evidence to suggest any further connection between Colbrand and the other three TRE holders.

Colbrand’s Creech estate was more than 50 miles from those of Colbrand 6 in Devon, the nearest other TRE holder of that name recorded in DB, which seems too far distant for any connection between Colbrand 5 and Colbrand 6 to be considered despite their estates having similar hidages; that Colbrand 5’s estate passed to a different post-Conquest successor is a further bar to the identification.  There is no reason to consider Colbrand 5 in connection with anyone else.

Bibliography


Mills 1977: A. D. Mills, The Place-Names of Dorset: Part I (Cambridge, 1977), pp. 89-90.