THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SURVEY 



In Esse [Ashton] Robert Fitz Anketil i 

 hide and 2 small virgates of the fee of William 

 Maudut.' ' Ad hydam ' William Ruffi 4 

 small virgates.' 



HUNDRED OF WYMERESLE 



In MiDDELTON [Middleton Malsor] Robert 

 de Causho and Geoffrey 5 hides and i virgate 

 — that is [icilicet) the fourth part of i hide.^ 



In Trop' [Rothersthorpe] Ascelin de 

 Chokes 2 hides (and) a half and the fourth 

 part of I hide.* There also the hospital of 

 Northampton half a hide and the fourth part 

 of I hide.^ 



In WoTTON 2 hides and two-thirds of half 

 a hide.^ There also Michael I hide and the 

 third part of half a hide.'' 



In Hardingestorn' 7 hides of the fee of 

 king David.* 



In Blethesworthe [Blisworth] and in 

 CoRTENHALE [Courteenhall] Peverel 7 hides 



* It had come to him with the rest of 

 Winemar's Domesday holding. 



' Clearly the four parts of half a hide 

 which Bondi held of Winemar in the same 

 vill in 1086. 



' In Domesday ' Mideltone ' was held of 

 Geoffrey Alselin in two portions. William 

 held of him 3^ hides there, and 'two hides 

 less a virgate ' belonging to the manor, though 

 in Collingtree, were held of him by two 

 socmen. It will be observed that these hold- 

 ings make up, together, ^\ hides, which is the 

 figure given above. The gloss at the end of 

 the entry was doubtless intended to distinguish 

 this (Domesday) virgate, from a ' small ' one. 



* Held by Gunfrei ' de Cioches,' in 1086, 

 as 2^ hides. 



^ Held in 1086 by GeoflFrey Alselin, as 

 half a hide, with another half-hide, * belong- 

 ing to' Middleton, though 'in Torp.' 



^ Held in 1086 of Walter the Fleming 

 (of Woodhill) by Winemar as 2| hides. It 

 descended with the holding that follows. 



' Held in 1086 of the Countess Judith by 

 Winemar as i hide. The above Michael (de 

 Hamslape) was his successor temp. Henry I. 

 It will be observed that the two above hold- 

 ings amount, together, to 3^ hides, which is 

 the Domesday total for Wotton. 



* Two of these were Countess Judith's in 

 1086, but the other five were then king 

 William's. 



and 4 small virgates of increase [incremento] * 

 in Quenton which Gilbert held. 



In Quenton' [Quinton] David and Philip 

 i^ hides and the fourth part of i hide.^° 



In Preston (Deanery) Walter Fitz Wyne- 

 mer i hide and i virgate of the fee of king 

 David. There also, of the fee of Olneye, (he 

 holds) half a hide." 



In Alecote [ ] king David the 



third part of i hide. 



In Pidenton' [Piddington] i hide and a 

 half and i virgate.'^ 



In Houcton' [Houghton Magna] Robert 

 de Pavely i hide (and) half a great virgate 

 and two virgates of the fee of Peverel.'' 

 There also king David " 4 small virgates 

 which Osebert held. There also Simon 1 

 hide and i virgate. 



In another Houcton [Houghton Parva] 

 and in Braunfeld [Brayfield] 3 hides (and) 

 a half which William de Houcton' held.** 



In Horton Alouf de Merk' 2 hides and i 



^ Domesday assigns to William Peverel 3^ 

 hides in Blisworth and 3^ in Courteenhall. 

 The ' increase,' therefore, must be represented 

 by the ' 4 small virgates.' 



'" Quinton was held in 1086 by the 

 Countess Judith as i| hides in all. Peverel's 

 '4 small virgates' seem therefore to figure 

 only in the previous entry. 



'' This is Preston Deanery, where his 

 father Winemar had held, in 1086, I hide 

 of the bishop of Coutances (' the fee of 

 Olney ') and 3 virgates of the Countess Judith. 

 The two holdings are here given differently, 

 but their total (if hides) is the same. 



'^ Must also have been king David's, for 

 Countess Judith had held it as i hide and 3 

 virgates in 1086. 



1* Held of William Peverel in 1086 by 

 ' Robert ' as i hide and half a virgate and 

 ' two carucates of land.' From this entry we 

 again learn that the 'virgate' of Domesday 

 was the ' great virgate ' of this Survey. 



" One hide had been held there of his 

 predecessor Countess Judith by Hugh. 



'* This appears to represent the 2^ hides 

 in Houghton Parva and the i hide in Bray- 

 field which were the extent of the Countess 

 Judith's holdings in these places in 1086. 



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