A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



In Flora Otuer 4 small virgates of the 

 fee of Earl Geoffrey.' There also Aunsel de 

 Choices I hide and (i) virgate* anciently 

 [antiquo). There also Ralf Fitz Sewan, of 

 the fee of Peverel, half a hide.' There also 

 Hugh de Chaneys i hide and 4 small virgates 

 of the fee of Kaynes.* 



In Brockehole [Brockhall] and in Musecote 

 Ralf de Gaynes i hide of the fee of Gaynes.* 

 There also Gervase Samson i hide of the fee 

 of War[wick].« 



In Neubottle and in Brynton [Bring- 

 ton] there are 6 hides. 



In Whelton [Whilton] (there is) i hide 

 of the fee of R[oger] de Moubray.'' 



In Ravenestorp and in Cheta [Teton] 4 

 hides of the fee of Peverel.' 



In Haldeneby [Holdenby] (there are) 3 

 hides of the fee of the earl of Leicester.* 



and the Count i^ hides in Upper Heyford, 

 in 1086. The above arrangement of Heyford 

 and Clasthorp in two groups of exactly 4 hides 

 each should be observed. The Domesday 

 total for the two seems to be 7^ hides. 



* Otuer de Boville (compare p. 368, 

 note * above) is here entered as holding of 

 the fee of Earl Geoffrey (of Essex), earl 

 William's predecessor. 



* Held as such by Gunfrei de Cioches in 

 1086. 



' William Peverel's in 1086. 



* In Domesday William de Cahainges (the 

 same name) held i hide there in capite and 3 

 virgates of the count of Mortain. 



* Entered in Domesday as 3 virgates held 

 of the count of Mortain by William (de 

 Cahainges). ' Gaynes ' is Cahagnes. 



® This holding is found in 24 Ed. I. as 

 ' 7 virgates held by John Gerveys of the fee 

 of Warwick.' 



' Held of the count of Mortain by ' Alan ' 

 in 1086. 



" Domesday assigns to William Peverel i ^ 

 hides in Ravensthorp and 2 hides in Teton, 

 all which was held of him by ' Drogo.' 



* This must be the *2 hides and i virgate' 

 which Domesday assigns to the count of 

 Mortain in ' Aldenesbi.' 



This Survey throws no light on the 

 identity of the ' Aldenestone ' which is en- 

 tered in Domesday (fo. 224) immediately 

 before East Haddon, and was then held by 

 the count of Mortain as i hide and 3 vir- 



In Haddon [East Haddon] the same earl 

 4 hides.'" 



In Brampton the same earl 4 hides.'* 



In Herleston [Harlestone] (there are) 3 

 hides.'* 



In HoLTROP [Althorpe] i hide and i small 

 virgate of the fee of Berkamstede." 



HUNDRED OF GILDESBORU 



In Gildesboru [Guilsborough] William 

 Fitz Aldred' [sic) 3 great virgates (and) a half 

 of the fee of Peverel.'* There also the priest 

 I small virgate of the fee of the earl of 

 Leicester.'^ 



In HoLEWELLE [Hollowell] the bishop of 

 Lincoln i hide and the third part of a hide.'^ 

 Robert de Dyva is the tenant. There also 

 the earl of Leicester 3 small virgates. There 

 also, of the fee of Peverel, 5 small virgates.''' 



In NoRTOFT Coleman half a hide of the 



gates. It should, however, be observed that, 

 adding this assessment to the above 2 hides 

 and I virgate, we obtain exactly 4 hides, 

 which is the normal assessment of a vill in 

 this Hundred. This rather confirms Mr. 

 Stuart Moore's suggestion that * Aldenestone ' 

 was part of Holdenby. 



'" This is the total of the count of Mor- 

 tain's holdings there in 1086. 



" Domesday assigns to the count of Mor- 

 tain there a holding of 4 hides less 5 acres 

 and another of half a hide. 



'* Domesday gives four holdings there 

 reckoned in all at 3^ hides and i virgate 

 [i.e. 3I hides). 



'^ The count of Mortain is only assigned 

 I hide here ('Olletorp') in Domesday. 



'* Which his father Alvred (the butler of 

 the count of Mortain) had held of William 

 Peverel as 3I virgates in 1086. 



'* The church, with i virgate, at Guils- 

 borough was held by the count of Mortain in 

 1086 as a dependency of Nortoft. 



'* Domesday assigns if hide here to the 

 bishop of Lincoln. 



'^ Domesday assigns to the count of Mor- 

 tain (the earl of Leicester's predecessor) only 

 two-thirds of a virgate, and to William 

 Peverel only i virgate here. But it enters a 

 certain Gilbert also as holding two-thirds of 

 a virgate. 



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