Hunta 4

‘of Througham’ (Hampshire), fl. 1066
Male
DWP
4 of 5

Name

Hunta
Hunta 3

Summary

Hunta 4 had two small estates in south Hampshire TRE; the larger was assessed at 1 hide and with a value of 30s, while the smaller was assessed at 2½ virgates with a value of 20s and was shared with Pain 2, to whom Hunta was probably related.

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
Hampshire NF9,22 Througham Hunta Hunta 'of Througham' - William, king - 1.00 1.50 0.00 B Map
Hampshire NF9,26 Sanhest Hunta Hunta 'of Througham' - William, king Ælfric the small 0.31 0.50 0.00 C Map
Totals

Profile

Hunta 4’s largest estate was at Througham, which can be identified as what is now Park Farm in Beaulieu, on the low ground by the Solent (Munby 1982: NF2,2 Notes; Coates 1989: 129); it was absorbed into the New Forest in south Hampshire after the Conquest. 

Hunta is also named as the co-holder of another estate that was taken into the New Forest, for which DB gives no name but which was probably the same place as the unidentified Sanhest of the preceding entry. This was probably named from Old English sand-hyrst ‘sandy wooded hill’ and has been tentatively identified as Sandy Down, about 5½ miles west-north-west of Througham (Munby 1982: NF9,25 Notes; Coates 1989: 144). Given this probable close proximity and the extreme rarity of the name Hunta, it is probable that both estates were held TRE by the same man.

This probability is reinforced by consideration of Hunta 4’s co-holder at Sanhest, Pain 2, because Pain held another estate close to both Througham and Sandy Down. DB states that Hunta and Pain held Sanhest in parage, which implies that this was inherited family land and in turn renders it likely that the two men were closely related.

Hunta 4’s estates were nearly 130 miles and thus too far distant from that of the other TRE landholder of that name for any connection between them to be considered.

Bibliography


Coates 1989: R. Coates, The Place-Names of Hampshire (London, 1989)

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