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Tonni 2 was a substantial TRE landholder with roughly forty manors, berewicks and sokelands in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire together with single estates in Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
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
Holder 1066 DB Spelling
Holder 1066
Lord 1066
Tenant-in-Chief 1086
1086
subtenant
Fiscal value
1066
value
1086 value
Holder 1066 ID conf.
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Northamptonshire
46,3
Church Stowe
Tonna
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
4.00
3.00
5.00
B
Map
Northamptonshire
46,4
Empingham
Tonna
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
4.00
5.00
10.00
B
Map
Northamptonshire
46,5
Empingham
Tonna
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
7.63
8.00
8.00
B
Map
Lincolnshire
22,17
Stainfield
Tona
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
William de Percy
-
1.50
0.00
0.00
B
Map
Lincolnshire
22,19
Apley
Tona
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
William de Percy
-
0.88
0.00
0.00
B
Map
Lincolnshire
22,23
Ludford
Tona
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
William de Percy
-
0.25
0.00
0.00
B
Map
Lincolnshire
24,37
Culverthorpe
Tunne
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
3.38
18.00
25.00
A
Map
Lincolnshire
24,38
Ewerby Thorpe
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
3.00
0.00
0.00
B
Map
Lincolnshire
24,39
Howell
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
1.06
0.00
0.00
B
Map
Lincolnshire
24,40
Heckington
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
8.00
0.00
0.00
B
Map
Lincolnshire
24,42
Hagworthingham
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
0.75
0.00
0.00
D
Map
Lincolnshire
24,58
Sloothby
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
0.38
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Lincolnshire
24,59
Willoughby
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
0.38
1.00
0.50
C
Map
Lincolnshire
24,60
Welton le Marsh and Boothby in Welton le Marsh
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
1.00
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Lincolnshire
24,62
Sloothby
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
0.50
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Lincolnshire
24,63
Beesby in the Marsh
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
3.00
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Lincolnshire
24,64
Maltby le Marsh
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
2.75
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Lincolnshire
24,65
Saleby
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
0.50
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Lincolnshire
24,67
Strubby
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
0.31
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Lincolnshire
24,69
Ulceby near Well
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
0.25
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Lincolnshire
24,70
Alford
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
0.81
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Lincolnshire
24,71
Mablethorpe
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
-
0.50
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Lincolnshire
24,77
Morton and Hanthorpe
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
Ulf Fenisc
Gilbert of Ghent
-
2.78
0.00
0.00
D
Map
Lincolnshire
CS30
Stainfield near Lincoln
Tonne
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
-
-
1.50
0.00
0.00
-
Map
Lincolnshire
CS31
Apley
Tonne
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
-
-
0.88
0.00
0.00
-
Map
Lincolnshire
CS33
Baumber
Tonna
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
-
-
0.50
0.00
0.00
-
Map
Lincolnshire
CS33
Edlington
Tonna
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
-
-
0.50
0.00
0.00
-
Map
Lincolnshire
24,76
South Kyme
Tunne
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
Ecgbeorht 'of Edlington'
1.75
1.00
2.00
B
Map
Northamptonshire
46,6
Easton on the Hill
Tonna
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
Fulk, abbot of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives
0.50
0.25
0.50
B
Map
Northamptonshire
46,1
Kislingbury
Tonna
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
Geoffrey d'Armentières
3.50
4.00
6.00
B
Map
Lincolnshire
24,61
Claxby
Tonne
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
Rademer
0.75
8.00
8.00
B
Map
Lincolnshire
24,41
Hale [Great and Little]
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
Ralph the priest 'of Aswarby'
8.50
0.00
0.00
B
Map
Lincolnshire
24,66
Withern
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
Ravemar 'of Well'
3.50
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Lincolnshire
24,68
Well
Tonne
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
Ravemar 'of Well'
1.00
8.00
7.00
B
Map
Berkshire
37,1
Langley
Tunna
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
Robert d'Armentières
3.00
3.00
1.50
B
Map
Berkshire
37,1
Bradley
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
Robert d'Armentières
3.00
3.00
1.50
B
Map
Oxfordshire
38,1
Church Hanborough
Tonna
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
Robert d'Armentières
9.00
10.00
10.00
B
Map
Lincolnshire
24,54
Willoughby
Tunne
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
Roger 'the man of Gilbert of Ghent'
2.00
4.00
8.00
B
Map
Lincolnshire
24,55
Mumby
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
Roger 'the man of Gilbert of Ghent'
0.25
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Lincolnshire
24,56
Mumby
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
Roger 'the man of Gilbert of Ghent'
0.50
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Lincolnshire
24,57
Hasthorpe
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
Roger 'the man of Gilbert of Ghent'
1.00
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Northamptonshire
46,2
Nether Heyford, Oxon.
Tonna
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
Sasgar 'of Nether Heyford'
1.38
0.50
1.00
B
Map
Lincolnshire
24,24
Lusby
Tonne
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
William 'the man of Gilbert of Ghent'
3.00
14.00
10.00
B
Map
Lincolnshire
24,43
Hagworthingham
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
William 'the man of Gilbert of Ghent'
1.00
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Lincolnshire
24,44
Hagworthingham
Tonni 'of Culverthorpe'
-
Gilbert of Ghent
William 'the man of Gilbert of Ghent'
1.00
0.00
0.00
C
Map
Total
95.62
90.75
104.00
Tonni 3 held at least six manors and their associated berewicks and sokelands in Lincolnshire TRE, together with further sokelands there, six estates in Northamptonshire and one in each of Berkshire and Oxfordshire. Nearly all of these lands had passed to Gilbert of Ghent (Gilbert 23) after the Conquest; the exceptions were three Lincolnshire sokelands held by William de Percy (William 19) in 1086, and the Clamores section of DB for the South Riding of Lincolnshire implies that these too should have passed to Gilbert and on the grounds that Tonni had held them TRE.
Despite the rarity of the name Tonni it is extremely unlikely that Tonni 2 can be the same person as Tonni 3 because Tonni 3’s single TRE estate passed to Osbern d’Arques (Osbern 12) rather than to Gilbert of Ghent after the Conquest and Tonni 3 was still alive in 1086, which is not the case with regard to Tonni 2. That Tonni 2’s closest estate (Ludford, in Lincolnshire) was 50 miles from that of Tonni 3 in Yorkshire is a less significant distinction, however, because Tonni 2 was a substantial TRE landholder who could and did hold lands this far apart.
Despite the extreme rarity of the name Tonni there is no evidence in DB or the later manorial descent of Caldecote to link Tonni 4 with either of the other TRE landholders of that name, and for similar reasons it is unlikely that he can be associated with the Tonni 5 who in 1086 was a subtenant at Bericote, 16 miles from Caldecote.
Bibliography
Clarke 2004: P. A. Clarke, The English Nobility under Edward the Confessor (Oxford, 1994)
Sherman 1978: R. M. Sherman, ‘The continental origins of the Ghent family of Lincolnshire’, Nottingham Mediaeval Studies 22 (1978)
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