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Mann 16

Name

Summary

Mann 16 was among 210 sokeman holding land in south-east Suffolk TRE assessed at 22¼ carucates but of uncertain value, at which time he was commended to Earl Gyrth (Gyrth 1) and in the soke of Earl Harold (Harold 3); he survived the Conquest and was in 1086 one of the 119 sokemen holding land on the same estate, which was then in the hands of King William (William 1).

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 Suffolk	Phil. ref. 1,102	Vill Shotley	DB Spelling Man	Holder 1066 Mann 'of Shotley'	Lord 1066 Gyrth, earl	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant Mann, sokeman	Fiscal Value 0.09	1066 Value 0.02	1086 Value 0.02	Confidence D	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

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
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 1,102	Vill Shotley	DB Spelling Man	Holder 1066 Mann 'of Shotley'	Lord 1066 Gyrth, earl	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant Mann, sokeman	Fiscal Value 0.09	1066 Value 0.02	1086 Value 0.02	Confidence D	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Mann 16 was one of 210 sokemen holding an estate of 22¼ carucates TRE; although Rumble (1986: 1,102 Notes) suggested that this land was at East Bergholt in south-east Suffolk, the text and layout of the DB entry make it more likely that it was at Shotley, about 9 miles further east and occupying a peninsular at the confluence between the rivers Orwell and Stour.

DB records 119 sokemen on the estate in 1086 and that Mann was among those who was present both then and TRE. It states that he had been one of two such survivors who had been he was commended to Earl Gyrth (Gyrth 1) and in the soke of Earl Harold (Harold 3).  It may be that Mann and the other sokemen had also been dependent tenants of Gyrth, although the DB entry is neither explicit or certain on this point.

Although there were other estates within 20 miles of Shotley that were held TRE by people with names that could potentially be confused with Mann, none of these were associated with Earl Gyrth or passed to King William (William 1) after the Conquest, which together with the fact that Mann 16’s holding was clearly tiny means that he need not be considered in connection with any other person or estate.

Bibliography

Rumble 1986: Domesday Book 34: Suffolk, ed. A. Rumble, 2 vols. (Chichester, 1986)