Swetmann 14

Swetmann burgess of Oxford (Oxfordshire), fl. 1086
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Name

Swetmann
Swetmann 13
Swetmann 15

Summary

Swetmann 14 was a burgess of Oxford with a free messuage in 1086.

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

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Subtenant in 1086

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
Oxfordshire B10 Oxford Suetman - - William, king Swetmann 0.00 0.00 0.04 - Map
Totals

Profile

Swetmann 14 was a burgess of Oxford in 1086, although the precise extent of his property in the city in uncertain. The DB account of the borough of Oxford in 1086 includes four entries relating to burgesses called Swetmann but it is unclear if these refer to two, three or four people. The second entry explicitly identifies one as a moneyer, Swetmann 9, and the fourth entry refers to ‘another Swetmann’ (alter Suetman) and is the one here identified as Swetmann 14. However, the properties recorded in the first and third entries cannot be assigned to either man with any confidence, and because of this uncertainty they are here assigned to Swetmann 15 and Swetmann 16 respectively. Nevertheless, it remains more likely than not that Swetmann 15 and Swetmann 16 are each to be identified with either Swetmann 9 or Swetmann 14.

Of the property that can certainly be assigned to Swetmann 14, it seems likely that his free messuage (mansion liber) was among those properties whose holders were required to repair the city wall – on pain of forfeiture or a 40s fine if this obligation was not met – but was perhaps free of some or all the other customary dues (cf. Munby 2010: 140-1).

Bibliography


Munby 2010: J. Munby, ‘The Domesday boroughs revisited’, Anglo-Norman Studies 33 (2010), 127-49