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Æthelwulf 52

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Summary

Æthelwulf 52 was a small landowner on Exmoor in west Somerset with a single manor of 2 ploughlands assessed at ½ virgate. DB does not give its value in 1066.

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 Somerset	Phil. ref. 21,58	Vill Exford	DB Spelling Aiulfus	Holder 1066 Æthelwulf 'of Exford'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Courseulles	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.13	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.15	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Exford, an area of upland along the river Exe near the heart of Exmoor, was divided into five manors TRE, Æthelwulf’s being the largest. Even so, it had arable for only two ploughs and was assessed at only ½ virgate. When its Norman holder Roger de Courseulles arrived it was ‘completely waste’ (Exon). The other holdings at Exford also had tiny values in 1086, testimony to the precarious living of Exmoor farmers. Exford is 30 miles from Æthelwulf 51’s manors in Devon and very unlikely to have belonged to him.