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Ceolweald 4

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Summary

Ceolweald 4 held a tiny manor in south-east Suffolk TRE assessed at 60 acres; its TRE value isn’t recorded but was probably close to that of 10s in 1086.  He was commended to Ælfric and his soke-lord was Earl Harold (Harold 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 Suffolk	Phil. ref. 25,64	Vill Shotley	DB Spelling Celeolt	Holder 1066 Ceolweald 'of Shotley'	Lord 1066 Ælfric Cempa	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant Roger 'the man of Richard fitzGilbert'	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Ceolweald 4’s tiny manor was at Shotley, an eponymous and estuarine peninsular at the confluence between the rivers Orwell and Stour in south-east Suffolk.  His was apparently the only independent holding at Shotley TRE, the rest of the land there being held by Earl Gyrth (Gyrth 1) or Gyrth’s sokemen.  As with those other holdings, however, DB states that the soke of Ceolweald’s manor was ‘in Bergholt’, which indicates that it belonged to the great manor of East Bergholt and therefore that his soke-lord was Earl Harold (Harold 3).  Colweald’s commended lord was Ælfric, but his tenurial lord, if any, is not specified.

Ceolweald’s little manor appears to have been engaged on arable farming, with only half a plough (presumably a plough-team comprising four rather than eight oxen) and with no livestock recorded in DB.  His workforce was provided by his two dependent peasant households of one villan and one bordar.

This is the only instance of the name Ceolweald recorded in DB and there is no reason to associate Ceolweald 4 with anyone else.