THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SURVEY 



Tracy 3 virgates of the socage of Foxton.' 

 There also the earl of Leicester half a hide.* 



In Brikelesworth [Brixworth] Simon 

 Fitz Simon 8 hides (and) a half of the fee of 

 Corey. There also Alfred i hide and i 

 virgate of the fee of Salesbyrs [sic).^ 



In Thorp' by Northampton [Kingsthorpe] 

 5 hides less i virgate.* 



In MuLTON, of the socage of Torp' i hide 

 (and) a half and (a) bovate.^ And in Weston 

 I hide.* 



HUNDRED OF SPELEHO 



In Abendon' [Abington] Humfrey de Bas- 



singburne 4 hides. ^ 



In Weston Richard 4 hides.' 



In Billingge Parva (there are) 4 hides.^ 



In Billingge Magna (there are) 4 hides. ^ 



In Oveston' [Overstone] Gilbert de Milers 

 4 hides.'" 



In MuLTON 2 hides and 4 small virgates of 



' Domesday enters as appurtenant to Faxton 

 2 hides and 3^ virgates in Wold and Walgrave. 



* Which Robert had held of the count of 

 Mortain in 1086. 



' Here is more alienation of Crown de- 

 mesne. All Brixworth had belonged to the 

 King in 1086, when it was entered as of gi 

 hides. De Courcy's share may have been 

 granted in the first instance to William 

 Meschin. 



* 4 hides and 3 virgates (the same amount) 

 in Domesday. 



* Entered in Domesday, for the same 

 amount, as appurtenant to Kingsthorpe. 



^ Richard [Engaine] held them in 1086. 



' These 4 hides seem to be represented in 

 Domesday by the i hide appurtenant to the 

 king's manor of (Kings)thorpe (see note * 

 above) and the 2^ hides of the count of Mor- 

 tain (fo. 223) ; but this leaves the Count's 2f 

 hides on fo. 224 unaccounted for. 



* Domesday assigns 3 hides i^ virgates 

 there to Gunfrei de Cioches and 2^ virgates 

 to the count of Mortain. This would ac- 

 count for exactly 4 hides. But Domesday 

 also assigns the Count 4^ virgates there which 

 are surplus. 



8 Held by Gilbert the Cook in 1086. 

 '" Ovcrston is not mentioned in Domesday ; 

 but the Millers family are subsequently 



the fee of Richard de [sic) Engayne." There 

 also Guy de Baillol I hide (and) a half and 

 I small virgate of the fee of Foxton [Faxton]." 

 There also Richard de le Pek 4 hides of the 

 fee of king David. '^ 



In Boketon [Boughton] (there are) three 

 hides and 3 small virgates of the fee of the 

 monks of St. Wandrille (IVandrageiile)}*' 



In Pittesford [Pitsford] Henry Malesures 

 and Philip 3 hides (and) a half of the fee of 

 Wahill.'* There also the earl of Leicester 6 

 small virgates.** 



In Sprotton [Spratton] (there are) 9 small 

 virgates of the fee of king David." There 

 also, of the fee of Richard Basset, 3 small 



found holding it of the heir of William 

 d'Avranches, as a Mortain fee. It must 

 therefore have been held by the count of 

 Mortain in 1086, and granted out afresh, 

 like Sywell, as an escheat. 



" Held of Robert de Buci by William 

 (Engaine), as 2 hides and \^ virgates, in 

 1086. 



'* Faxton carried with it, in Domesday, 

 lands in Wold and Walgrave. As our Survey 

 records those at Walgrave as * 3 virgates of 

 the socage of Faxton,' it looks as if the above 

 entry might refer to the 2^ hides, which 

 balance Domesday seems to assign to Wold, 

 unless they are already accounted for under 

 Wold above. 



The arrangement in Domesday is very 

 different from that in our Sun'ey, which 

 groups Multon in two halves of 4 hides each 

 (in addition to the portion belonging, as 

 above, to Kingsthorpe). 



'^ Richard's predecessor Grimbald had held 

 only 3I hides of the Countess Judith there in 

 1086, but the 3 virgates wanting, to complete 

 the 4 hides, were held of her by two other 

 tenants. 



** Domesday only assigns them 3 hides 

 less half a virgate (by Countess Judith's gift), 

 but enters 4^ virgates there as held of the 

 Countess by tenants, which would make up 4 

 hides. Domesday, however, also gives 4 

 virgates there as held of the King (fo. 222b) 

 and of Robert de Buci. 



'* Fulcher (Malsor) held 3 hides and I 

 virgate there of the lord of ' Wahill ' in 1086. 



'® This represents the count of Mortain's 

 holding there in Domesday, where, however, 

 it is given as only i virgate. 



'^ Held of the Countess Judith, as 1 hide, 

 by Rohais in 1086. 



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