Colswein 11
Colswein ‘of Horningham’ (Wilts.), fl. 1066
Male
DWP
4 of 5
Summary
Colswein 11 had a tiny estate in west Wiltshire TRE assessed at ½ hide and with a value of 5s; he had the power of alienation over his land.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 |
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Wiltshire | 26,20 | Horningsham | Colsuen | Colswein 'of Horningsham' | - | Alfred of Marlborough | Osmund 'of Horningsham' | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.50 | C | Map |
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Profile
Colswein 11’s tiny estate was one of two recorded by DB at Horningsham in the hills and valleys of west Wiltshire’s border with Somerset. Both estates were assessed for ½ hide and there is a strong likelihood that they represented the division of an earlier single-hide estate, although there is nothing in the details given by DB to suggest that such a division had been in the recent past nor to suggest that the two estates were still connected in any way.DB states that Colswein ‘could go where he wished’, indicating that he had the power of alienation over his land and was not the dependent tenant of another landholder. DB also records the presence of a mill in 1086, presumably sited by the Redford Water that rises near Horningsham, but this need not have existed at the time that Colswein held the estate.
Colswein 11’s little estate lay far from any other held TRE by someone called Colswein and there is no evidence to suggest that he survived the Conquest, so there is no reason to consider him in connection with anyone else of that name.