THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SURVEY 



[Note. — The place-names are only identified below where the forms in the Survey require it.] 



HOKESLAWE 



TwYWELLE. Aubrey (' Albr[icus] ') the 

 chamberlain 2 hides of the fee of the abbot 

 of Thorney.' There also of the fee of earl 

 David.* There also of the fee of the abbot 

 of (Peter)borough i great virgate.' 



In Slipton I hide and i virgate of the fee 

 of William de Corey. There also Richard 

 Fitz Hugh two-thirds of i hide of the fee of 

 (Peter)borough.' There also Roger nephew 

 of the Abbot a third part of i hide of the same 

 fee.3 



In SuBURG [Sudborough], 2^ hides of the 



fee of Westminster (Abbey).* 



In LoFWYC [LufFwick] Th — i hide and 

 I virgate of the fee of Deneford [Denford].' 

 There also Ralf Fleming i^ virgates of 

 the fee of Earl David.* There also Guy 

 (' Wydo ') his brother I large virgate of the 

 fee of Thorney.* 



In Drayton Aubrey (' Albr[icus] ') the 

 chamberlain half a hide of the king's fee.'' 



In YsLEP [Islip] the same Aubrey (' Al- 



' Aubrey de Vere, chamberlain to Henry 

 I., had obtained this land for his life, at an 

 annual rent oi £(), from Abbot Gunter (1085- 

 II 12). His younger son Robert afterwards 

 obtained it from Abbot Robert (1113-1151), 

 on the same terms, for his life [Mon. Ang.^ II. 

 603). 



* This portion is the \\ hides held by the 

 Countess Judith in 1086. It was held of her 

 heirs, as half a fee, by the De Veres. 



' Domesday assigns to the Abbot I hide 

 and I virgate there, which is exactly equal to 

 the above hide plus the virgate in Twywell. 



* Three hides according to Domesday. 



* This would seem to be the i^ virgates 

 assigned to Sibold in Domesday. 



^ Perhaps part of Thorney Abbey's fee at 

 Twywell. 



'' Drayton in LufFwick. The bishop of 

 Coutances had held \\ hides in ' Luhwic ' 

 (Domesday), of which i^ hides appear above 

 as * of the fee of Denford,' while the remain- 

 ing half hide (Drayton) had, we here see, been 

 granted to Aubrey de Vere, from whom it 

 passed to his younger son Robert, who held 

 it in capitt, with Adington Magna (similarly 

 part of the bishop's fief), in 1166 as half a 

 knight's fee. 



br[icus]') 2 hides of the King's fee. There 

 also 4 sokemen of the King (hold) i hide of 

 the fee of Westminster (Abbey).* 



In AuDEWYNCLE [Aldwinkle] the abbot of 

 (Peter)borough (holds) 3 hides (and) a half, 

 of which Ascelin de Waterville is tenant. 

 There also Geoffrey de Glynton i large vir- 

 gate of the fee of Gloucester belonging to 

 (the) Barton. There also Richard son of 

 Guy 3 hides less half a virgate' of the Queen's 

 [hc) fee.'" 



Also in Benifeld [Benefield] William de 

 Lisurs 3 large virgates of the King's fee." 



In Bernewelle [Barnwell] Robert de 

 Ferrers ('Ferariis') (holds) 6 hides and i 

 large virgate of the King's fee.'* There also 

 Reginald le Moyne (holds) 6 hides of the fee 

 of Ramsey (Abbey). '^ 



In LiLLEFORD [Lilford] William Olyfart 

 (holds) 5 hides of the fee of the king of Scot- 

 land (' Scocie').'* 



NAUESFORD 



In Tychem[er]s [Tichmarsh] Robert de 

 Ferr[ers] 10 hides.** There also Ascelin de 

 Waterville 3 hides and i virgate and three- 

 quarters of half a hide from (Peter)borough 

 (Abbey).'« 



In Thrapston Ralf Fitz Oger " 2 hides 



* Domesday only assigns to Islip i hide 

 and I virgate held by the bishop of Coutances. 



' ' iij hid' dim. virg' minus.' 



'" Domesday assigns to Peterborough Abbey 

 3 hides there, and to Guy de ' Reinbuedcurt ' 

 (father of Richard) 5 hides. Thus our survey 

 accounts for a total of only 6f hides, as 

 against the 8 hides in Domesday. 



" Held by Richard (de Engaine) in 1 086. 



" Barnwell All Saints, which the King had 

 held, in demesne, as 6^ hides in 1086. 



*^ Barnwell St. Andrew (at one time 

 ' Barnwell le Moine '). It was afterwards 

 in Polebrook Hundred. 



" Held by Walter of the Countess Judith 

 in 1086. 



'* The Domesday holding of Henry de 

 Ferrers. 



'* Held of the Abbey by ' Azelin' in 1086. 



'^ Son and successor of Oger the Breton, 

 lord of Bourne (' Brunne '), Lincolnshire, 

 who held 2^ hides here in 1086. 



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