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Esbern 8

Name

Summary

Esbern 8 was a small landowner in south Nottinghamshire with lands assessed at an estimated 1½ bovates worth around 5 shillings.

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. 30,35	Vill Willoughby-on-the-Wolds	DB Spelling Sbern	Holder 1066 Esbern 'of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Alwine 'of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds'	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.19	1066 Value 0.26	1086 Value 0.10	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, an upland parish (as the place-name suffix indicates) right on the border of Nottinghamshire with Leicestershire, was much subdivided TRE. Esbern 8 held one of five tiny manors; it had passed by 1086 to a minor king’s thegn called Alwine, and was recorded in a Domesday entry which was amended to add the name of another holder TRE (Wulfmær) and in 1086 (Earnwine). The small size and isolation of the manor make it clear that Esbern 8 held only here. He was presumably a minor king’s thegn like his successor Wulfmær.