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Golding 2 held a small estate in south-west Middlesex TRE assessed at 1 hide and with a value of 10s; he was a dependent tenant of Earl Harold 3 and was probably in the earl’s commendation too.
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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Middlesex
5,2
Hatton
Goldinus
Golding 'of Spelthorne'
Harold, earl
unnamed abbot of Rouen La Trinité-du-Mont
Hertald de La Trinité
1.00
0.50
0.50
B
Map
Total
1.00
0.50
0.50
Golding 2’s small estate lay in Spelthorne Hundred in south-west Middlesex. DB does not name the estate but it was possibly part of a previously unrecognized 5-hide vill associated with Hatton (see Hwætmann 4), a suggestion adopted here for mapping purposes although it should be noted that there is no support for the conjecture in the later manorial histories of Hatton (Page 1911: 309-14).
DB describes Golding as the man of Earl Harold (Harold 3) and records that he could not sell or grant his land without permission, which formulae taken together suggest that he was both commended to Harold and one of the earl’s dependent tenants.
This was the only estate held TRE by someone called Golding recorded in DB and there is no reason to consider Golding 2 in connection with any other person or place.
Bibliography
Page 1911: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, ed. W. Page (London, 1911), pp. 309-14.
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