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Thorsten 36

Name

Summary

Thorsten 36 was a small landowner in mid-Suffolk who shared 86 acres worth 40s. with three other free men, and was commended to the local lord Saxi.

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. 77,4	Vill Aspall	DB Spelling Turstanus	Holder 1066 Thorsten 'of Aspall'	Lord 1066 Saxi 'of Debenham'	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.18	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Thorsten was one of four free men in the much divided mid-Suffolk vill of Aspall whose lands (86 fiscal acres in all, worth 40s., and always with 3 ploughs at work) were in dispute in 1086 between the widowed mother of Robert Malet and Bishop Odo of Bayeux, both of whom claimed to have been given seisin at different times since the Conquest. The four men had different lords: Thorsten’s was Saxi, who owned property in the neighbouring vills of Debenham and Ulverston (Suff. 34:12–13).

Aspall is about 20 miles from the nearest places which belonged to a Thorsten in 1066, both of them in Suffolk. The three men were all very small landowners and commended to different lords TRE, which argues firmly against any identification of them as the same person.