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Fridebern 3

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Summary

Fridebern 3 had a tiny holding in south-west Suffolk TRE assessed at 80 acres and with a value of 13s 4d; he was a free man with power of alienation over his land, although the soke belonged to his lord by commendation, Wihtgar.

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. 25,82	Vill Haverhill	DB Spelling Fredebernus	Holder 1066 Fridebern 'of Haverhill'	Lord 1066 Wihtgar son of Ælfric	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Richard fitzGilbert	1086 Subtenant Payn 'of Wratting'	Fiscal Value 0.67	1066 Value 0.67	1086 Value 0.75	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Fridebern 3’s tiny holding was at Haverhill, in the extreme south-west of Suffolk and where a brook runs down from the chalk hills to the River Stour.  The entry for this holding is one of several that are grouped together in DB as lands held by free men who ‘could grant and sell their lands’ TRE (which shows that they were not dependent tenants) and whose commendation was held by Wihtgar, the antecessor of Richard fitzGilbert (Richard 5), who also held the soke and sake apart from some rights belonging to the abbey of Bury St Edmunds. 

Despite the rarity of the name, Fridebern 3’s estate was too small and, at over 30 miles, probably too distant from that held by Fridebern 2 (a king’s thegn TRE whose lands passed to a different successor) for a connection between them to be considered, nor is there reason to associate him with the men of that name who occur as minor tenants of Bury St Edmunds in 1086.