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Barn 3

Name

Summary

Barn 3 was a free man with a small manor in south-east Suffolk TRE assessed at 1 carucate and with a value of 10s; he was commended to Ralph the staller (Ralph 2).

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. 3,61	Vill Westerfield	DB Spelling Bar	Holder 1066 Barn 'of Westerfield'	Lord 1066 Ralph the staller	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Alan, count	1086 Subtenant Norman 'of Westerfield	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence E	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Barn 3’s estate was one of several small TRE holdings at Westerfield, on a hill about 2 miles to the north-east of Ipswich in south-east Suffolk, but was the only one to be described as a manor in DB.  He was a free man and commended to Ralph the staller (Ralph 2).

Barn 3’s small manor was only 3¼ miles to the west of the tiny TRE manor of Beorn 16, and it is conceivable that the DB form Bar for Barn’s name could represent a misspelled form of Beorn 16’s name (spelt Beor’ and Beorn’ in DB and Bern in IE).  Against this possibility, however, are that the men had different TRE lords and different post-Conquest successors and that the name Beorn, although unusual, was not rare.  Despite the proximity of the two estates, therefore, the balance of the evidence is just in favour of regarding Barn 3 and Beorn 16 as different men.