A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE 



In OVERTON [Coleorton] Richard Basset 4 ca- 

 rucates. 114 



In WRDINTON [Worthington] I carucate. 116 



In another OVERTON [? Coleorton] Robert de 

 Ferrers 2 carucates. 116 In the same place the 

 earl of Chester I carucate. 117 



In STANTON [Staunton Harold] Robert de 

 Ferrers 2 carucates. 118 In the same place Norman 

 de Verdon 3 carucates. 119 



In DAILESCROFT [ ] Philip de 



Beauchamp, Marshal, I carucate. 130 



In DONINTON [Castle Donington] the earl of 

 Chester 22 carucates and a half with appen- 

 dages. 121 



In WITEWIC [Whitwick] the earl of Leicester 

 i carucate and a half. 123 In the same place 

 Robert de Ferrers i carucate and a half. 123 



HUNDRED OF DISEWORTH 



In the same vill Robert de Ferrers 6 carucates 

 and i virtiate. The earl of Chester 6 carucates. 

 In the same place the earl (? of Chester) 3 caru- 

 cates and a half. Norman de Verdon i carucate 

 and 2 bovates. 124 



In HANTHIRN [Hathern] 9 carucates. 136 



to account for its 6 carucates among the figures given 

 in the terra rfgis by Domesday. It may also be noted 

 that in the present survey Norman de Verdon appears 

 as holding land in the adjoining vill of Long Whatton, 

 which is not accounted for by Domesday. 



114 Held of Robert de Buci by Warin in 1086. 



115 See above, note 1 08. 



116 Henry de Ferrers in 1086. 



117 Not entered by name in Domesday. 



"* Hugh de Grentemaisnil held this amount of land 

 in Staunton Harold in 1086, but it is not easy to 

 account for its transfer to the Ferrers family. 



19 The estate represented by this holding cannot 

 be traced in Domesday. 



' Dailescroft ' has not yet been identified. 



11 Entered in Domesday as a former possession of 

 the countess ' Alveva.' Domesday, however, assigns 

 5 carucates in Castle Donington to Earl Hugh of 

 Chester, which do not appear in the present survey. 



'^ Domesday assigns half a carucate in Whitwick to 

 Hugh de Grentemaisnil. 



:3 Not entered by name in Domesday. 



1:4 The only entry in Domesday referring to Disc- 

 worth by name assigns 3 carucates there to William 

 Loveth. The proportion of this vill which is un- 

 surveyed by name in Domesday, is so large and divided 

 among so many tenants in chief that we cannot sup- 

 pose its assessment to be included without specification 

 among the assessment of other vills, so that to all 

 seeming we have here another instance of a consider- 

 able omission made in the completed survey by the 

 Domesday scribes. 



1>J See above, note 112. 



In WIDESERS [ ] 3 carucates (the 



land) of William de Gresel' (Gresley). 126 



In LINTONA [Linton, Derbyshire] the same, 

 I carucate. 137 



In BLAKEFORDEB' [Blackfordby] the earl of 

 Leicester 3 carucates. 128 



In CULVERTEB' [Kilwardby in Ashby de la 

 Zouch] 2 carucates, 129 also Robert de Ferrers 

 I carucate. 130 



In WODETE [Woodcote in Ashby de la Zouch] 

 Robert de Ferrers I carucate and a half. 131 



In ALTON [Alton Grange] the earl of Leicester 



1 carucat* and a half. 132 



In RAVENESTON [Ravenstone] the same, i 

 virgate and a half. In the same place the earl 

 of Chester 3 virgates and a half. Also the Earl 

 Warenne (?) (comes War 1 ) 2 carucates. 133 



In SUIPESTONA [Snibston] Hugh the sheriff 



2 carucates. 134 



HUNDRED OF SEAL 



In the same vill Robert de Ferrers 7 caru- 

 cates. 138 



In another SEYLA [Over Seal] the same, 

 6 carucates. 136 



26 In 1086 3 carucates in 'Windesers' (a name 

 which eludes identification) were held of Henry de 

 Ferrers by Nigel. The present entry proves Nigel to 

 be identical with Nigel de Stafford, a considerable 

 tenant in chief in South Derbyshire, and the founder 

 of the Derbyshire family of Gresley. 



127 Held by Nigel of Henry de Ferrers in 1086. 



128 See note 132. 

 119 See note 132. 



130 Not identified in Domesday. 



131 Domesday assigns 2 carucates in 'Udecote' to 

 Henry de Ferrers. Possibly the odd half carucate 

 may represent part of the Kilwardby entry above. 



138 Domesday assigns i carucates in ' Heletone ' to 

 Hugh de Grentemaisnil, a sum which is exactly 

 equalled by the present i| carucates together with the 

 3 carucates in Blackfordby and the 2 carucates in 

 Kilwardby, assigned above to Hugh's successor, the 

 earl of Leicester. 



133 Of the three distinct holdings specified in this 

 entry Domesday only accounts for the last, which 

 apparently represents the 2 carucates which William 

 Buenvaslet held in 1086 in ' Ravenstorp.' 



134 Hugh the sheriff aRas Hugh ' of Leicester ' ap- 

 pears below as holding land in Packington, which is 

 assigned by Domesday to Coventry Abbey. It is prob- 

 able that these 2 carucates in Snibston, which does 

 not appear by name in Domesday, were included in 

 the 8J carucates at which Packington was assessed in 

 1086. Hugh's occupancy of the land in question can 

 have been only temporary, for Packington remained a 

 possession of Coventry Abbey until the dissolution, 

 when Snibston appears as a member of it. 



135 Held by Robert of Henry de Ferrers in io8& 

 138 Ibid. 



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