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Eadræd 42

Name

Summary

Eadræd 42 was a free man with a tiny holding in Suffolk TRE assessed at 60 acres and probably with a value of just under 10s; he was commended to Wihtgar.

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. 8,58	Vill Tunstall	DB Spelling Edredus	Holder 1066 Eadræd 'of Tunstall'	Lord 1066 Wihtgar son of Ælfric	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger the Poitevin	1086 Subtenant Albert Greslet (aka Crematus)	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.48	1086 Value 0.48	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

The location of Eadræd 42’s tiny holding is uncertain, although it was certainly in Bosmere Hundred in Suffolk.  The place-name is given as Tonestala in DB; woodland associated with a Stonham manor was also located there and it is clear that this Tonestala was distinct from the Tunstall in Parham Half-hundred.  Darby and Versey (1975: 413-14 and map 47) locate Eadræd’s Tonestala in Nettlestead, but the basis for this identification is not given.  In the absence of further evidence, a location near the centre of Bosmere Hundred has been adopted here.

DB describes Eadræd as a free man who was commended to Wihtgar the staller, which suggests that although Wihtgar was his lord Eadræd was not one of Wihtgar’s dependent tenants.

Eadræd 42’s holding was far too small and too far away from any others held TRE by someone of that name for a connection between them to be considered.

Bibliography

Darby and Versey: H. C. Darby and G. R. Versey, Domesday Gazetteer (Cambridge, 1975)