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Uhtræd 25

Name

Summary

Uhtræd 25 was a minor thegn of west Suffolk, holding land mainly from Earl Harold, in all 5 hides worth £7.

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 Suffolk	Phil. ref. 43,1	Vill Houghton	DB Spelling Huthradus	Holder 1066 Uhtræd ‘of Houghton’	Lord 1066 Harold, earl	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ralph de Limésy	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 2.00	1066 Value 4.00	1086 Value 3.50	Confidence -	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 43,1	Vill Fenstead	DB Spelling Uthtret	Holder 1066 Uhtræd ‘of Houghton’	Lord 1066 Edgar, antecessor of Ralph	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ralph de Limésy	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.00	1086 Value 1.50	Confidence -	Map
Shire Suffolk	Phil. ref. 43,3	Vill Newton	DB Spelling Uthret	Holder 1066 Uhtræd ‘of Houghton’	Lord 1066 Harold, earl	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ralph de Limésy	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 2.00	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 3.00	Confidence -	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Lord 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 Suffolk	Phil. ref. 43,3	Vill Newton	DB Spelling Uthtredus	Holder 1066 1 free man	Lord 1066 Uhtræd	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ralph de Limésy	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.17	1066 Value 0.00	1086 Value 0.00	Confidence -	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

The Uhtræd named as TRE holder and lord four times in the Suffolk fief of Ralph de Limésy was explicitly ‘the same’ Uhtræd, since DB prefaces his name with idem on the second and subsequent occasions. The more valuable of his two manors was Houghton with its berewick at Fenstead, in the Stour valley just downstream from Clare. Uhtræd held the manor ‘under’ (sub) a Harold who can only be Earl Harold (Harold 3), but Fenstead ‘from his [Ralph’s] antecessor Edgar’ (ab Etgaro antecessore suo) (Edgar ). The latter statement is difficult to explain, as Ralph de Limésy had no antecessor called Edgar in any other entry.

Uhtræd’s other manor, Newton, lay 10 miles down the Stour valley to the east, near Sudbury. It, too, was held ‘under’ Harold, but with sake and soke. Tenure with sake and soke normally indicates bookland, so that Uhtræd’s relationship to Earl Harold must have been one of commendation rather than leasehold.

Uhtræd farmed on a large scale in 1066, with three demesne ploughteams at Houghton, one at Fenstead, and two at Newton, and kept sheep, goats, and a few cattle at Newton and pigs on both manors. The TRE livestock also included a horse at each place, Houghton’s noted as being ‘at the hall’ (in halla), suggesting that Uhtræd lived at Houghton. At Newton his manor included a church with 30 acres and half another church with 8 acres. A free man with 20 acres there was commended half to Uhtræd and half to the abbot of Bury St Edmunds.