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Leofgifu 13 was described as a ‘free woman’ in Domesday Book and held a single estate in Berkshire that was assessed at 6 hides and valued at £3 TRE.
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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Berkshire
42,1
South Denchworth
Leueua
Leofgifu 'of Denchworth'
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Robert of Stafford
Laurence 'of Denchworth'
6.00
3.00
3.00
D
Map
Total
6.00
3.00
3.00
Denchworth does not lie near any estate held TRE by someone called Leofgifu except for that at Liddington held by Abbess Leofgifu 5 of Shaftesbury (and which was itself further from that abbey than all but one of its estates) and that at Reading held by Abbess Leofgifu 6. Although the possibility that Denchworth was a private estate of Leofgifu 6 cannot entirely be discounted, Leofgifu 13 was described as libera femina rather than abbatissa and Denchworth was held by Lawrence as the tenant of Robert of Stafford (Robert 42) in 1086 rather than by the abbot of Battle. It is therefore most likely that Leofgifu 13 was a separate woman distinct from Leofgifu 5 or Leofgifu 6.
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