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Beorn 15

Name

Summary

Beorn 15 held a very small estate in south-east Northamptonshire TRE assessed at ½ hide and with a value of 5s; the soke of his land was probably in the lordship of 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 Northamptonshire	Phil. ref. 2,10	Vill Great Everdon	DB Spelling Bern	Holder 1066 Beorn 'of Everdon'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Odo, bishop of Bayeux	1086 Subtenant William Peverel	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.25	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Bibliography

Beorn 15’s very small estate was at Great Everdon, the referent of the place-name being a hill between the River Nene and one of its tributaries in south-east Northamptonshire.  DB notes that the soke of this estate ‘lies in Fawsley’, a royal manor a couple of miles to the west of Great Everdon, which implies that Beorn’s land was in the lordship of King Edward (Edward 15) before the Conquest.

Beorn 15’s estate is too small and, at more than 85 miles, too distant from any other estate held by someone of that name for any connection between them to be considered.