Matauc 2

Matauc ‘of Rudford’ (Glos.), fl. 1066
Male
DWP
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Name

Matauc
Matauc 3

Summary

Matauc 2 had an estate in north-west Gloucestershire TRE assessed at 2 hides and with a value of 40s; he survived the Conquest and still held this estate in 1086, by which time he was regarded as a king’s thegn.

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 78,17 Rudford Madoch Matauc 'of Rudford' - Matauc 'of Rudford' - 2.00 2.00 2.00 A Map
Totals

Tenant-in-Chief 1086 demesne estates (no subtenants)

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 78,17 Rudford Madoch Matauc 'of Rudford' - Matauc 'of Rudford' - 2.00 2.00 2.00 A Map
Totals

Profile

Matauc 2’s estate was at Rudford, the name referring to a crossing of the River Leadon about 4 miles north-west of Gloucester and where a landholder with an Old Welsh name was unusual TRE.  It was even more so in 1086, when Matauc was still holding this estate and was recorded among the king’s thegns in DB, although it may be significant that his is the only Welsh name present and is the last of the entries in that section.

Matauc was moderately prosperous and his 2-hide estate seems to have been predominantly arable in 1086, because he had two ploughs working the demesne and his dependent peasants (comprising three villans and four bordars and their households) had a further three ploughs.  Since he also had a mill that rendered ‘as much grain as it was possible to make a profit from’, it may be that grain production was the main focus of his estate.