Blæcmær 2 was a small landowner in south Shropshire who had one of three manors in a vill assessed at 2½ hides and worth 11s.
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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Shropshire
6,20
Walford
Blachemer
Blæcmær 'of Walford'
-
Ralph de Mortimer
Ingelran 'of Neen Savage'
0.83
0.18
0.25
A
Map
Total
0.83
0.18
0.25
The name Blæcmær occurs only here in DB, the second of three men with manors at one of the two holdings in Walford, a riverside vill in the Clun basin in south-west Shropshire. His companions, Wulfweard and Dunning, like Blæcmær 2, seem to have held no other estates.
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