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Leohtwine 2

Name

Summary

Leohtwine 2 was a free man with 30 acres in south-east Suffolk TRE; his lord was Healfdene.

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. 8,4	Vill Tuddenham	DB Spelling Lihtwinus	Holder 1066 Leohtwine 'of Tuddenham'	Lord 1066 Healfdene 'of Thorington'	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger the Poitevin	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.25	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Leohtwine 2’s tiny estate was one among numerous little holdings scattered either side of the valley of the River Fynn at Tuddenham in south-east Suffolk.  DB states that he was a free man whose lord was Healfdene, although the precise nature of that lordship is uncertain.

Leohtwine was probably a free peasant farmer, with one plough to work his arable land, 3 acres of meadow for the oxen of the plough-team and two bordars and their households living on the estate and providing much of the labour.

This is the only record of someone called Leohtwine in DB and even the first element of his name was extremely rare. It is therefore probably significant that the only other name featuring it in DB, that of the free woman Leohtgifu 2, occurs only 4 miles from Leohtwine’s holding at Tuddenham. This rare and shared first element in their names and their close proximity may well point to a familial connection between Leohtwine 2 and Leofgifu 2, although more evidence is needed to establish the link.