Location: Aston Somerville / Gloucestershire

Factoid List

View Factoid Type Source Ref. Primary Person Short Description
Transaction S901      King Æthelred 32 to Ælfric 46, archbishop; grant of 24 hides (mansae) at Dumbleton, Gloucs., including land comprising 17 hides to the west of the river Isbourne (i.e. at Dumbleton), 2 hides in the common land at Aston Somerville, Gloucs., and 5 hides of woodland at Fleferth (? Kington near Flyford Flavell, Worcs.), in return for 50 talents. The land had been forfeited by a woman [Anonymous 927] for adultery.
Transaction S901      King Æthelred 32 from a woman [Anonymous 927]; seizure of 24 hides (mansae) at Dumbleton, Gloucs., including land comprising 17 hides to the west of the river Isbourne (i.e. at Dumbleton), 2 hides in the common land at Aston Somerville, Gloucs., and 5 hides of woodland at Fleferth (? Kington near Flyford Flavell, Worcs.). The woman [Anonymous 927] had forfeited the land for adultery.
Possession GDB  169v (Gloucestershire 66:4) Earnsige 1 Property recorded in Domesday Book: 6 hides in Aston Somerville, Gloucestershire (in 1066)