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Gunware 2
Gunware ‘of Rudston’ (Yorkshire, East Riding), fl. 1066
Female
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Summary
Gunware 2 held one rather small and two larger manors in the East and North Ridings; her holding all together were assessed at 11¾ carucates, value unknown because they were listed as waste 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 5E53 | Brigham | Guneuuare | Gunware 'of Rudston' | - | Robert, count of Mortain | Richard de Sourdeval | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
| Yorkshire | 5E54 | Rudston | Guneuuare | Gunware 'of Rudston' | - | Robert, count of Mortain | Richard de Sourdeval | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
| Yorkshire | 5N31 | Cloughton | Gunneuare | Gunware 'of Rudston' | - | Robert, count of Mortain | - | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | Map |
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Profile
The Gunware at Rudston and Brigham was clearly the same woman: the manors were both sizeable and only 8 miles apart. They passed to the Conqueror’s brother Robert, count of Mortain, and were held under him in 1086, along with many others in the same area and across Yorkshire, by his important subtenant Richard de Sourdeval (Keats-Rohan 1999: 362). In those circumstances, common succession is less important in the identification than the rarity of Gunware’s name and the proximity of the two estates. The two manors were complementary in the sense that Rudston stood on the Wolds and Brigham in the lowland valley of the river Hull.Gunware’s name also occurs, in a slightly different spelling, at Cloughton, a much smaller holding behind the cliffs north of Scarborough, nearly 20 miles north of Rudston. It also passed to Count Robert, standing somewhat isolated among his Yorkshire manors, perhaps because the same Gunware had owned it TRE. Gunware’s manor was the smallest of three holdings at Cloughton in 1066 (Yorks. 1Y:3; 13N:7; SN:D3).