Stenulf 3

Stenulf ‘of Tong’ (Yorks. WR), fl. 1066
Male
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Name

Stenulf
Stenulf 2
Stenulf 4

Summary

Stenulf 3 held land at seven places close together on the Pennine fringe between the Aire and Calder valleys. His holdings were assessed at a little over 18 carucates and valued between £4 and £5.

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
Yorkshire 9W11 Seacroft Stainulf Stenulf 'of Tong' - Ilbert de Lacy Robert 'the man of Ilbert de Lacy' 1.40 0.80 0.02 C Map
Yorkshire 9W119 Rothwell etc. Stainulf Stenulf 'of Tong' - Ilbert de Lacy - 1.31 0.44 0.18 C Map
Yorkshire 9W122 Pudsey Stainulf Stenulf 'of Tong' - Ilbert de Lacy - 4.00 1.00 0.00 C Map
Yorkshire 9W127 Tong Stainulfus Stenulf 'of Tong' - Ilbert de Lacy - 4.00 1.00 0.00 C Map
Yorkshire 9W134 North Bierley Stainulf Stenulf 'of Tong' - Ilbert de Lacy - 4.00 0.50 0.00 C Map
Yorkshire 9W135 Wyke Stainulf Stenulf 'of Tong' - Ilbert de Lacy - 2.00 0.50 0.00 C Map
Yorkshire 9W139 Batley Stainulfus Stenulf 'of Tong' - Ilbert de Lacy - 1.67 0.33 0.33 C Map
Totals

Profile

These estates lay close together in the hilly country between the valleys of the Yorkshire Calder and the Aire, and passed to the same Norman, Ilbert de Lacy. That succession is not in itself conclusive, since Ilbert’s honor of Pontefract was created on a geographical basis. None the less it is striking that Stenulf did not have any other manors in the vicinity which did not pass to Ilbert.

Stenulf 3 was associated with Dunstan and/or Westre at three places, including Batley, perhaps a place of some significance because it was a parochial centre; the three men occur consistently in the order Dunstan, Stenulf, Westre, though the significance of that grouping of holders is unclear.

The five groups of estates which we have assigned to Stenulfs 2–6 were all located in northern Mercia and Pennine Yorkshire. None of the groups was so close to any other that the identity of their holders is likely, but there is a remote possibility that they all belonged to the same man, a Stenulf who had 19 manors scattered between Wensleydale, the Mersey estuary, and the Trent valley. A thegn holding on that scale, assessed at 43.63 carucate-equivalents and valued at £14.52, would have been of regional importance. The possible survival of Stenulf 2 as a very minor king’s thegn in Derbyshire also weighs against the larger identification.