LEICESTERSHIRE SURVEY 



In CROCHESTON [South Croxton] 2 carucates de Mustere i carucate. Ralf dc Martinwast 



and i bovates of the king's sokeland. 67 



In NEUBOLD [Newbold near Folville] Robert 

 de Ferrers I carucate and a half. 88 



In BARNESBY [Barsby] the king 3 carucates 

 and half a bovate. 59 In the same place the earl 

 of Leicester 1 3 bovates. 60 



In GADESBY [Gaddesby] 8 carucates and a 

 half and half a bovate (of) the king's land. 61 In 

 the same place the bishop of Lincoln 8 bovates. 63 

 The earl of Leicester I carucate and half a 

 bovate. 63 Richard Basset half a carucate. 64 King 

 David 2 carucates. 65 



HUNDRED OF ASHBY FOLVILLE 



In the same vill King David 5 carucates. 66 

 In the same place Hugh of Leicester i caru- 

 cate. 67 



In HUMBERSTAY [Humberstone] Roger de 

 Ramis 8 carucates. In the same place Walter 



count of Meulan, and it ultimately passed, with the 

 other possessions of the house, to the abbey of 

 St. Mary du Pr6, founded by Robert, the second earl 

 of Leicester. 



67 It has not been possible to identify this sum in 

 Domesday, but see below, note 59. 



43 See below, note 161 



59 Domesday assigns 45- carucates here to the king, 

 which gives a discrepancy of iffi carucates. But it is 

 quite possible that the Domesday figure includes the 

 assessment of the king's sokeland in the adjoining vill 

 of South Croxton. If we could assume a scribal 

 error in the MS. of the present survey in the entry 

 above relating to South Croxton, and read ' ii car. 

 minus i bov. et dim.' instead of ' ii car. et i bov. et dim." 

 we should obtain a total for the king's land in South 

 Croxton and Barsby of 4^ carucates exactly equalling 

 the Domesday assessment of Barsby. 



60 Not identified in Domesday. 



61 In 1086 the king possessed 8 carucates, 3 bovates 

 as part of Rothley soke. 



68 Domesday assigns no land in Gaddesby to the 

 bishop of Lincoln, but credits him with an estate of 

 I 2 carucates in Great Dalby and South Croxton in 

 addition to one carucate in the former vill held of 

 him by an unnamed knight. It is possible that this 

 last represents the carucate here entered as in 

 Gaddesby. 



63 Probably representing the carucate held -by the 

 earl of Chester in 1086 as part of the sokeland of 

 Barrow. 



64 Not identified. 



65 Held by the Countess Judith in 1086 in two 

 portions of l carucates and half a carucate re- 

 spective'.y. 



66 Domesday assigns 4 carucates here to the Coun- 

 tess Judith. 



67 This may represent the carucate in Ashby which 

 Henry de Ferrers held in 1086 as appurtenant to his 

 manor of Newbold Folville. 



3 carucates. 



In MARDEGRAVE [Belgrave] the earl of 

 Leicester 12 carucates. 69 



In THURMEDESTON [Thurmaston] the same 

 earl (carucates). 70 



Also in BIRSTALL 9 carucates. 71 



Also in ANLEPIA [Wanlip] 7 carucates. 72 



Also in ANESTINGE [Anstey] 6 carucates. 73 



HUNDRED OF REARSBY 



In the same vill Richard Basset 5 carucates. 

 In the same place the earl of Chester 2^ caru- 

 cates. King David 4^ carucates. 74 



In QUENBURG [Queniborough] 12 carucates. 

 of the fee of Belvoir. 76 



68 The only entry relating to Humberstone in 

 Domesday assigns 9 carucates to Hugh de Grcnte- 

 maisnil, as sokeland of his manor of Ear! Shilton. Ralf 

 de Martinwast gave one virgate in Humberstone to 

 Leicester Abbey. 



63 Including the 7 carucates held in 1086 by Hugh 

 de Grentemaisnil and the one carucate possessed by 

 his wife Adeliz. 



70 The MS. is faulty here, the amount of the earl's- 

 holding not being stated. Domesdny assigns 10 ca- 

 rucates in Thurmaston to Hugh de Grentemaisnil as 

 held by him in demesne in addition to the 3-^ cr.ru- 

 cates accounted for above in Barkby Hundred. 



71 8 of these carucates are accounted for in Domes- 

 day, Hugh de Grentemaisnil possessing 6 of them 

 in chief, the remaining 2 being held of him by 

 ' Widard.' 



" Wanlip (assessed at 4 carucates) in Domesday 

 formed part of the forfeited estate of Earl Aubrey of 

 Northumbria, which in this county subsequently 

 passed to the earls of Leicester. Henry II early in 

 his reign confirmed 'six virgates ' in Wanlip to Lei- 

 cester Abbey of the gift of Richard 1'Abbe. (Man. 

 Angl. vi, 468.) 



73 Domesday only accounts for 2 carucates in An- 

 stey which were held by Hugh de Grentemaisnil in 

 demesne. That Hugh or his successors possessed a 

 larger estate in the vill is implied by the claim of the 

 monks of Leicester Abbey that Robert, the third can 

 of Leicester, gave them '24 virgates' (i.e. 6 caru- 

 cates) there ; the exact sum assigned to Anstey in the 

 present entry. (Man. Angl. vi, 464.) 



74 Each of these entries can be identified with a 

 corresponding entry in Domesday, in which, however, 

 the assessments are much lower than in the present 

 survey. The Basset holding above is represented in 

 Domesday by Robert de Buci's manor of if caru- 

 cates ; King David's estate by 2j carucates which 

 were held by Hugh Burdet of the Countess Judith ; 

 the z\ carucates possessed by the earl of Chester by 

 the i carucates held in 1086 by his predecessor as 

 part of Barrow soke. 



76 The only entry in Domesday relating to Queni- 

 borough ('Cuinburg') assigns 9 carucates there to 

 Geoffrey de Wirce. 



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