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Sweting 7

Name

Summary

Sweting 7 was a free Man 30 acres in south Essex TRE.

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 Essex	Phil. ref. 22,2	Vill Tilbury	DB Spelling Suetingus	Holder 1066 Sweting 'of Tilbury'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William de Warenne	1086 Subtenant Ranulph 'the man of William de Warenne'	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.35	1086 Value 0.70	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Sweting 7’s tiny estate was at Tilbury in south Essex, on a gravel ridge above the tidal marshlands of the River Thames. His was the smallest of the three or four small estates at Tilbury TRE, but there is no obvious association between Sweting or his estate and any of the others. DB states that he was a free man and also records that he had one bordar, who with his household will have constituted much of the estate’s workforce. In 1086 there was pasture for 40 sheep, perhaps utilizing the grazing available on the marshes, and it is reasonable to suppose that this was already being exploited during Sweting’s tenure.

Although Sweting 7’s name was rare his estate was too small and too isolated to provide any reason to consider him in connection with any other person of that name TRE or TRW.