A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



In EvENLE [Evenley] I hide and I, small Chokes 2 hides and 4 small virgates, that is 

 virgate of the fee of the earl of Leicester.' the fifth part of 2 hides." 



In Preston [Purston] half a hide of the 

 fee of the earl of Leicester.^ 



In Crouelton [Croughton] 4 small virgates 

 of the fee of the earl of Leicester.' There 

 also Seuar I hide and 2 small virgates of the 

 fee of Leicester.* There also Brien Fitz 

 Count i| hides and 2 small virgates of the fee 

 of Wallingford (' Walinford ').^ 



In Neubottle [Newbottle] ' Regis ' de 

 Reynes 6 hides and i small virgate of the fee 

 of the earl of Leicester.* William de Lepyn' 

 held (it). 



In MiDDELTON [Middleton Chenduit] 

 William Me[s]chin I hide and a half and i 

 small virgate of the fee of William de Curcy.'* 



In another Middelton [Middleton Chen- 

 duit] Simon Chcndut 2 hides of the fee of 

 Berkamstede.'^ 



In Thayniford [Thenford] Mainfenn de 

 Walrentone I hide.'* There also Robert 

 Basset i hide of the fee of Walingford.'* 



In Ayno [Aynho] William de Mandeville 

 3 hides." 



In FuRNiNGHO [Farningho] 4 hides of the I" Middelton [Middleton Chenduit] the 



fee of the earl of Leicester.* "^o^l^s of St. Eu'ald [Evroul] 2 hides.'^ 



In Cherlington [Charlton] Maynard i 

 hide (and) a half and i small virgate. There 

 also Simon Chendut I hide (and) a half of 

 the fee of Berkamstede ^ and one small virgate. 

 There also Odo [sic) 'dapifer' 8 small virgates 

 of the fee of Colchester.'" 



In Gremesbir' [Grimsbury] Aunsel' de 



' Held, as I hide, by the count of 

 Mortain, in 1086. 



* Held by William (de Cahagnes) of the 

 count of Mortain in 1086. 



' Held by the count of Mortain, as ' four- 

 fifths of half a hide,' in 1086. 



* This would seem to be an error for ' the 

 fee of Essex,' as Domesday assigns to Geoffrey 

 de Mandeville there I hide and |^ virgate, 

 which were held of him by 'Osbern.' Sewar 

 was probably Sewal de Oseville, who held 4 

 fees of the earl of Essex in 1 166. 



^ This may include the | hide and -I- hide 

 that Domesday assigns to Robert d'Ouilly in 

 Purston. 



® Held by Ivo of Hugh de Grentmaisnil 

 in 1086. 'Regis' should be ' Rogerus.' 



'' William of Le Pin (de Pinu), who gave 

 the advowson of the church there to Dun- 

 stable Priory. 



* Escheated lands of Earl Aubrey in 1086. 

 ' Held of the count of Mortain by ' Ralf,' 



as i^ hides, in 1086. 



'" This entry is explained in the Introduc- 

 tion, p. 363. It should be observed that this 

 Survey accounts for exactly 4 hides (i hide = 

 10 'small virgates') at Charlton, the regular 

 amount in Sutton Hundred. 



In Walton i hide with 2 virgates in 

 Sutton which Suouild held.'* 



In Gildeby [ ] I hide and 7 



small virgates of the fee of Mortal' [Mortain]. 



HUNDRED OF ALBODESTOWE 



In Chacombe [Chalcombe] 4 hides of the 

 fee of the bishop of Lincoln." 



In Evenle[y] 2 hides and {sic) less 1 small 

 virgate which Alouf de Merke held.^" 



" This exactly corresponds with the 'two 

 hides and the fifth part of two hides ' assigned 

 by Domesday to Gunfrei de Cioches here. 



'^ Held by the earl of Chester, in 1086, as 

 ' four-fifths of two hides,' which is exactly 

 equal to the above amount (i-pj hides). 



'^ Held of the count of Mortain by ' Ralf 

 in 1086, as at Charlton above. 



'* Held by Maino of Wolverton (' Walren- 

 tone ') in 1086. 



'* Held by Robert d'Ouilly in 1086. 



'® Held by Geoffrey de Mandeville in 1086. 



''' Held of Hugh de Grentmaisnil by 

 'Hugh' in 1086. 



'* Domesday assigns to the count of Mor- 

 tain i^ hides in Walton (in King's Sutton) 

 and to the bishop of Bayeux i^ virgates 

 there. 



'^ As in Domesday. 



^^ This entry is corrupt. Aloufs father 

 Otbert had held of Walter the Fleming (of 

 ' Wahill '), in 1086, 2 hides and also i^ hides 

 and ^ hide there. 



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