Gerin 3

Gerin ‘of Ningwood’ (Hants), fl. 1086
Male
DWP
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Name

Gerin
Gerin 2
Gerin 4

Summary

Gerin 3 held 1 hide on the Isle of Wight as a subtenant of King William in 1086.

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

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
Hampshire IoW9,18 Ningwood Gerin Edward, king - Gerin, king's thegn - 1.00 6.00 7.00 D Map
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Profile

Gerin 3 was a king’s thegn who held a small estate of 1 hide at Ningwood, overlooking the Solent towards the western end of the Isle of Wight, as a subtenant of King William (William 1) in 1086, when it was worth £7; the estate had been in King Edward 15’s farm TRE.  It is likely that the DB entry for Ningwood duplicates part of the entry for Breamore, itself part of the royal manor at Rockbourne in west Hampshire but with a small outlier on the Isle of Wight, although the details of the two entries differ slightly and the TRW subtenant’s name is given as Ghervi in the relevant part of the Breamore entry.  Taken at face value this spelling would represent the name Gerwig, but it is more likely that the final minims were confused in transcription and that the form should be *Gherin for Gerin (Munby 1982: 1,37; IoW 9,18 Notes).

The extremely rare personal name, the association with royal tenure and the relative proximity of the places involved render it conceivable that Gerin 3 was the same person as Gerin 2, who held quit-land from King Edward in Southampton TRE.  However, a continental name would be less unusual after the Conquest and the lack of a definite link between the holdings and the intervening twenty years mean that it is more likely than not that Gerin 2 and Gerin 3 were different men.

Bibliography


Munby 1982: Domesday Book 4: Hampshire, ed. J. Munby (Chichester, 1982)