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Tholf 7 was a peasant smallholder in east Suffolk, one of five free men who had 35 acres between them.
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
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Holder 1066 DB Spelling
Holder 1066
Lord 1066
Tenant-in-Chief 1086
1086
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Suffolk
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Rendham
Tulf
Tholf 'of Rendham'
Eadric of Laxfield
Roger Bigod
Ralph de Tourleville
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Rendham was much divided among different holders in 1066. It stands on the river Alde, one of the valleys cut into the Boulder Clay of High Suffolk. Most of the freemen there were commended to Robert Malet’s antecessor Eadric of Laxfield (Eadric 113) (Suff. 3:99; 6:43; 7:135, 141, 146). Among them was Tholf, who with four others shared 35 acres and 1 plough worth 5s. 10d. (i.e. 70d., so 2d. per acre). Unless he had other land where his name was not given in DB, this Tholf was a peasant smallholder and cannot conceivably be the same as any of the Tholfs who owned land elsewhere.
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