Eadwulf 65

Eadwulf ‘of Ackworth’ (Yorks. WR), fl. 1066
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Name

Eadwulf
Eadwulf 64
Eadwulf 66

Summary

Eadwulf 65 was a small landowner in the West Riding of Yorkshire, who had one of two manors at each of two places which together were assessed at 9 carucates and worth £4 10s.

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 9W52 Ackworth Eddulf Eadwulf 'of Ackworth' - Ilbert de Lacy Humphrey de Veilly 3.00 2.00 1.50 C Map
Yorkshire 9W87 Denby Edulf Eadwulf 'of Ackworth' - Ilbert de Lacy Alric 'of Cawthorne' 1.50 0.25 0.15 C Map
Totals

Profile

Ilbert de Lacy as lord of Pontefract had predecessors called Eadwulf at two manors about 15 miles apart. The larger was Ackworth, among the sandstone hills which undulate across the middle part of the West Riding. In 1066 the 6 carucates there were worth £4 and were held as two manors by Eadwulf and Oswulf . There was plenty of arable land here, with 7½ ploughs at work in 1086, and a church existed by 1086 and probably already in Eadwulf’s time. The other place, Denby, stood 15 miles to the west on the edge of the moors: Eadwulf and Godric each had a manor there in 1066. Denby was a much smaller and poorer vill than Ackworth (3 carucates worth 10s.); although there was some ploughland, its other resources may have been more important: in 1086 wood pasture and a vaccary were mentioned.

Oswulf was quite an important landowner in the vicinity and Godric seems to have had numerous estates too. While it is conceivable that two different Eadwulfs held Ackworth and Denby, the one at Denby would have had a very hard living; and it is rather more likely that Eadwulf 65 held both places, upland Denby and lowland Ackworth providing him with complementary resources.