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Ealdwine 21

Name

Summary

Ealdwine 21 was a small freeman in the Suffolk vill of Offton, with only ½ acre or 1 acre of land. He probably survived in 1086.

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. 7,60	Vill Offton	DB Spelling Alduinus	Holder 1066 Ealdwine 'of Offton'	Lord 1066 unnamed antecessor of Roger Bigod	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger Bigod	1086 Subtenant Hugh de Houdain	Fiscal Value 0.01	1066 Value 0.01	1086 Value 0.01	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Sub-subtenant in 1086

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. 7,60	Vill Offton	DB Spelling Alduinus	Holder 1066 Ealdwine 'of Offton'	Lord 1066 unnamed antecessor of Roger Bigod	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger Bigod	1086 Subtenant Hugh de Houdain	Fiscal Value 0.01	1066 Value 0.01	1086 Value 0.01	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Offton, on a low ridge 7 or 8 miles west of Ipswich, was divided among 15 free men in 1066 (Suff. 1:69; 7:60; 29:7; 62;1); among them was an Ealdwine, half commended to Roger Bigod’s antecessor, who with Blæcsunu had 1½ acres. DB leaves it unsaid whether they had equal or unequal shares, who had the other half of Ealdwine’s commendation, and even whom it meant by ‘Roger Bigod’s antecessor’. The best guesses are that the antecessor was the Leofcild who held much the largest part of this manor of Bigod’s TRE, and that Leofcild’s own lord, Archbishop Stigand (Stigand 3), shared Ealdwine’s commendation. The way the entry is worded makes it probable that Ealdwine survived in 1086, holding under Bigod’s tenant Hugh de Houdain.