Iusten 9

Iusten ‘of Newton’ (Lincs.), fl. 1066x1086
Male
DWP
4 of 5

Name

Iusten
Iusten 8

Summary

Iusten 9 held an estate in north Lincolnshire TRE assessed at 3 bovates and with a value of 5s 4d; he retained this estate in 1086, when it was recorded as waste and by which time he was regarded as a 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
Lincolnshire 68,41 Newton by Toft Iusten Iusten 'of Newton' - Iusten, king's thegn - 0.38 0.27 0.00 E 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
Lincolnshire 68,41 Newton by Toft Iusten Iusten 'of Newton' - Iusten, king's thegn - 0.38 0.27 0.00 E Map
Totals

Profile

Iusten 9’s estate was at Newton by Toft, by a minor tributary of the River Ancholme in north Lincolnshire. He survived the Conquest and retained this estate in 1086, when it was assessed as waste although having land for one plough. He was then recorded among the ‘Other thegns’ in Lincolnshire in DB.

Newton by Toft is just under 20 miles from Normanton, the nearest of two very small estates held TRE by Iusten 8. Despite the small sizes of their respective estates this is probably close enough for them to have been held by the same man, particularly given the rarity of the name Iusten. Against this possibility, however, is that there is no other evidence that Iusten 8 survived the Conquest and that both his estates passed to Roger de Bully (Roger 17), who despite holding land in Lincolnshire in 1086 had no connection with Iusten 9. Furthermore, because all of the estates are small and in an area where names of Scandinavian origin are relatively common, the balance of probability is just in favour of regarding Iusten 8 and Iusten 9 as different men.