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Æthelræd 72

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Summary

Æthelræd 72 was a relatively small landowner in east Kent, whose two manors were assessed at only ¾ sulung but worth £6.

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 Kent	Phil. ref. 5,121	Vill Stelling	DB Spelling Alret	Holder 1066 Æthelræd 'of Stelling'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Odo, bishop of Bayeux	1086 Subtenant Ranulph de Colombières	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 3.00	1086 Value 2.00	Confidence B	Map
Shire Kent	Phil. ref. 5,170	Vill Shalmsford	DB Spelling Alret	Holder 1066 Æthelræd 'of Stelling'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Odo, bishop of Bayeux	1086 Subtenant Herfrid 'of Gatton'	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 3.00	1086 Value 3.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Two small manors a few miles outside Canterbury probably belonged to the same Æthelræd simply on grounds of proximity. Shalmsford was on the Great Stour 4 miles upstream from the city and Stelling 5 miles away on the high land rising into the North Downs. There were no other holdings in either place. The two manors included arable for only 2½ ploughs, but common sheep pasture on the Downs in Stelling may well have been important. Each place was worth 60s. in 1066. The small scale of the two manors recommends the idea that their owner was not the important west Kent thegn Æthelræd of Yalding (Æthelræd 71) whose estates lay some 25 miles away, though it is not inconceivable that a powerful thegn from the west of the county had somehow acquired smaller estates near Canterbury.