Vitalis 10

Vitalis ‘of Corton’ (Dorset), fl. 1086
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Name

Vitalis
Vitalis 9
Vitalis 11

Summary

Vitalis 10 was the subtenant of Roger de Courseulles (Roger 10) on a 5-hide estate at Corton in Dorset 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
Dorset 29,1 Corton Vitalis 2 thegns - Roger de Courseulles Vitalis ‘of Corton’ 5.00 9.00 7.00 B Map
Somerset 21,94 Ashington Vitalis Godwine 'of Ashington' - Roger de Courseulles Vitalis 3.00 2.00 2.00 D Map
Somerset 21,95 Mudford Sock Vitalis Toki 'of Mudford Sock' - Roger de Courseulles Vitalis 1.50 0.75 0.75 D Map
Totals

Profile

Vitalis 10 was the subtenant of Roger de Courseulles (Roger 10) on a 5-hide estate at Corton in 1086, the place-name deriving from Old English *corf-tūn ‘estate at the gap’ and describing its situation at a break between hills in south Dorset (Mills 2010: 26-7). This was Roger’s only estate in the county; but he held others elsewhere of which two, adjacent to each other at Ashington and Mudford Sock in south-east Somerset and totalling 4½ hides, were also held by a subtenant called Vitalis. These two estates lay roughly 23 miles from Corton and it is reasonable to presume that that were held by the same man, Vitalis 10, who was presumably one of Roger’s followers. However, although these Somerset estates were close to one held TRE by Vitalis 7, there is no other evidence suggesting that he survived the Conquest or that any of his estates passed to Roger 10, nor is there any other reason to associate Vitalis 10 with anyone else of that name. 

Bibliography


Mills 2010: A. D. Mills, The Place-Names of Dorset: Part Four (Nottingham, 2010)