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Iusten 8

Name

Summary

Iusten 8 was a thegn who held two estates in Nottinghamshire TRE together assessed at just over 3 bovates and with a combined value of 5s.

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 Nottinghamshire	Phil. ref. 9,101	Vill East Bridgford	DB Spelling Justan	Holder 1066 Iusten 'of Normanton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Bully	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.13	1086 Value 0.05	Confidence C	Map
Shire Nottinghamshire	Phil. ref. 9,69	Vill Normanton on Trent	DB Spelling Justan	Holder 1066 Iusten 'of Normanton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Bully	1086 Subtenant Roger de Louvetot	Fiscal Value 0.15	1066 Value 0.10	1086 Value 0.06	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Bibliography

Iusten 8’s two estates were at Normanton on Trent and East Bridgford, both lying by the River Trent in Nottinghamshire. These estates lay just over 17 miles apart, which is probably close enough for them to have been held by the same man despite their small size. Furthermore, both estates passed to Roger de Bully (Roger 17); and this, together with Iusten’s rare name, makes it probable that both had been held by the same person.

Although his estate at East Bridgford was the slightly larger of the two, DB notes that Iusten 8 had a hall at Normanton and so this was probably his main residence. At both estates there were other TRE holders, but none of these also held land at both places.

Normanton is just under 20 miles from Newton by Toft, where a small estate was held both TRE and in 1086 by Iusten 9. 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 his estates passed to Roger de Bully, 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.