Edgar 33

priest ‘of Deverill’ (Wiltshire) (fl. 1086)
Male
DWP
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Name

Edgar
Edgar 32
Edgar 34

Summary

Edgar 33 was listed among the king’s thegns in 1086 in the Wiltshire folios, where he was described as a priest holding half a hide.

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Tenant-in-Chief 1086 demesne estates (no subtenants)

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
Wiltshire 67,52 Deverill Edgar Ælfgar 'of Sherrington' - Edgar the priest - 0.50 0.60 0.60 B Map
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Profile

Edgar 33 was listed among the king’s thegns in 1086 in DB, where he was described as a priest holding half a hide worth 12s at one of the several places named from the River Deverill (now Wylye) in south-west Wiltshire and probably one of those in Heytesbury Hundred (Gover et al. 1939: 6-7, 165-7; Thorn and Thorn 1979: 25,22 Notes). The Alecto edition of DB identifies Edgar’s holding as Hill Deverill, although there are reasons (see below) for preferring Brixton Deverill. An Edgar was also recorded by DB as holding the church of Poulshot in 1086, then belonging to the royal manor of Corsham and worth 5s, and which Edgar held in succession to his father who had held it TRE. Given the association with a church and that Poulshot is less than 16 miles from the Deverills (whereas the nearest other person with the admittedly common name Edgar recorded by DB was 100 miles away) it is probable that both Deverill and Poulshot church were held by Edgar 33 the priest. Furthermore, the churches of Poulshot and Brixton Deverill were named together in 1154x84 as possessions of Bec Abbey and then as a prebend in Salisbury cathedral c.1208 (Kemp 1999: 34-6, 153-5), which could indicate that the two places had been associated with each other at an earlier date as well. If so, then it is also possible that the Algar who held Deverill TRE was the same man as Edgar’s unnamed father who had held Poulshot church.

Bibliography


Gover et al. 1939: J. E. B. Gover, A. Mawer and F. M. Stenton, The Place-Names of Wiltshire (Cambridge, 1939)

Kemp 1999: English Episcopal Acta 18: Salisbury 1078-1217, ed. B. R. Kemp (Oxford, 1999)

Thorn and Thorn 1979: Domesday Book 6: Wiltshire, ed. C. Thorn and F. Thorn (Chichester, 1979)