Tezelin, the king's cook, holder of an Addington estate by royal serjeanty
Dates: Active at the time of the Domesday Survey, 1086
Biography
Tezelin is identified in the Domesday account as the king's cook and tenant of an estate at Edintone/Addington. His holding is associated in later records with the service of presenting a royal coronation dish.
Notes / Sources
The source uses variant forms including Teyden and Tezelin.
Research sources:
- Manning, The History and Antiquities of Surrey, account of the manors of Addington, quoting Domesday Book and later manorial evidence. — https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/A_topographical_history_of_Surrey_%28IA_b29350463_0004%29.pdf
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