Uhtræd 24

Uhtræd ‘of Musden’ (Staffs.), fl. 1066
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Uhtræd
Uhtræd 23
Uhtræd 25

Summary

Uhtræd 24 was a small landowner in north Staffordshire. His solitary holding contained land for 1 plough, with no indication of its assessment or value.

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
Staffordshire 1,50 Musden Vctred Uhtræd ‘of Musden’ (Staffs.) - William, king - 0.00 0.00 0.00 - Map
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There are several grounds for distinguishing three different Uhtræds in the south Pennines. First, for the distances involved (some 20 miles between Barlow and Elton, and another 20 between Elton and Musden) the holdings are rather small, and Barlow and Musden in particular can hardly have been more substantial than large peasant farms. Secondly, different co-holders (or none) are involved at the three places. Thirdly, it is reasonable to suppose that the name Uhtræd was widely used in the region. It had probably been introduced in the tenth century when Ealdorman Uhtræd of Bamburgh (Uhtred 6 and 11) and (his son?) Uhtræd cild (Uhtred 9) acquired extensive estates in north Derbyshire by purchase and royal grant, at Hope and Ashford, Bakewell, and Chesterfield (Roffe 1990a: 11, 13). Given such high-status associations, it is plausible to suppose that the name would have retained enough social cachet a century later to have been adopted widely among the minor landed families of the district; thus it may well have been the name of several TRE landowners.

Musden lies in a fold of land in the upper Manifold valley whose isolation but relatively favourable position is emphasized by the fact that it was later the site of a Cistercian grange (VCH Staffs. III, 226–30). It had land for 1 plough, but DB does not record its assessment or value.

Bibliography


Roffe 1990: D. R. Roffe, ‘An introduction to the Derbyshire Domesday’, The Derbyshire Domesday, [ed. Ann Williams and R. W. H. Erskine] (London: Alecto Historical Editions, 1990), 1–27 

VCH Staffs. III: The Victoria History of the Counties of England: A History of the County of Stafford, III, ed. M. W. Greenslade (London: Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research, 1970)