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Olaf 12

Name

Summary

Olaf 12 possessed 1 virgate at Weldon in north Northamptonshire.

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

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
Shire Northamptonshire	Phil. ref. 60,3	Vill Weldon	DB Spelling Olaf	Holder 1066 -	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Olaf	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.10	1086 Value 0.15	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Olaf 12’s tiny holding of 1 virgate was at Weldon in the valley of the Willow Brook, a tributary of the River Nene, in north Northamptonshire. The DB entry occurs among a handful at the end of the survey of the shire, a position often recording the land’s of king’s thegns; but the entry states only that Olaf held of the king and does not indicate his role or status. Nevertheless, his soke was part of the royal manor of Corby, little more than a mile away, and it is tempting to see Olaf and his little estate at Weldon as a serjeanty adjunct to the royal manor. The only hint that it had a pre-Conquest existence rather than being a new creation is that the entry provides a TRE value of 2s to contrast with that of 3s in 1086. It was Olaf’s only estate and there is nothing to associate him with anyone else of that or a similar name recorded in DB.