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Sarpa 2

Name

Summary

Sarpa 2 was a small landowner on Exmoor with a holding of only 1½ ferdings which after the Conquest was rented for 12d.

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 Somerset	Phil. ref. 25,20	Vill Exford	DB Spelling Sarpo	Holder 1066 Sarpa 'of Exford'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William de Moyon	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.09	1066 Value 0.05	1086 Value 0.05	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Sarpa occurs only once in DB, as the holder of one of the clutch of very small estates at Exford on the upper Exe in the heart of Exmoor. These were small moorland farms, Sarpa’s having land for only ½ plough and being assessed at 1½ ferdings. Its modest size and marginal status are underlined by the fact that in 1086 it had been laid down to pasture (jacet in pastura) and was rented for just 12d. Sarpa was in effect a small peasant farmer, and probably a stockman rather than an agriculturalist.