Munulf 2

Munulf the priest ‘of Framlingham’ (Suffolk), fl. 1066
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Name

Munulf

Summary

Munulf 2 was a priest with three small estates in Suffolk TRE assessed for a total of 2⅔ carucates with a probable value of 62s; he was the lord, either by commendation or by tenure, of free men at each of these three places. 

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
Suffolk 26,5 Buxhall Monulfus Munulf the priest Wulfric, abbot of Ely William de Warenne Humphrey fitzRodric 0.67 0.60 0.60 D Map
Suffolk 4,15 Middleton Munulfus Munulf the priest unnamed antecessor of Earl Hugh Hugh, earl Roger Bigod 0.67 0.50 1.00 C Map
Suffolk 4,42 Framlingham Monulfus Munulf the priest Æthelmær, bishop of Elmham Hugh, earl - 1.33 1.68 1.68 C Map
Totals

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
Suffolk 26,5 Buxhall Monulfus 4 free men Munulf William de Warenne Humphrey fitzRodric 0.02 0.00 0.00 B Map
Suffolk 4,15 Middleton - Brunwine 'of Middleton' Munulf Hugh, earl Roger Bigod 0.07 0.07 0.07 C Map
Suffolk 4,15 Middleton - Ælfheah 'of Middleton' Munulf Hugh, earl Roger Bigod 0.07 0.07 0.07 C Map
Suffolk 4,15 Middleton - Leofric 'of Middleton' Munulf Hugh, earl Roger Bigod 0.07 0.07 0.07 D Map
Suffolk 4,42 Framlingham - 6 free men and 4 half-free men Munulf Hugh, earl - 0.25 0.32 0.32 D Map
Totals

Profile

The extremely rare name Munulf occurs in Domesday only in the TRE portions of three entries relating to places within 20 miles of each other, so there is a prima facie case for regarding all these instances as referring to the same person, Munulf 2. This identification is not without problems, however, and these are addressed below.

Munulf 2’s largest estate was his manor at Framlingham, one of several estates and smaller holdings in a vill straddling the valley of the River Ore in east Suffolk and centred on a hill-spur overlooking the river. By far the largest estate at Framlingham TRE was that of Æthelmær and it is perhaps unsurprising that Munulf was in part commended to Æthelmær; but Munulf’s was the second largest in terms of both its assessment and (in 1086) its meadow, this latter aspect implying that it included land by the river (cf. Alexander 2007: 11, 14, 18). Munulf was only half-commended to Æthelmær, however, with DB attributing the other half of his commendation to ‘Malet’s antecessor’, by whom DB usually means the local magnate Eadric of Laxfield (Eadric 113; Rumble 1986: DB 6,305 Note). In addition, DB states that six free men and four half-free men holding a further 30 acres of land at Framlingham TRE were in Munulf’s commendation and that their land was included in the valuation of his estate. 

Bibliography


Alexander 2007: M. Alexander, Framlingham Castle, Suffolk: The Landscape Context, English Heritage Research Department Report 106-2007 (Portsmouth, 2007)

Lewis 1991: C. P. Lewis, ‘The formation of the Honor of Chester, 1066-1100’, in The Earldom of Chester and its Charters: A Tribute to Geoffrey Barraclough, ed. A. T. Thacker Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society 71 (Chester, 1991), pp. 37-68

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