The Xcic Forest : its History and if.s Scenery. 



Again, in other ways, Domesday still more clearly contra- 

 dicts the Chroniclers, as to the inhabitants being driven out 

 of their homes. Canterton was held by Chenna of Edward, 

 and still in Domesday, in part, remains in his possession. 

 Ulviet, the huntsman, who had rented land at Ripley under 

 Eilward, still rents the same. His son, Cola, also a huntsman, 

 holds land at Langley, which his father had held of Edward ; 

 whilst his other son, Alwiu, holds land at Marchwood, which, 

 also, his father had held. Saulf, a West- Saxon thane, who had 

 held land at Durley of Edward, now holds it at Batramsley, and 

 his wife at Hubborn.* 



Ulgar, a West-Saxon, holds the fourth of a hyde at Milford, 

 just as he had held it of Edward ; with this difference, that it 

 was now assessed at three-fourths of a rood, on account of the 

 loss sustained by the woods being taken into the Forest. The 

 sons of Godric Malf, another West- Saxon thane, hold the same 

 lands which their father had held of Edward, at Ashley, 

 Bisterue, Crow, and Minstead, the last property being rated at 

 half its proper value because the woods were afforested. The 

 Vu-st- Saxon Aluric rents property at Oxley, EfFord, and Brocken- 

 hurst, which his father and uncle rented under Edward, and not 

 only receives lands at Milford in exchange for some taken into 

 the Forest, but actually buys estates at Whitefields from other 

 We?t-Saxons.t 



* It is possible that whilst the survey was being taken Saulf died. If 

 this be FO, we find an instance of feeling in allowing his widow to still 

 lent the lands at Hubborn, which could little have been expected. The 

 name seems to have been misspelt in various entries. See Domesday, 

 p. xxix. b, under Sanhest and Melleford. 



f Aluric is probably the physician of that name mentioned in Domesday, 

 p. xxix. a, as holding land in the hundred of Egheiete. Xot to take up 

 further space, let me here only notice some of the Old-English names of 

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