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Beorn 14

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Summary

Beorn 14 held a small estate in north-west Norfolk TRE assessed at 1 carucate and with a value of 10s; he held it under King Edward (Edward 15).

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 Norfolk	Phil. ref. 19,9	Vill Great Bircham	DB Spelling Bern	Holder 1066 Beorn 'of Bircham''	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William d'Écouis	1086 Subtenant Roger d'Évreux	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Beorn 14’s small estate lay among several such holdings at Great Bircham, in the heathlands of north-west Norfolk.  He held it under King Edward (Edward 15) and may have been a dependent tenant since there is no reference to him being a free man or in the king’s commendation, which are things that LDB often records for Norfolk.

LDB records a church, with 4 acres of land, immediately after the entry for Beorn’s estate and before the entry for the next estate at Great Bircham.  The implication is that in 1086 the vill’s church was associated with what had been Beorn’s estate, although this need not mean that the church existed during Beorn’s tenure.

Beorn 14’s estate is too small and, at nearly 60 miles, too distant from any other estate held by someone of that name for any connection between them to be considered.