THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SURVEY 



fee of Peverel.' There also the earl of 

 Leicester 2 hides and i great virgate.^ 



In CoTESBROK [Cottesbrook] Robert Bote- 

 vileyn 2 hides of the fee of Wahill'.* 



In Creton [Creaton Magna] Aunsel de 

 Chokes I hide.* 



In another Creton [Creaton Parva] Herbert 

 half a hide of the fee of Ralf de Gaynes.* 



In Westhaddon Hugh the sheriff 2 hides 

 (and) I great virgate.® There also Peverel I 

 great virgate and a half.'' There also Aunsel 

 de Chokes i great virgate.* There also the 

 earl of Leicester half a hide. There also 

 Nigel de Albeny half a hide of the fee of 

 Roger de Moubray. ® 



In Watford (there are) 4 hides of the fee 

 of Baldwin Fitz Gilbert.'" 



In BucKEBY Series {sic) de Quency 2 hides 

 (and) a half and I great virgate of the fee of 

 Aunsel de Chokes." There also William Fitz 

 Alvred [Alfridi) half a hide of the fee of 

 Montacute {Month acuti)}^ There also the 

 earl of Leicester 3 great virgates.*^ 



' Held of William Peverel by a socman, in 

 1086, as a dependency of Cotton-under- 

 Guilsborough. 



* Which his predecessor the count of 

 Mortain had held as 2 hides in 1086. 



^ In 1086 Dodin had held i^ hides there 

 of the lord of Wahill and half a hide of the 

 King himself. 



* Held by Gunfrei de 'Cioches' in 1086. 



* Held of the count of Mortain by William 

 (de 'Cahainges') in 1086. ' Gaynes ' is the 

 same as ' Cahainges.' 



® This holding seems to represent the 2 

 hides here assigned by Domesday to ' the 

 church of Coventry.' 



'' William Peverel's in 1086. 



* Held by Gunfrei de 'Cioches' in 1086. 

 ^ This probably means that half a hide 



had been given there to Nigel, and had de- 

 scended to his son Roger de Mowbray. 



'" Domesday assigns to Gilbert only 2 hides 

 there. 



" Held in 1086 by Gunfrei de ' Cioches' 

 as 2 hides and a virgate and half a hide of 

 soc(land). 



'^ Held by his father Alvred of the count 

 of Mortain, as 3 virgates, in 1086, unless this 

 was the holding which follows. 



'^ It should be observed that this holding, 

 which cannot be identified in Domesday, 

 makes up exactly 4 hides for Buckby. 



In Crek [Crick] Roger de Caunvill' 3 

 hides (and) a half and i great virgate of the 

 fee of Roger de Mowbray.'* 



In Lilleburn and Cotes [Claycoton] the 

 earl of Leicester 4 hides.'* There also 

 William son of Alvred {Alfridi) I great vir- 

 gate.'* 



In Stanford the abbot of Selby {SeUhy) 

 2 hides. '^ 



In Welleford [Welford] William de 

 Wyvill 4 hides and i great virgate of the 

 fee of Roger de Mowbray '* of Gildetote 

 [? Chilcote]. There also Ad[am] I hide 

 (and) a half of the fee of Baldwin Fitz Gilbert. 



In Gelvertoft [Yelvertoft] (there are) 2 

 hides and the third part of I hide of the fee of 

 the earl of Leicester.'^ There also Ralf Fitz 

 Osmund half a hide of the fee of William 

 Fitz Alvred.'" 



In Eltesdon' [Elkington] Hugh the sheriff 

 I hide (and) a half. The monks of Pippe- 

 well are the tenants.*' There also Hugh i 

 great virgate of the fee of Westminster. 

 There also Hugh de Kaynes 4 small virgates.'" 

 There also Nigel de Aubeny 2 small virgates 

 of the fee of Welleford'." 



'* This was part of the escheated fief of 

 Geoffrey de Wirce, who held there 4 hides 

 less a virgate (the same amount as above) in 

 1086. 



'* This included 2^ hides at Lilbourne, part 

 of the escheated fief of Earl Aubrey, but the 

 balance is not accounted for by the 3^ virgates 

 of William Peverel, which is all that Domes- 

 day assigns to Coton. 



'* Which his father Alvred held of the 

 count of Mortain in 1086. 



'^ Two hides less a virgate in Domesday. 



'* This was held, as 4 hides, of Geoffrey 

 de Wirce by 'Alfridus' in 1086. 



'» Robert (of Rhuddlan) held them of Earl 

 Hugh (of Chester), as 2 hides and i virgate, 

 in 1086. 



*" Held by Alvred of the count of Mortain, 

 as 3 virgates, in 1086. 



*' Hugh's holdings here amount to i hide 

 and 3 virgates, which was the amount here 

 held of the count of Mortain, in 1086, by 

 Alvred. 



** Possibly what was held of Guy de 

 •Reinbuedcurt' by 'Turchil' in 1086 as 

 three-quarters of a virgate. 



*' This was the ' quarter virgate ' entered 



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