A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



tington [Geddington], 5 small virgates.' There 

 also Maurice 10 small virgates of the fee of 

 St. Edmund.* There also, of the socage of 

 Rowell [Rothwell] i small virgate.* 



In SoLEBY [Sulby] (are) 5 hides and i vir- 

 gate of the fee of Westminster.' 



In SiBERTOFT (are) 2 hides and a half and 



2 thirds of a virgate of the fee of the King's 

 serjeanty.* 



In Oxendon' (are) i hide and i virgate of 

 the socage of Rowell [Rothwell].* There 

 also I hide of the fee of king David.^ 



In Oxendon' Parva Robert Fitz-Hugh 

 I hide and three-quarters of a virgate of the 

 fee of Berkamstede.'' There also, of the 

 socage of Geytington [Geddington], 2 small 

 virgates. There also Turberd i small vir- 

 gate. 



In Farendon' [East Farndon] i hide and 

 the fourth part of i virgate of the fee of 

 Huntingdon.* There also Robert Fitz Hugh 



3 virgates and three-quarters of one small vir- 

 gate of the fee of St. Edmund.^ There also 

 William Meschin I small virgate of the 

 socage of Geytington [Geddington]. 



In BowDON [Bowdon Parva] Robert Fitz 

 Hugh 2 hides and I virgate and the third 

 part of I virgate of the fee of Berkamstede.'" 



* Entered together, under Rothwell, in 

 Domesday as i^ (large) virgates. 



^ Entered in Domesday as 2^ virgates. 



^ At Sulby, in 1086, 25 hides and ^ virgate 

 were held by Guy de Reinbuedcurt and 25 

 hides by Geoffrey de Wirce. 



* Held by Humfrey of the count of Mor- 

 tain, as 3 hides less a virgate, in 1086. The 

 above ' serjeanty ' was archer service, which 

 gave name to the family of Le Archer here. 



* As in Domesday. 



® Held by Ulf of the Countess Judith in 

 1086. 



' Held by the count of Mortain as i hide 

 and ^ virgate in 1086. 



* Domesday assigns to the count of Mor- 

 tain 3^ virgates in Farndon, and to the 

 Countess Judith i virgate. King David's 

 holding (the fee of Huntingdon), appears to 

 combine these. 



* Entered in Domesday as half a hide and 

 the third part of a virgate. 



**• Held as such by the count of Mortain in 

 1086. 



There also king David I hide and the third 

 part of I virgate and the third part of the 

 third part of i virgate.** 



In Thorp [Thorpe Lubenham] the earl 

 of Leicester 4 great virgates and the third 

 part of a virgate.** 



In M[er]ston [Marston Trussell] the same 

 earl I hide and a half and two-thirds of I vir- 

 gate which Osbert Trussel holds.'* 



HUNDRED OF ROWELL 



In Hetheringtone *' [Harrington] Wil- 

 liam Fitz Alvred (?) 6 hides.** 



In Braybroke 2 hides of the socage of 

 Heth[er]ington.'* There also Guy the cook 

 I hide.'* There also Peverel the third part 

 of I hide.*^ There also Ivo 2 hides with the 

 addition (Implemento) of 2 virgates of the land 

 of Peverel and with half a virgate of the fee 

 of St. Edmund.** 



In Aringworthe [Arthingworth] Robert 

 Fitz Hugh and William Fitz Albein (j/'f) 



** This seems to be unaccounted for in 

 Domesday. 



** Both these were held by the Earl's prede- 

 cessor, Hugh de ' Grentemaisnil,' in 1086, 

 their joint assessment then being 2 hides and 

 i^ virgates, and their tenant 'Hugh.' In 

 this Survey their total assessment is 2^ hides 

 and I virgate. 



*' This early form of the name is found 

 also in a deed of 1278 concerning the manor 

 (Sloane MS. xxxii. 24). 



'* See note to this place in Domesday text. 

 It was held in 1086 by the abbey of Grestain 

 as 5^ hides. 



'* These 2 hides also were held by the 

 abbey of Grestain in 1086. 



'" This was probably the I hide held there 

 by Robert de Veci in 1086. 



" See next note. 



** This holding appears to represent the 



1 hide i^ virgates held there by Countess 

 Judith in 1086 with the addition, as above, of 

 2^ virgates, which would make it exactly 



2 hides. No land at Braybrooke is assigned 

 to Peverel in Domesday, but Robert de Buci 

 held there half a hide and a third of a hide, 

 which are exactly the holdings here assigned 

 to Peverel. It would seem then that 

 Robert's escheated fiefs here had been granted 

 to Peverel. The half virgate of St. Edmund's 

 fee is duly assigned to that abbey in Domesday. 



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