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Herk 2

Name

Summary

Herk 2 held an estate in south Hampshire TRE assessed at 4 hides and as a dependent tenant of Stigand, bishop of Winchester (Stigand 1); the TRE value is unknown but was perhaps about £2 5s 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

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 Hampshire	Phil. ref. 2,15	Vill Fareham	DB Spelling Hercus	Holder 1066 Herk 'of Fareham'	Lord 1066 Stigand, archbishop of Canterbury	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Walkelin, bishop of Winchester	1086 Subtenant Geoffrey 'the man of Bishop Walkelin'	Fiscal Value 4.00	1066 Value 2.24	1086 Value 2.24	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Herk 2’s estate formed part of the large episcopal manor of Fareham, where the Wallington River joins a tidal inlet of Portsmouth Harbour in south Hampshire.  The manor was held by Stigand 1 in his capacity as bishop of Winchester TRE and DB states explicitly that Herk ‘could not withdraw from the bishop’, indicating that he held his land by dependent tenure.

Although the name Herk was extremely rare, Herk 2’s estate was 75 miles from that of Herk 3 and too far distant for a connection between them to be considered; furthermore, they had different lords TRE and different post-Conquest successors.