Palli 3

Palli ‘of Ruddle’ (Glos.), fl. 1066
Male
DWP
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Name

Palli
Palli 2

Summary

Palli 3 had a small estate to the west of the Severn in Gloucestershire TRE assessed at ½ hide and with a TRW value of 19s.

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
Gloucestershire 58,3 Ruddle Palli Palli 'of Ruddle' - Walter the crossbowman I - 0.50 0.95 0.95 C Map
Totals

Profile

The precise location of Palli 3’s small estate is uncertain because no name is given to it in DB, only the fact that it lay in Bledisloe Hundred, one of the Gloucestershire hundreds lying to the west of the river Severn. The preceding entry related to Ruddle in Newnham, in Westbury Hundred, which was granted to Gloucester Abbey before 1100 (Elrington et al. 1972: 36-40), and some commentators have seen Palli’s unnamed estate as a part of Ruddle lying across the hundred boundary (Moore 1982: DB 58,3 Notes; Thorn 1989: 44). However, it is equally possible that Palli’s land included part of Blakeney (Currie and Herbert 1996: 14-46), 2½ miles to the south of Ruddle. Although a location at Ruddle has been adopted here for mapping purposes, therefore, the matter should be left open.

Despite the extreme rarity of the name there is no reason to associate Palli 3 with Palli 2, whose TRE estate lay in north Warwickshire and over 60 miles away from Ruddle. This seems too far removed for the two men to be connected given the sizes of their estates.

Bibliography


Currie and Herbert 1996: A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean, C. R. J. Currie and N. M. Herbert (London, 1996)

Elrington et al. 1972: C. R. Elrington, N. M. Herbert and R. B. Pugh, eds., A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10: Westbury and Whitston Hundreds (London, 1972), pp. 36-40.

Moore 1982: Domesday Book 15: Gloucestershire, ed. J. S. Moore (Chichester, 1982), DB 58,3 Notes.

Thorn 1989: F. R. Thorn, ‘Hundreds and wapentakes’, The Gloucestershire Domesday (London, 1989)