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Ælfhelm 39

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Summary

Ælfhelm 39 had a small estate in east Sussex TRE assessed at 1½ hides and with a value of 50s, which he held under King Edward’s (Edward 15) lordship but over which he had the power of alienation.

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. 9,2	Vill Catsfield	DB Spelling Elfelmus	Holder 1066 Ælfhelm 'of Catsfield'	Lord 1066 Edward, king	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Eu	1086 Subtenant Wenenc the priest	Fiscal Value 1.50	1066 Value 2.50	1086 Value 3.00	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Ælhelm 39’s small estate was at Catsfield, on high ground between tributaries of what are now the Watermill and Powdermill streams in east Sussex, and little more than a mile from the great battle-site of 1066. 

DB records that Ælhelm held his estate from King Edward (Edward 15) and ‘could go with the land where he wished’, which indicates that he had the power of alienation over it and was the king’s man by commendation rather than being one of his dependent tenants.

Ælfhelm 39’s manor was too small and, at 75 miles or more, too far distant from any other estate held TRE by someone of that name for any connection to be considered.