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Gunward 2

Name

Summary

Gunward 2 was a minor thegn in north Somerset, with a single 5-hide manor worth £3.

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. 45,6	Vill Timsbury	DB Spelling Gonuerd	Holder 1066 Gunward 'of Timsbury'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Odo the Fleming	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 5.00	1066 Value 3.00	1086 Value 3.00	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Timsbury in north Somerset is too far from the estates in the Welsh marches for the identity of their owners to be at all likely.

Two other estates at Timsbury were recorded in DB, both also belonging to men with names of ultimately Scandinavian origin, Api (Api 2) and Sibbi (Sibbi 3). The circumstances of the three estates suggest that Timsbury had once formed a unit of 10 hides, before being divided first into two holdings of 5 hides apiece, one of the latter divided later into two unequal shares (Som. 5:15; 45:6). Notably, Gunward’s manor included 39 acres each of meadow and pasture, the same quantities as Api’s (26 acres) and Sibbi’s (13 acres) combined. Ape’s and Sibe’s holdings shared a water mill 2:1 as well as the meadow and pasture.