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Huscarl 5

Name

Summary

Huscarl 5 held two substantial estates in south-west Surrey TRE assessed at 10 hides and with a value of £17; his lord was King Edward (Edward 15).

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 Surrey	Phil. ref. 21,6	Vill Abinger	DB Spelling Huscarle	Holder 1066 Huscarl 'of Abinger'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William fitzAnsculf	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 6.00	1066 Value 8.00	1086 Value 7.00	Confidence C	Map
Shire Surrey	Phil. ref. 21,7	Vill Paddington	DB Spelling Huscarle	Holder 1066 Huscarl 'of Abinger'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William fitzAnsculf	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 2.25	1086 Value 1.75	Confidence C	Map
Shire Surrey	Phil. ref. 21,7	Vill Paddington	DB Spelling Huscarle	Holder 1066 Huscarl 'of Abinger'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William fitzAnsculf	1086 Subtenant Hugh 'the man of William fitzAnsculf'	Fiscal Value 3.00	1066 Value 6.75	1086 Value 5.25	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Huscarl 5’s two estates were at Abinger and Paddington in south-west Surrey and their named foci were roughly 3 miles apart.  They were the only TRE estates located within Abinger parish, which although less than 1½ miles wide extended for 9 miles north-to-south across the North Downs to the Sussex border, and both passed to the same post-Conquest successor (Malden 1911: 129-34).  With two substantial estates in such close proximity and no others held TRE by someone called Huscarl within 75 miles there is no reason to doubt that both were held by Huscarl 5 or to consider him in connection with any other person or estate.

The DB entry for each estate notes that Huscarl ‘held of’ (tenuit de) King Edward (Edward 15), but it is not clear from this formula if Huscarl was in the king’s lordship through commendation or dependent tenure.

A mill was recorded at each estate in 1086, as well as a church at Abinger, but it is not certain if any or all of these existed when Huscarl 5 held the estates.

Bibliography

Malden 1911: A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3, ed. H. E. Malden (London, 1911), pp. 129-34.