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Beorhtwulf 25

Name

Summary

Beorhtwulf 25 held a small 30-acre estate at Ovington in north Essex from Richard fitzGilbert (Richard 5) in 1066 and 1086.

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. 90,63	Vill Ovington	DB Spelling Brictolfus	Holder 1066 Beorhtwulf 'of Ovington'	Lord 1066 Wihtgar son of Ælfric	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant Beorhtwulf	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.71	1086 Value 1.08	Confidence E	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

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 Essex	Phil. ref. 90,63	Vill Ovington	DB Spelling Brictolfus	Holder 1066 Beorhtwulf 'of Ovington'	Lord 1066 Wihtgar son of Ælfric	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant Beorhtwulf	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.71	1086 Value 1.08	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Beorhtwulf 25 held a small 30-acre estate at Ovington in north Essex from Richard fitzGilbert (Richard 5) in 1086. It was the largest of a group of six very small holdings entered together in DB (in a note of disputes titled ‘Appropriations of Richard fitzGilbert’) that had a total assessment of only 63 acres, with a combined value of 30s TRE and of 45s 2d in 1086. 

The list-like format of the DB entry is ambiguous, however, and it could indicate that all of the TRW subtenants had also been the TRE holders, as was certainly the case of the first person in the ‘list’ and as may also be implied by the collective reference to these men having had 3 ploughs TRE. If so, then Beorhtwulf was already holding his 30 acres TRE, when his lord will have been Richard’s antecessor Wihtgar, who DB notes as having ‘only commendation over these men’.