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Leofcild 7 was a small free man with 3 acres in north Essex, commended in 1066 to the great local lord Wihtgar, and surviving in 1086 as a tenant of Wihtgar’s successor Richard fitzGilbert.
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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Essex
90,59
Pebmarsh
Leuecilt
Leofcild 'of Pebmarsh'
Wihtgar son of Ælfric
Richard fitzGilbert
Leofcild
0.03
0.07
0.11
C
Map
Total
0.03
0.07
0.11
Subtenant in 1086
Shire
Phil. ref.
Vill
Subtenant DB Spelling
Holder 1066
Lord 1066
Tenant-in-Chief 1086
1086
subtenant
Fiscal value
1066
value
1086 value
Subtenant ID conf.
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Essex
90,59
Pebmarsh
Leuecilt
Leofcild 'of Pebmarsh'
Wihtgar son of Ælfric
Richard fitzGilbert
Leofcild
0.03
0.07
0.11
A
Map
Total
0.03
0.07
0.11
Pebmarsh, lying north of the Colne valley, was entirely in the hands of small free men and sokemen in 1066. Richard fitzGilbert was assigned the largest group (Essex 23:18) and annexed another small proprietor, Leofcild, on the grounds that he had been the man of his antecessor Wihtgar, even though commendation alone should not have been sufficient to give him rights to Leofcild’s land. Leofcild had only 3 acres, not separately valued in DB. Leofcild 7’s survival in 1086 argues against his being identical with Leofcild 6, whose rather larger estate at West Bergholt was only 10 miles away.
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