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Erneis 3

Name

Summary

Erneis ‘of Penhallym’ was the TRE holder of a small estate in east Cornwall that gelded for ½ hide (although 1½ hides were recorded as present) and was valued at 40s.

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 Cornwall	Phil. ref. 5,3,19	Vill Penhallym	DB Spelling Erneis	Holder 1066 Erneis 'of Penhallym'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Robert, count of Mortain	1086 Subtenant Richard fitzTurolf	Fiscal Value 1.50	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 1.50	Confidence A	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Profile

Erneis 3’s small TRE estate was at Penhallym in north-east Cornwall. It was far from the estates held in 1086 by people called Erneis, nor is there any other reason to link Erneis 3 with any of them.

Although his estate paid geld for only ½ hide TRE it was clearly much larger than this assessment suggests, as is shown by the DB record that 1½ hides and land for 10 ploughs were present and its TRE value of 40s. This could represent an instance of beneficial hidation but is more likely to be a further example of the under-assessment noted elsewhere in Cornwall and Devon.

It is interesting to note someone with an Old French name holding land in north-east Cornwall TRE (where other continental names were also present TRE), but there is no further information about him or how he came to be there.