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Ottar 7

Name

Summary

Ottar 7 held three manors in the East Riding of Yorkshire TRE, of which one was assessed at 3 carucates with a value of 10s and the other two were paired with two other manors for a combined assessment of 19 carucates with a value of 80s.

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 Yorkshire	Phil. ref. 1E17	Vill Flixton	DB Spelling Otre	Holder 1066 Ottar 'of Flixton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 5.00	1066 Value 1.25	1086 Value 1.25	Confidence B	Map
Shire Yorkshire	Phil. ref. 1E25	Vill Folkton	DB Spelling Otre	Holder 1066 Ottar 'of Flixton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 4.50	1066 Value 0.75	1086 Value 0.75	Confidence B	Map
Shire Yorkshire	Phil. ref. 1E36	Vill Langtoft	DB Spelling Otre	Holder 1066 Ottar 'of Flixton'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 William, king	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 3.00	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.50	Confidence C	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Ottar 7 and Karl were the TRE holders of the only two manors at Flixton, in the north of the East Riding of Yorkshire, which were together assessed for 10 carucates. Two men of the same names also held the only two manors in the adjacent vill of Folkton, assessed for 9 carcuates. The coincidences of close proximity, similar estate size and the association of the rare name Ottar with that of Karl render it very probable that the references were to the same two men. DB does not specify the sizes of each man’s estates, but if divided equally Ottar 7’s would have had a total assessment of 9½ carucates with a value of 40s.

The only other TRE instance of the rare name Ottar in Yorkshire (and indeed the only such instance within about 150 miles of Flixton and Folkton) was as the holder of a manor at Langtoft, just 8 miles further south and further up into the Wolds. Although there was no association with Karl in this instance the manor was again of moderate extent at 3 carucates and, like Flixton and Folkton, had passed into the king’s hands by 1086. It is probable, therefore, that this manor too had been held by Ottar 7 TRE.

Given the rarity of his name and the distance between these three manors and any others held TRE by someone of the same name, there is no reason to consider Ottar 7 in connection with anyone else.