THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SURVEY 



of the fee of Chok[es].' There also Ralf 

 Meschin 5 small virgates of the fee of Gey- 

 tington [Geddington].* There also John le 

 Bauld I great virgate. There also Foliot 

 2 hides (and) a half and i small virgate of 

 the fee of Huntingdon.^ 



In PvTESLE [Pytchley] the abbot of 

 (Peter)borough 5 hides (and) a half, but 

 (there are) nevertheless in the rolls of Win- 

 chester 6 hides and 3 small virgates.* There 

 also Richard Engayne 3 hides (and) I virgate.* 

 There also William Fitz Gery half a hide of 

 the fee of Mortoin.® 



In Harudon [Harrowden] Reygold i hide 

 of the fee of William de Curcy. There also 

 Geoffrey 2 hides and [sic) one bovate less of 

 the fee of Huntingdon. There also Nicholas 

 de Cugeho i hide of the King's fee.' 



In Ham'ton * [Hannington] (is) half a hide 

 of the fee of the earl of Leicester.^ There 



as i^ 



hides by Gunfrei de Cioches 



> Held 

 in 1086. 



* 2 hides and I virgate there constituted a 

 member of Geddington in 1086. The above 

 tenant would be Ranulf Meschin, temp. 

 Henry I. 



^ Only I hide is assigned by Domesday to 

 Countess Judith at Cransley. The Domes- 

 day total for Cransley is 4I hides, and that of 

 this Survey 4 hides, I great virgate, 6 small 

 virgates, and a bovate and a half. The hold- 

 ings seem to have been redistributed. 



* Domesday (here termed ' the rolls of 

 Winchester ') assigns to the abbot at Pytchley, 

 in all, 6 hides and 3 virgates (not, as the Sur- 

 vey states, ' small ' virgates). 



* Domesday assigns to William (Engaine) 

 only 2 hides there. 



* Held as 3 virgates by the count of Mortain 

 in 1086. It will be observed that these two 

 holdings in Pytchley exceed the Domesday 

 assessment, while the Peterborough one is less. 

 The deficit of 1^ hides on the Peterborough 

 holding is exactly equal to the increase on 

 that of Richard Engayne. 



'' Domesday assigns 2| hides in Harrowden 

 Magna and 2 J hides in Harrowden Parva to 

 the bishop of Coutances and I hide in Har- 

 rowden Magna to Guy de Reinbuedcurt. 

 This is a larger total than the above, and the 

 holdings had been redistributed. 



* i.e. ' Hani[n]ton.' 



' The count of Mortain's in Domesday. 



also a hide and a half of the fee of king 

 David. i« 



HUNDRED OF STOTFOLDE 



In Maydewell [Maidwell] Alan 4 hides 

 and 2 small virgates of the fee of Wolrington' 

 [Wolverton]." There also Robate {sic) 2 

 hides of the fee of Rannulf de Bayouse 

 [Bayeux].'* 



In Kevlmers [Kelmarsh] the same (holds) 

 half a hide of the fee of St. Edmund." 

 There also of the fee of No(t)tingham i hide 

 (and) a half and half a virgate.'* There also, 

 of the socage of Geytington' [Geddington], half 

 a hide and I small virgate." There also 

 Eudo Fitz Haschul' i hide and i small vir- 

 gate of the socage of Rowell [Roth well]. *^ 

 There also Ad[am] 5 small virgates of the fee 

 of king David." 



In Haselbech the bishop of Salisbury 2 

 hides of the fee of Berkamstede. There also 

 the earl of Leicester i hide of the fee of 

 Mor[tain].'* 



In Clipston William Peverel 3 hides (and) 

 a half and i small virgate of the fee of 

 Peverel." There also Ad[am] half a hide 

 and three small virgates of the fee of king 

 David." There also, of the socage of Gey- 



'" Only three virgates were held here by 

 Countess Judith in Domesday. 



'' This is entered in Domesday as 4 hides 

 It was then held by Maino 



and -I virgate 



(the Breton) lord of Wolverton. 



'^ This represents the Domesday holding of 

 Ansger the chaplain (if hides). The tenant 

 was ancestor of the family of Rabaz here. 



" For all these holdings Domesday gives 

 nothing but 2 hides and a third of a virgate, 

 which formed, in 1086, a member of the 

 King's manor of Rothwell. 



'* Held by William Peverel (of Notting- 

 ham) in 1086 as I hide and a half and a 

 third of a virgate. 



" See note to this manor ('Esbece'] in 

 Domesday text (p. 323). The count of 

 Mortain held all 3 hides in 1086. 



" Entered in Domesday as 3^ hides and 

 ^ virgate. In the above entry the name of 

 the Domesday tenant-in-chief seems to be 

 retained, and the words 'of the fee of Peverel ' 

 added. 



" This is clearly the bishop of Coutances' 

 Domesday holding there, which is entered as 

 half a hide and ^ virgate. 



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