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Leomær 5

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Summary

Leomær 5 was one of three men who between them held a small estate by the Sussex coast TRE, the whole being assessed at 2 hides with a value of 16s 8d.

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 Sussex	Phil. ref. 10,80	Vill Langney	DB Spelling Lemar	Holder 1066 Leomær 'of Langney'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant Ranulph 'the man of Robert, count of Mortain'	Fiscal Value 0.50	1066 Value 0.21	1086 Value 0.13	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

DB records Leomær 5 and Beorhtstan as holding a hide at Langney (by the Sussex coast, near Pevensey) in alod and Ælfheah as holding another hide there, the 2 hides together having a TRE value of 16s 8d. If things were divided evenly then Leomær’s share would have an assessment of ½ hide and a value of 4s 2d, but we do not know if this was actually the case.

Langney lies nearly 50 miles from any other estate held TRE by someone called Leomær (or similar) and, given the small size of the Sussex estate concerned, it is highly unlikely that both would have been held by the same person.

DB states that Leomær 5 held his land ‘in alod’, or ‘freehold’, which implies that he had the power of alienation over his land.