Æscræd 4 was a small landowner in east Kent with a single manor of 1 sulung worth the disproportionate sum of £5.
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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Kent
5,194
Appleton
Ascored
Æscræd 'of Appleton'
Edward, king
Odo, bishop of Bayeux
Ralph de Courbépine
2.00
5.00
2.00
A
Map
Total
2.00
5.00
2.00
The name Æscræd occurs only once in DB, holding a manor of 1 sulung on the Downs 3 miles north of Dover at Appleton. Appleton later formed a small detached part of the parish of Waldershare and lay on thin, chalky, infertile soils. In 1086 there were only two ploughteams at work on the manor, operated by 6 bordars, which fits with a value of 40s. The much higher TRE valuation of 100s. seems extraordinary and may reflect extensive demesne sheep farming by Æscræd in 1066, unrecorded in DB.
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