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Leofdæg 2

Name

Summary

Leofdæg 2 held three estates in Wiltshire and east Somerset Devon TRE with a total assessment of 3½ hides and with a probable value of 35s.

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. 36,12	Vill Keyford	DB Spelling Leuedai	Holder 1066 Leofdæg 'of Kennett'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Thurstan fitzRolf	1086 Subtenant Norman 'of Littleton'	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.25	1086 Value 0.35	Confidence B	Map
Shire Somerset	Phil. ref. 5,55	Vill Keyford	DB Spelling Leuedai	Holder 1066 Leofdæg 'of Kennett'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances	1086 Subtenant Nigel de Gournai	Fiscal Value 1.25	1066 Value 0.50	1086 Value 0.75	Confidence B	Map
Shire Wiltshire	Phil. ref. 37,5	Vill East Kennett	DB Spelling Leueclai	Holder 1066 Leofdæg 'of Kennett'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Waleran the huntsman	1086 Subtenant Richard 'of East Kennett'	Fiscal Value 1.75	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Leofdæg 2’s largest estate, amounting to half his land in terms of assessment, was at East Kennet, where the Ridge Way crosses the river Kennet near Avebury in Wiltshire. His other two estates were both at Keyford, just to the south-east of Frome in east Somerset and 25 miles from East Kennet. Given the sizes of the estates this is close enough for them to have been held by one man and, given the extreme rarity of the name Leofdæg, this is the most likely interpretation even though all three of these estates passed to different post-Conquest successors.

The only other estate held TRE by someone of that name, however, was that of Leofdæg 3 in east Essex, nearly 70 miles from Kennet and so too far away for a connection with Leofdæg 2 to be considered.