Alfrith 6

Alfrith ‘of Moreton’ (Glos.), fl. 1066
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Summary

Alfrith 6 was a radknight who held a small estate in north-east Gloucestershire TRE assessed at ½ hide; the value is uncertain but was perhaps about 7s.  He was still alive and holding his estate in 1086, when he was among the subtenants of St Peter’s Abbey, Westminster.

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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
Gloucestershire 19,2 Moreton in Marsh Elfridus Alfrith 'of Moreton' Edwin, abbot of Westminster Gilbert Crispin, abbot of Westminster Alfrith 0.50 0.48 0.39 B
Totals 0.50 0.48 0.39

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
Gloucestershire 19,2 Moreton in Marsh Elfridus Alfrith 'of Moreton' Edwin, abbot of Westminster Gilbert Crispin, abbot of Westminster Alfrith 0.50 0.48 0.39 B
Totals 0.50 0.48 0.39

Profile

Alfrith 6’s small estate was at Moreton in Marsh, where the Foss Way crosses a tributary stream of the river Evenlode in north-east Gloucestershire.  DB describes it as one of the many berewicks of Deerhurst manor; and if the TRE value of £41 for this manor is divided proportionately through its total assessment of 59 hides, then Alfrith’s ½ hide will have had a value of about 7s.  The wording and layout of the DB entry implies that Alfrith and the other TRE tenants were all radknights who, although free men, provided ploughing, harrowing, mowing and reaping service for their lord.

Deerhurst minister had been granted to Westminster Abbey by King Edward (Edward 15), perhaps only shortly before his death, and Moreton was very probably part of Deerhurst’s lands prior to that grant (Harmer 1952: 363-4 no. 99, 519-20; Bassett 1998: 15-18).  It is therefore possible that Alfrith originally held his estate as a dependent tenant of Deerhurst minster before its lands were granted to the king’s new abbey at Westminster.  In either case, he survived the Conquest and was still holding his land as a subtenant of Westminster Abbey in 1086.

Alfrith 6’s little estate was too small and too far removed from that of anyone else of that or a similar name for any connection between them to be considered.

Bibliography


Bassett 1998: S. R. Bassett, The Origins of the Parishes of the Deerhurst Area, Deerhurst Lecture 1997 (Deerhurst, 1998)

Harmer 1952: F. E. Harmer, Anglo-Saxon Writs (Manchester, 1952)