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Godhere 13
Godhere ‘of Tuddenham’ (Suff.), fl. 1066
Male
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Summary
Godhere 13 was a free man with a tiny manor in south-east Suffolk TRE assessed at either 68 or 80 acres and with a value of 25s; he was commended to the abbot of Ely.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 | 8,4 | Tuddenham | Godere | Godhere 'of Tuddenham' | Wulfric, abbot of Ely | Roger the Poitevin | - | 0.57 | 1.25 | 1.25 | E | Map |
| Totals | ||||||||||||
Profile
Godhere 13’s little manor was among numerous little holdings scattered either side of the valley of the River Fynn at Tuddenham in south-east Suffolk. Its precise extent is uncertain, because DB records it as 68 acres whereas the two corresponding entries in IE (149, 187) put it at 80 acres. The reason that the manor was recorded in IE was because Godhere, although a free man, was in the commendation of the abbot of Ely. Nevertheless, his manor does not appear to have lain within the abbey’s soke.The details of Godhere’s manor provided by DB and IE are scant but suggest that the farming was predominantly arable. There were two ploughs but only 4 acres of meadow, which was presumably reserved mainly for the oxen of the plough-teams since no livestock are recorded. A dependent peasant population of three bordars and their households provided the workforce.
Two small manors in Essex were also held TRE by someone called Godhere, one at Shalford and the other at Ulehams and about 31½ and 38 miles respectively away from Tuddenham. Given the small sizes of the manors concerned this seems too great a distance for them to have been held by the same man. Although the name Godhere was unusual (albeit perhaps less so in East Anglia and the surrounding region), therefore, and along with considerations discussed more fully under Godhere 12, the balance of probability is just in favour of regarding Godhere 13 as a different person and Tuddenham as his only manor.
Bibliography
IE: Inquisitio Eliensis, in Inqusitio Comitatus Cantabrigiensis, nunc primum e manuscripto unico in Bibliotheca Cottoniana asservato typis mandata, subjicitur Inquisitio Eliensis, ed. N. E. S. A. Hamilton (London: John Murray for the Royal Society of Literature, 1876), 97–195