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Colswein 13

Name

Summary

Colswein 13 held 2 hides at Winford in north Somerset as a subtenant of Bishop Geoffrey of Coutances (Geoffrey 2) in 1086.

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Subtenant in 1086

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 Somerset	Phil. ref. 5,41	Vill Winford	DB Spelling Colsuain	Holder 1066 Ælfric Cild	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances	1086 Subtenant Colswein 'of Winford'	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.25	1086 Value 1.25	Confidence -	Map
Shire Somerset	Phil. ref. 5,41	Vill Winford	DB Spelling Colsuain	Holder 1066 Alweald the bald	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances	1086 Subtenant Colswein 'of Winford'	Fiscal Value 1.00	1066 Value 1.25	1086 Value 1.25	Confidence -	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

Bibliography

Colswein 13 held 2 hides at Winford in north Somerset as a subtenant of Bishop Geoffrey of Coutances (Geoffrey 2) in 1086; one of the hides was part of the main estate and worth 20s 6d if the estate value was divided proportionally among the total hidage, while the other had been added to the estate after the Conquest and was worth 25s.  Given that the name Colswein was uncommon, particularly in the south-west, it is likely that Colswein 13 was also the ‘man of the bishop of Countances’ who had taken (in 1071 if the ‘five years TRW’ of the DB entry is to be thus interpreted) the common pasture from Newton Tracey in north-west Devon, despite this being nearly 70 miles from Winford.  The implication is that Colswein had added the pasture to one of the bishop’s nearby manors, perhaps that at Horwood (Thorn and Thorn 1985: DB Dev 3,17 Notes; 25,3 Notes) or that at Fremington, the parish of which included Bartridge Common lying between Newton Tracey and Horwood (Kain and Oliver 2001: 09/38-9, 42).  If so, then Colswein 13 may also be the man of that name who occurs as the first witness to a manumission relating to Bishop Geoffrey’s estate at Clyst, a few miles to the east of Exeter (Pelteret 1990: 107 no.111).  Taking these instances together suggests that Colswein 13 acted as a reeve for the bishop’s south-western estates, but there is no obvious reason to associate him with anyone else of that name.