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Yric 2

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Summary

Yric 2 held three very small estates in mid-Suffolk TRE with a total assessment of 105 acres (⅞ hide) and a combined value of 42s 6d. He was a free man in the commendation of the abbot of Ely but may have had links to other local lords.

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. 21,22	Vill Hemingstone	DB Spelling Iricus	Holder 1066 Yric 'of Ashbocking'	Lord 1066 Wulfric, abbot of Ely	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Simeon, abbot of Ely	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.13	1066 Value 0.13	1086 Value 0.13	Confidence B	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 25,59	Vill Ashbocking	DB Spelling Iricus	Holder 1066 Yric 'of Ashbocking'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant Osbern de Wanchy	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 1.50	1086 Value 1.50	Confidence B	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 4,4	Vill Winston	DB Spelling Iricus	Holder 1066 Yric 'of Ashbocking'	Lord 1066 Wulfric, abbot of Ely	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Hugh, earl	1086 Subtenant Hugh fitzNorman	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.38	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

The three tiny estates of Yric 2 lay close together at Ashbocking, Hemingstone and Winston in mid-Suffolk, just to the north of Ipswich. Ashbocking and Hemingstone are now adjacent parishes and Winston lies about 4 miles to the north of Ashbocking. By contrast, this cluster of estates lay some 250 miles from the only other estate held TRE by someone called Yric and also 85 miles from the nearest estate held TRE by anyone called Erik. It is therefore safe to presume that these three Suffolk estates were the only ones held by Yric 2 and that he had no connection with any other TRE holder of that or a similar name.

In the DB entries for all three estates Yric 2 is described as a ‘free man’ and in two instances (at Winston and Hemingstone) he was commended to the abbot of Ely, who also appears to have had the soke. For the third and largest of Yric 2’s estates (Ashbocking), the soke was shared by ‘the king and the earl’ in 1086 but it is unclear either if this reflects the TRE situation or if Yric had been commended to their antecessors; a TRW claim by Richard fitzGilbert (Richard 5) could indicate that Yric’s lord here was actually Finn 2 the Dane.