Orc 1 (Male) Minister, fl. 1024-1044; owner of land in Dorset
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Notes: He founded Abbotsbury 1.

Factoid List

Recorded Name (1)

Orc (1)

 Bates1   

Office (5)

Minister (5)

 S961   
 S969   
 S975   
 S993   
 S1004   

Personal Relationship (3)

Orc 1 Friend (General relationship) of ~ (1)

 of Cnut 3: S961   

~ Widow (Affinal kinship) of Orc 1 (1)

 Tola 2: of Orc 1: Abbots8   

~ Wife (Affinal kinship) of Orc 1 (1)

 Tola 2: of Orc 1: Abbots7   

Event (10)

Charter-witnessing (5)

 S1004 - Edward 15 granting land to Orc 1: King Edward 15 to Orc 1, his faithful minister; grant of 5 perticae at Abbots Wootton in Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset. : S1004    (1044)
 S961 - Cnut 3 granting land to Orc 1: King Cnut 3 to Orc 1, his minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Portesham (alias Portisham), Dorset: S961    (1024)
 S969 - Cnut 3 granting land Bovi 1: King Cnut 3 to Bovi 1, his faithful minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Horton, Dorset: S969    (1033)
 S975 - Cnut 3 granting land to Sherborne 1: King Cnut 3 to Sherborne 1 Abbey; grant of 16 hides (mansae) at Corscombe, Dorset: S975    (1035)
 S993 - Harthacnut 1 granting land to Abingdon 1: King Harthacnut 1 to Abingdon 1 Abbey; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Farnborough, Berks.: S993    (1042)

Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration (1)

 Orc 1-Tola 2.founding Abbotsbury: Orc 1 and his wife, Tola 2, founded Abbotsbury, established a monastic community there with monks from Cerne Abbas, and provided land at Tolpuddle, Abbotsbury, Portesham, Hilton, and Ansty, all in Dorset.: Abbots7    (1044)

Grant and Gift (8)

 Cnut 3.S961 granting land to Orc 1: King Cnut 3 to Orc 1, his minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Portesham (alias Portisham), Dorset: S961    (1024)
 Cnut 3.granting land to Orc 1: King Cnut 3 to Orc 1, his minister; grant of 17 hides (mansae) at Abbotsbury, Dorset. : Abbots4    (1016 x 1035)
 Orc 1-Tola 2.founding Abbotsbury: Orc 1 and his wife, Tola 2, founded Abbotsbury, established a monastic community there with monks from Cerne Abbas, and provided land at Tolpuddle, Abbotsbury, Portesham, Hilton, and Ansty, all in Dorset.: Abbots7    (1044)
 S1004 - Edward 15 granting land to Orc 1: King Edward 15 to Orc 1, his faithful minister; grant of 5 perticae at Abbots Wootton in Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset. : S1004    (1044)
 S961 - Cnut 3 granting land to Orc 1: King Cnut 3 to Orc 1, his minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Portesham (alias Portisham), Dorset: S961    (1024)
 S969 - Cnut 3 granting land Bovi 1: King Cnut 3 to Bovi 1, his faithful minister; grant of 7 hides (mansae) at Horton, Dorset: S969    (1033)
 S975 - Cnut 3 granting land to Sherborne 1: King Cnut 3 to Sherborne 1 Abbey; grant of 16 hides (mansae) at Corscombe, Dorset: S975    (1035)
 S993 - Harthacnut 1 granting land to Abingdon 1: King Harthacnut 1 to Abingdon 1 Abbey; grant of 10 hides (mansae) at Farnborough, Berks.: S993    (1042)

Writ-issuing/sending (1)

 Bates1 - writ of William 1 concerning Abbotsbury: Writ of King William 1 notifying Herman 2 (bishop of Sherborne), Beorhtwig 3 and Scewine 1 and all his thegns in Dorset that the abbey of Abbotsbury is under his protection, and is to have its rights as completely as they were held in Orc 1’s life in King Edward 15’s day, and the abbot is to be worthy of his sake and soke, within port and without, his toll and team and infangenetheof.: Bates1    (1066 x 1078)