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Cwengifu 2

Name

Summary

Cwengifu held an estate in south-east Suffolk TRE, assessed at 1½ carucates with a value of 20s and which she held as a dependent tenant of Bury St Edmund’s Abbey.

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. 14,117	Vill Waldringfield	DB Spelling Quengeua	Holder 1066 Cwengifu 'of Waldringfield'	Lord 1066 Baldwin, abbot of Bury St Edmunds	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Baldwin, abbot of Bury St Edmunds	1086 Subtenant Roger Bigod	Fiscal Value 1.50	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Lord 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. 14,117	Vill Newbourn	DB Spelling Quengeuua	Holder 1066 3 free men	Lord 1066 Cwengifu	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Baldwin, abbot of Bury St Edmunds	1086 Subtenant Roger Bigod	Fiscal Value 0.04	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.04	Confidence B	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 14,117	Vill Haspley	DB Spelling Quengeuua	Holder 1066 1 free man	Lord 1066 Cwengifu	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Baldwin, abbot of Bury St Edmunds	1086 Subtenant Roger Bigod	Fiscal Value 0.01	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.01	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Lord 2 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. 39,10	Vill Newbourn	DB Spelling Quengeua	Holder 1066 16 free men	Lord 1066 Beorhtmær son of Cwengifu	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ranulph brother of Ilger	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.19	1066 Value 1.78	1086 Value 0.89	Confidence B	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 39,7	Vill Waldringfield	DB Spelling -	Holder 1066 5 free men	Lord 1066 Beorhtmær son of Cwengifu	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ranulph brother of Ilger	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.33	1066 Value 0.20	1086 Value 0.20	Confidence C	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 39,8	Vill Preston	DB Spelling Quengeua	Holder 1066 10 free men	Lord 1066 Beorhtmær son of Cwengifu	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ranulph brother of Ilger	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence B	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 39,9	Vill Haspley	DB Spelling Quengeua	Holder 1066 2 free men	Lord 1066 Beorhtmær son of Cwengifu	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ranulph brother of Ilger	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.40	1066 Value 0.60	1086 Value 0.40	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Cwengifu held an estate in south-east Suffolk TRE, assessed at 1½ carucates with a value of 20s and which she held as a dependent tenant of Bury St Edmund’s Abbey.  She was also the commended lord of several free men in the same area, many of whose commendations she shared with her son, Beorhtmær; the total assessment and value of her share of these lordships is uncertain.