Tunstead
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tunstead
Historical Forms
- Tunesteda 1086 DB
- Tunsted(e) 1185 RotDom 1198etfreqto1477 FF 1222 Cur 1212,1220 Fees 1231,1260 Ch 1233 Cl 13to1441 AD 1254–75 Val 1257,1269,1286 Ass 1275 RH 1262,1350,1356 Pat 1272to1327 Ipm 1302etfreqto1428 FA 1344to1402 BM 1535 VE
- Tunsteda 1175–86 Holme 1187 P
- Tonstude 1236 Fees
- Tonsted(e) 1329,1382 Pat 1361 Cl 1429 Fine
- Tansted 1275 RH
- Tunstall 1254–75 Val
Etymology
OE tūnstede 'farmstead'. v. Sandred 1963: 91 f., 185 f. Tunstead Hundred was named after the village of Tunstead (for references to the hundred, v. Tunstead Hundred supra ). Some of the forms quoted above may also refer to the hundred. The church is dedicated to St Mary. It is a large building and, according to Norris, it had three chapels: the Chapel of St John, the Chapel of St Catherine and the Chapel of St Margaret (Norris III 621).
The manor of Tunstead was given to Roger Pictaviensis by William the Conqueror. Roger had also the Honour of Lancaster and this manor remained afterwards a part of the Duchy of Lancaster (v. Norris III 613).