176 The History of the Parish of All Cannings. 



Etchilhampton, as well aa All Cannings arid Allington, was 

 originally in the Hundred of Stodfald. It is now merged, with 

 the others, in the Hundred of Swanborough. 



In Domesday Book there are no less than three entries, all of 

 which refer to different portions of Etchilhampton. We will, 

 first of all, give the entries, and then, as far as possible, trace their 

 descent through successive owners. 



The first entry is as follows ^ : — 



Idem Edwardus [de Saris- The same Edward [of Salis- 



berie] tenet Ecesatingetone. bury] holds Ecesatingetone. In 



Tempore Regis Ed wardi geldabat the time of King Edward it paid 



pro 7 hidis. Terra est 4 caru- geld for 7 hides. The land is 4 



catse. De hac terra sunt in carucates. Of this land, 4 hides 



dominio 4 hidse, et ibi 3 caru- are in demesne, and there are 3 



catas. Ibi 12 bordarii, et 6 co- carucates. There are 12 bordars, 



tarii, et 2 francigenae ^ tenentes and 6 cottars, and 2 foreigners 



2 hidas et unam virgatam terrse, holding 2 hides and 1 virgate of 



et habent 2 carucatas. Ibi 6 land, and they have 2 carucates. 



acrae prati, et 50 acrse pasturse. There are 6 acres of meadow, and 



Valuit 6 libras ; mode dominium 50 acres of pasture. It was 



Ed wardi 6 libras et dimidium ; worth £6; the demesne of Ed ward 



francigenarum 40 solidos. is now worth £6 lOs.; that of the 



foreigners is worth 40 shillings. 



The second entry occurs under the lands of Ernulf de Hesding.' 



In Ecesatingetone sunt 2 InEcESATiNGET0NEare2hides. 



bidae. Terra 1 carucata. Edricus The land is 1 carucate. Edric 



tenuit tempore Regis Edwardi, et held it in the time of King 



uxor ejus tenet modo de Ernulfo Edward, and his wife now holds 



' Domesday for Wiltshire, p. 65. 

 " By the term " Feakcigena " is denoted a Frenchman born ; a foreigner, an 

 alien, in contradistinction to an Englishman. It seems to have been a general 

 name for all who could not prove themselves to be English. Among the laws 

 of William the Conqueror is one, " De jure Normannorum qui ante adventum 

 Gulielmi cives fuerunt Anglicani," in which such persons are expressly termed 

 " Francigenae." Thorpe's Ancient Laws, i., 491. 



' Domesday for Wiltshire, p. 75. 



