Wulfflæd 11

Wulfflæd mother of Wulfgeat, ‘of Tallington’ (Lincs.), fl. 1066
Female
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Name

Wulfflæd
Wulfflæd 12

Summary

Wulfflæd 11 and her son Wulfgeat were in dispute with her son-in-law Arnbiorn TRE with regard to four estates in Kesteven in south Lincolnshire with a total assessment of 14¾ carucates and a value of £10 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
Lincolnshire CK1 Uffington Vlflet Wulfflæd mother of Wulfgeat 'of Tallington' - - - 3.50 0.00 0.00 A Map
Lincolnshire CK1 Tallington Vlflet Wulfflæd mother of Wulfgeat 'of Tallington' - - - 3.25 0.00 0.00 A Map
Lincolnshire CK1 Casewick Vlflet Wulfflæd mother of Wulfgeat 'of Tallington' - - - 0.38 0.00 0.00 A Map
Lincolnshire CK1 East Deeping Vlflet Wulfflæd mother of Wulfgeat 'of Tallington' - - - 0.25 0.00 0.00 A Map
Totals

Profile

The first entry in the ‘Clamores in Kesteven’ section in DB records that Ness Wapentake and the whole of the [South] Riding bore witness that the land of Wulfgeat and his mother Wulfflæd 11 at Uffington, Tallington, Casewick and [East] Deeping did not belong to Arnbiorn, Wulfgeat’s sororius, because Arnbiorn had held them only in wardship until Wulfgeat could do so (presumably once he had come of age). The word soroius could mean ‘wife’s brother’, ‘sister’s husband’ and perhaps also ‘sister’s son’ (Morgan & Thorn 1986: CK,1 Notes); however, given Wulfgeat’s apparent youth it is unlikely either that he was married or that he had a sister with a son old enough to act as his ward, so by far the most probable interpretation of sororius in this instance is ‘sister’s husband’, meaning that Arnbiorn was Wulfflæd’s son-in-law.

Wulfgeat was recorded elsewhere in DB as the TRE holder of the lands at Tallington, Casewick and Deeping, which implies he was already old enough to hold by 1066 and that Arnbiorn’s period of wardship pre-dated this. Arnbiorn, however, was still recorded as the TRE holder of the land at Uffington and it was presumably on this land that the dispute centred; since Arnbiorn held another estate at Uffington TRE, it seems reasonable to suspect that he hoped to merge the two and had retained that of Wulfgeat and Wulfflæd after his period as ward was over.

Although the 14½ carucates of which Wulfflæd and her son were witnessed as the rightful holders represent a substantial estate, there is no evidence to connect her with anyone else of that name.

It is notable that mother and son share the same first element wulf in their names.

Bibliography



Morgan and Thorn 1986: Domesday Book 31: Lincolnshire, ed. P. Morgan and C. Thorn (Chichester, 1986)