LEICESTERSHIRE SURVEY 



HUNDRED OF THRUSSINGTON 



In the same vill Thomas 10 carucates and 4 vir- 

 gates (sic). 100 In the same vill Roger de Mow- 

 bray 14 bovates. 101 



In WILGES [Willoughes in Ragdale] 2 caru- 

 cates of the same fee. 102 



In RACHEDAL [Ragdale] 6 carucates of the 

 same fee. 103 



In HOUBIA [Hoby] 7 carucates and i virgate 

 of the fee of Thomas. 104 In the same place 4 

 carucates and 3 virgates of the fee of Albe- 

 marle. 106 



HUNDRED OF TONGE 



In the same vill with (its) appendages 1 2 caru- 

 cates of the fee of Robert de Ferrers. 106 



In CAGGWORTH [Kegworth] the earl of Chester 

 15 carucates. 107 



In WRDINTONA [Worthington] 3 carucates 

 according to the king's charter, and according 

 to the statement (dictum) of the men of the hun- 

 dred 12 carucates. 108 



100 Domesday assigns 18 carucates in Thrussington 

 to Guy de Reinbudcurt, a sum which clearly includes 

 the 1\ carucates assigned to Thomas in Hoby. It is 

 probable that the figures assigned to the land of 

 Thomas in Thrussington and Hoby really represent a 

 total of 1 8 carucates ; for the ' 4 virgates ' of the present 

 entry is clearly a mistake, since 4 virgates= I carucate. 

 If we read 3 virgates here the land of Thomas will be 

 divided between lof carucates in Thrussington and 

 yj carucates in Hoby the whole assessment exactly 

 amounting to the Domesday total of 1 8 carucates. 

 Thrussington and Hoby are adjoining vills. 



lul No trace of any holding in Thrussington can be 

 discovered in the Domesday entries relating to the 

 land of Geoffrey de Wirce, Roger de Mowbray's pre- 

 decessor. On the other hand it seems not im- 

 probable that these 14 bovates represent part of the 

 2 carucates which Domesday assigns to Robert de Buci 

 in the neighbouring vill of Ratcliffe on the Wreak. 

 Robert's land in Ragdale and Willoughes adjoining 

 had passed to Roger de Mowbray, and RatclifFe is 

 altogether omitted from the present survey. 



101 Held by Hugh of Robert de Buci in 1086. 



103 Held by Hugh of Robert de Buci in 1086. 



104 Included in the 1 8 carucates which Domesday 

 assigns to Thrussington. See above, note 100. 



106 Domesday assigns 3 \ carucates in Hoby to Dru 

 de Beurere. 



1M Domesday assigns 21^ carucates to Henry de 

 Ferrers in ' Tunge cum omnibus appendiciis.' 



107 As in Domesday. 



108 The present entry is of great importance as 

 implying that these Leicestershire hundreds possessed 

 a court, or at least were capable of collectively pro- 

 nouncing an opinion on matters relating to assessment. 

 Compare the verdict of the men of Grantham hun- 

 dred, Lincolnshire (Domesday, i, 3 3 -jb). The matter in 

 dispute on the present occasion is not quite simple. 

 In 1086 Henry de Ferrers appears as holding 25^ 

 carucates in Tonge and Worthington combined 



HUNDRED OF LOUGHBOROUGH 



In the same vill I hide and 13 carucates with 

 appendages. 109 



In CHERLEGA [Charley] 6 carucates and a 



half. 110 



In DIXELEIA [Dishley] and in GEROLDON 

 [Garendon] and in Thorpe (Acre) 9 carucates. 111 



In HANTIRNA [Hathern] there is half a 

 hide. 112 



HUNDRED OF BELTON 



In the same vill Norman de Verdon 6 ca- 

 rucates. 113 



The verdict of the hundredmen however 

 implies that Worthington and Tonge each represented 

 one of the 1 2-carucate units common in these parts, 

 the discrepancy being very probably explained by the 

 doubtful attribution of the ' appendages ' of Tonge, 

 such as Breedon and Wilson, for fiscal purposes, to 

 Worthington or to Tonge itself. But the matter is 

 complicated by the reference to the king's charter, 

 for it is doubtful whether the charter was concerned 

 with the distribution of the assessment of Tonge and 

 Worthington or whether it dealt with a quite different 

 matter, of which a hint is given by Domesday itself. 

 In the latter record Henry de Ferrers is assigned 4 ca- 

 rucates in Worthington, but we are also told that 

 'Alwin claims the soke of I carucate of this land say- 

 ing that it belongs to the king's manor of Sheepshed.' 

 Now the present survey enters i carucate in Worth 

 ington as belonging to Belton hundred, which may 

 very well represent the disputed carucate of 1086, 

 and it seems probable that the object of the king's 

 charter was to decide the dispute against Henry 

 (or Robert) de Ferrers, leaving him with 3 carucates 

 in Worthington. In this way the difference between 

 the assessment of Tonge and Worthington in the 

 present survey and in Domesday will become reduced 

 to half a carucate 24 carucates here as against 24^ 

 carucates in 1086 the disputed fourth carucate in 

 Worthington going to Belton hundred. 



109 Loughborough belonged in 1086 to earl H u gh 

 of Chester, and had been sublet by him to a number 

 of tenants whose united holdings amount to 19 caru- 

 cates. It is probable that the ' appendages ' of Lough- 

 borough extended among the vills east of Soar, which 

 are omitted from the present survey. 



110 In 1066 Earl Hugh held 4 carucates in Charley 

 as part of Barrow soke. 



111 It would seem that this entry deals with part of 

 the land which Domesday surveys under Dishley and 

 Thorpe Acre and assigns to the king. Domesday, 

 however, assigns him I hide in Dishley and 5 caru- 

 cates in Thorpe Acre. 



"'This represents half the assessment of Hathern 

 according to the present document, for 9 carucates are 

 entered below as forming part of Diseworth hundred. 

 On the other hand the only entry in Domesday relat- 

 ing to Hathern assigns 3 carucates there and in Dishley 

 to the earl of Chester. 



113 Apparently this is one of the omissions of Domes- 

 day. As Norman de Verdon had received considerable 

 grants of crown lands elsewhere in the county, Belton 

 was probably a royal manor in 1086, but it is difficult 



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