A HISTORY OF DORSET 



St. Maty (no. 336), but no tenant is recorded in Domesday. In Uggescombe hundred a 

 thegn held 2h hides of Aiulf, probably at Tatton (no. 345). In Godderthorn hundred 

 Berenger Giffard had i| hide and ^ virgate which his predecessor held of him at farm. 

 Berenger's only Dorset manor was Bredy (Farm) (no. 317), held T.R.E. by Harding, 

 but he is not recorded as a tenant in 1086. In CuUifordtree hundred William Belet had 



1 hide in demesne and a thegn cuius ipsa terra fuerat held 5 virgates of him at farm. The 

 manor in question must be Winterborne Belet (no. 493) which belonged to the hundred 

 at a later date and which was held by two thegns T.R.E. , but Domesday does not 

 mention the tenure of this thegn in 1086. In Cajiendone hundred a thegn held 2 hides 

 and I virgate at farm of the king. This is the hidage of Hampreston (nos. 19 and xxv) 

 which William Belet held of the queen according to Exon. Domesday and which Saul 

 held T.R.E. Neither Exon. Domesday nor the Exchecjuer text mentions the thegn. The 

 Geld Rolls also reveal that Robert de Oilly held at farm the manors of Countess Goda 

 which the king held in 1086. 



The Geld Rolls also supply surnames for some of the persons mentioned only by 

 their Christian names in the Exchequer text. In Whitchurch hundred William de estra 

 is named as a tenant of the Count of Mortain, with i hide of land, half of which was in 

 the king's farm. His manor can be identified as Cerneli (no. 212), where, according to 

 the Exchequer text, \ hide fuit de dominica firma Cerne T.R.E. In Celeberge hundred 

 Robert fitz Ivo held i virgate which never paid geld, probably Morden (no. 172), 

 and in CuUifordtree hundred the same Robert held i hide of the count, probably part of 

 Stafford (no. 155). In Dorchester hundred Ralph the clerk held 2 hides, i virgate, 

 which must be Cerne (no. 157), the only manor held of the count by a man called 

 Ralph. In Beaminster hundred William Malbank had i virgate of Earl Hugh, which 

 must be at Catsley (no. 229). In Dorchester hundred William Belet had i hide of 

 William of Eu, probably part of Bradford Peverell (no. 257). In Combsditch hundred 

 William de monasterio had 3 virgates of William de Aldrie which never paid geld. 

 William de Aldrie does not appear as a tenant-in-chief in Dorset, but he was the 

 steward of William of Eu and appears as his tenant in Wiltshire. In the Dorset Domes- 

 day WiUiam of Eu held Blandford St. Mary (no. 261), where there was | hide which 

 never paid geld. Despite the difference in hidage this is likely to have been the piece of 

 land mentioned in the Geld Rolls, since it was held of William of Eu by another William, 

 probably either William de Aldrie or William de monasterio. In Glochresdotie hundred 

 William 'the Goat' had 3^ hides of Roger Arundel. The only land held of Roger by a 

 man called William was three hides at Wraxall (nos. 328 and c) and this William can 

 presumably be identified as William 'the Goat'. In Hunesberge hundred Alvred of 

 Epaignes had zh hides of the abbey of Glastonbury, which must be the land held by 

 Alvred at Okeford Fitzpaine (no. 64), although he is said in the Exchequer text to hold 



2 not 2-|- hides. This, however, is the only land of the abbey held by a man of this name. 

 In Badbury hundred Hugh Maminot held 4 hides and i virgate of the Bishop of Lisieux 

 (Gilbert Maminot). He is not recorded as the bishop's tenant in the Exchequer text, 

 but it is not unlikely that he did hold of him since several of the bishop's manors went 

 to endow Maminot's daughter. 



The Geld Rolls are particularly helpful in the identification of the king's thegns 

 since they supply distinguishing names such as 'the huntsman' or 'the reeve'. Edwin the 

 huntsman (venator) had 2 hides and h virgate in demesne in Uggescombe hundred, 



3 hides and h virgate in Combsditch hundred, 2 hides and 3 virgates in Langeberge 

 hundred, and 2 hides and one virgate in Pimperne hundred. His manors in these 

 hundreds can be identified as Shilvinghampton (no. 457), the two manors oi Bleneford{e) 



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