A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



In Chelredescote Geoffrey de Torevill 

 I hide and 2 small virgates of the fee of the 

 earl of Leicester.' 



HUNDRED OF NORTON 



In EssEBY [Ashby Canons] Stephen 2 hides 

 and 8 small virgates of the fee of Hugh de 

 Lega.2 



In MoRTONA [Morton Pinkeney] Henry de 

 Pinkeny I hide and a half.' 



In Wedona [Weedon Pinkeney] the same 

 Henry 2 hides and 8 small virgates.* 



In Plomton [Plumpton] William Fitz 

 Robert^ I hide and a half of the fee of 



'Wahill.' 



In Slapton 4 hides of the fee of the earl 

 of Leicester.* 



In Braddene [Bradden] Payn i hide (and) 

 4 small virgates.' There also Viel [Fitalh) 

 Engayne I hide (and) 4 small virgates.* There 

 also Ralf de Wandeville i hide (and) 2 small 

 virgates.® 



In little Blacolvesle [Blakesley] '° Norman 

 de St. Patrick'* 2 hides of the fee of Peverel '^ 



' This is the unidentified manor. 



* He held 10 knights' fees, in 1 166, of 

 Hugh, lord of Wahill, heir of the lord of 

 •Wahill' who had 2| hides here in 1086. 



^ As held by Ghilo (de Pinkeny) in 1086. 



* Domesday assigns 3 hides there to Ghilo. 

 ^ Styled William de Plumton under 



Blakesley below. 



^ Probably an error for Chester. They 

 were held of the earl of Chester in 1086. 



' Held by 'David' as 1-;*^ hides in 1086. 



* Held by William (Engayne) of Robert 

 de Buci, in 1086, as i-j*,- hides. 



^ He held of the lord of Belvoir. This 

 holding is not entered (as at Bradden) under 

 Robert de Todeni's land in Domesday, but is 

 probably included there in Sewell (see below). 

 The above Survey accounts for exactly 4 

 hides, a total which confirms its accuracy. 



'0 Alias Woodend. 



" He gave two-thirds of the tithes of his 

 demesne here, as a tenant of William Peverel, 

 to Lenton Priory. Domesday gives 2 hides 

 as held here by ' Walter ' of William Peverel. 



'* St. John of Jerusalem manor. 



Also {'tfm)y belonging to the hidage [hidagium) 

 of Norton i hide and 7^ small virgates.'* 



In another Blacolvesle [Blakesley] the 

 same (Norman) half a hide.'* There also 

 Roger Golofre 3^ hides and half a small 

 virgate.'* There also William de Plumton 



2 hides (and) 2 small virgates.'® There also 

 Gilbert I hide (and) a half and I small vir- 

 gate of the fee of Berkamstede." 



Also in Selveston Otuer half a hide of 

 the fee of Earl William.'* There also William 

 de Caynes i hide of the fee of Morton' (s/V)." 

 There also Henry de Pinkeny half a hide.^" 



In Maydeford [Maidford] Payn 2 hides 

 (and) 2 small virgates.^' 



In Sewewell [Sewell] Ralf i hide (and) 6 

 small virgates.*^ 



In Pateshill' [Pateshull] 4 small virgates.*' 



" Domesday enters ' Blachcslewe ' as a 

 ' member ' of (Green's) Norton, but without 

 recording its hidage separately. 



'^ This must be the half hide which Robert 

 (of Rhuddlan) held of the earl of Chester in 

 1086. 



'^ Golafre manor. Hugh de Gulafre held 



3 knights' fees of William de Curcy in 1 166. 

 The name seems to be preserved in some 

 lands called ' CuUofres ' in Wood Blakesley 

 mentioned in 1387. 



"^ Plumpton manor, held of the earls of 

 Leicester by the Plumptons. It is not ac- 

 counted for in Domesday. 



" This was the i^ hides held in 1086 by 

 Sagrim of the count of Mortain. 



'* Held of Geoffrey de Mandeville by 

 ' Ernald ' in 1086. The tenant above was 

 doubtless Otuer de Boville, a considerable 

 tenant of Earl Geoffrey (de Mandeville) in 

 1 166. Earl William succeeded in 1 167. 



'^ Held of the count of Mortain by Wil- 

 liam (de Cahagnes) in 1086. 



2'^ Held of Ghilo (de Pinkeny) by ' God- 

 win ' in 1086. 



2' Held by 'Hugh' of Hugh de Grent- 

 maisnil, as 2\ hides in 1086. Payn (de AIneto) 

 held under the latter Hugh's successor, the 

 earl of Leicester. 



" Sewell in Blakesley, held by Ralf (de 

 Waundeville) of the Belvoir fi(ef). The lord 

 of Belvoir is assigned 3|- hides there in 1086, 

 but this doubtless includes Ralf's i hide and 

 2 small virgates under Bradden above. 



*' See note under Foxley, below (p. 373). 



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