THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SURVEY 



2 hides and two-thirds of i hide of the fee of 

 Berkamstede. There also Peter I virgate.* 



In Rowell' [Rothwell] and in Overton 

 [Orton] and in Lodington Eudode HaschuU' 

 9 hides and I small virgate. In Lodington 

 William the constable 3 virgates, of which 

 Robert le Baud is tenant.^ 



In Deseburg' [Desborough] Norman and 

 Reg[inald] race {sic) 2 hides and two-thirds 

 of I hide.^ 



In PiPPEWELL Robert Fitz Hugh half a 

 hide and the third part of one hide. There 

 also William de Aubeny half a hide. Ac- 

 cording to {per) another roll i hide and three- 

 quarters of a hide.* 



In RisTON [Rushton] Andrew 2 hides (and) 

 a half and the third part of a hide of the fee 

 of king David.* There also Robert Basset i 

 hide (and) a half and i small virgate of the 

 fee of William de Aubeny.® There also Viel 

 {Vitalii) Engayne two-thirds of a hide which 

 Viel {Vitalii) Lovet held {sic).'' There also 



' The first holding represents the 2 hides 

 and i|- virgate (which is I virgate short) held 

 there by Humfrey of the count of Mortain in 

 1086. Domesday also assigns half a virgate 

 there to the Crown and the same amount to 

 St. Edmund's Abbey. 



* This was an alienation of Crown demesne. 

 The King had held in Rothwell and Orton, 

 with their dependent estate at Loddington, 

 10 hides in 1086, and this total is practically 

 that of the holdings given above. 



^ Desborough was much divided in 1086. 

 Ambrose held i^ hides of William Peverel, 

 Robert de Todeni half a hide, Alan a virgate 

 of the count of Mortain, and the Crown half 

 a virgate. Total 2^ hides. 



* According to Domesday, Dodin held of 

 Walter the lord of Wahull half a hide in 

 Pipewell, and Humfrey of the count of Mor- 

 tain a third of a hide there. The remaining 

 holding was the half hide which ' Roger ' 

 held of Robert de ' Todeni,' and which had 

 now come to the latter's successor, William 

 de Aubeny (' Brito ') of Belvoir. The ' other 

 roll ' and its entry cannot be explained ; but 

 this may imply that the total assessment is 

 elsewhere stated to be i| hides, not i^ hides. 



* The same amount was held there of the 

 Countess Judith by Eustace in 1086. 



« Held of Robert de ' Todeni ' by ' Hugh,' 

 as i^ hides, in 1086. 



' This represents the half hide and the 



Sigric {Siricius) Bucar' the sixth part of a hide. 

 There also, of the socage of Geytington 

 [Geddington], I small virgate and a half.* 

 Roger de Cranesle was {sic) the tenant. 



In Bereford [Barford] (is) i hide of the 

 socage of Geytington [Geddington].* 



In Clendon', of the same socage, half a 

 hide.'" There also Sigric {Siricius) Bucar' 

 half a hide and half a virgate of the fee of 

 William (Fitz) Alvred." There also Ralf 

 Normann' half a hide and half a virgate of 

 the socage of Rowell' [Rothwell].'* 



In Thorp' [Thorpe Malsor] Fucher' 

 Malesoures i hide and the third part of a 

 hide of the fee of Avenel William {IViiri)}^ 



In another Thorp' [Thorpe Underwood r] 

 Hervey Belet two-thirds of i hide. 



In Drayton' [Draughton] i hide and half 

 a virgate of the fee of Rowell' [Rothwell].'* 

 There also Corbet half a hide and three- 

 quarters of I virgate of the fee of king 

 David.'* There also William Durdent i 

 great virgate of the fee of Menfelyn of Wolf- 

 rington [Wolverton].'* 



(waste) virgate which William (Engayne) held 

 of Robert de Buci there in 1086. 



* The remaining holdings entered in 

 Domesday at Rushton are half a virgate ap- 

 purtenant to the King's manor of Barford (in 

 Rushton), and half a virgate held by the 

 Abbey of Grestain (see note '" below). 



^ Entered as an independent manor in 

 Domesday. 



'* Domesday enters half a hide and a third 

 of a hide here as appurtenant to the King's 

 manor of Rothwell. This Survey gives half 

 a hide and half a virgate as appurtenant to 

 Rothwell, and half a hide as appurtenant 

 to Geddington. 



" Held by the abbey of Grestain as half a 

 hide and a third of a hide in 1086. This 

 proves that Sigric's holding in Rushton was 

 also that of the abbey of Grestain. 



'* See note ' above. 



'^ Held, as i hide and the third part of a 

 hide, of the count of Mortain by Fulcherus 

 in 1086. See note to ' Alidetorp ' in Domes- 

 day text (p. 327 above). 



'* As in Domesday. 



'* Held of the Countess Judith, as 2^ vir- 

 gates, in 1086. 



'* Entered in Domesday as appurtenant to 

 Maidwell, one of Maine (of Wolverton's) 

 manors. Mainfelin was lord of Wolverton. 



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