Ansger

Ansger (fl. 1086) of Montacute was one of the Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror.

Ansgar is called in Domesday Book "Ansger de Montagud" and also "Ansgar of Senarpont", which manor is situated in the French department of Somme. He is apparently the same man as "Ansgar the Breton" who held other estates in Devon and Somerset from Robert, Count of Mortain, half-brother of William the Conqueror.

The Domesday Book of 1086 lists "Ansger de Montagud" as holding seven manors in Devonshire from the king. These were:

His holdings later became the property of the feudal barony of Gloucester, the Devonshire caput of which was Winkleigh.

He is apparently the same man as "Ansgar the Breton" who held other estates in Devon and Somerset from Robert, Count of Mortain, half-brother of William the Conqueror, in Devon namely:

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