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Wulfhelm 39

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Summary

Wulfhelm 39 held six estates in north-west Gloucestershire TRE. Two of these he held outright and had a combined assessment of 6¼ hides and a value of £7 10s, while the other four he shared with two other people and had a total assessment of 4½ hides and a value of £3 10s. King Edward (Edward 15) was his lord for his largest estate, but he had the power of alienation over all of his lands.

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 Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 32,5	Vill Tibberton	DB Spelling Vlfelmus	Holder 1066 Wulfhelm 'of Tibberton'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William fitzBaderon	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 5.00	1066 Value 6.50	1086 Value 5.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 39,3	Vill Carswall	DB Spelling Vlfel	Holder 1066 Wulfhelm 'of Tibberton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Lacy	1086 Subtenant Odo 'of Carswall'	Fiscal Value 1.25	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 68,12	Vill Pauntley	DB Spelling Vlfel	Holder 1066 Wulfhelm 'of Tibberton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ansfrid de Cormeilles	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.39	1086 Value 0.44	Confidence B	Map
Shire Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 68,12	Vill Kilcot	DB Spelling Vlfel	Holder 1066 Wulfhelm 'of Tibberton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ansfrid de Cormeilles	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.33	1066 Value 0.26	1086 Value 0.30	Confidence B	Map
Shire Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 68,12	Vill Ketford	DB Spelling Vlfel	Holder 1066 Wulfhelm 'of Tibberton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ansfrid de Cormeilles	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.33	1066 Value 0.26	1086 Value 0.30	Confidence B	Map
Shire Gloucestershire	Phil. ref. 68,12	Vill Hayes	DB Spelling Vlfel	Holder 1066 Wulfhelm 'of Tibberton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ansfrid de Cormeilles	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.33	1066 Value 0.26	1086 Value 0.30	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Wulfhelm 39’s largest estate, with an assessment of 5 hides, was at Tibberton, lying to the west of the river Leadon and about halfway between Gloucester and Newent. DB states that he held this estate ‘of King Edward’ (Edward 15) but also that Wulfhelm ‘could go where he wished’, which shows that Wulfhelm had the power of alienation over his land and was not a dependant tenant of the king, who was presumably his lord by commendation.

Five of the other six estates held TRE by someone called Wulfhelm lay within 6 miles of Tibberton, and none of these five lay more than that from each other. Given this close proximity to each other it is highly likely that all five were held by Wulfhelm 39 even none of them passed to the same TRW successor as the estate at Tibberton. The remaining estate was a tiny one in Staffordshire held TRE by Wulfhelm 40, which was over 60 miles from those of Wulfhelm 39 in Gloucestershire and so too far away for any connection between them to be considered.

Of these five estates, Wulfhelm 39 had the power of alienation over all of them but only held one of them outright. This was an estate of 1 hide and 1 virgate at Carswalls, about 3½ north-north-west of Tibberton. The other four, which were each between 1 and 1½ hides in size, were held by Wulfhelm and two other men, Alweard and Wicga. DB states that the three men held the estates as four manors; but although there must be a suspicion that Wulfhelm, Alweard and Wicga were holding in parage and were therefore related to each other, further evidence for this is lacking.