DORSET GELD ROLLS 



represents her demesne here. Part of Langton Herring (nos. 406 and cxxxix) was held by the wife of Hugh 

 fitz Grip. It was assessed at i .1 hide with 3 virgates in demesne. The rest of her demesne in this hundred 

 probably lay at Tatton (nos. 398 and cxxxi), assessed at 2 hides. The other portion of Tatton was held by 

 Aiulf the chamberlain (no. 345). It was assessed at 3 hides and was held by i thegn of Cerne Abbey T.R.E. 

 This thegn may be the one who holds of Aiulf in the Geld Rolls. The manor of Edwin the huntsman is 

 probably Shilvinghampton (no. 457), which lay in this hundred in 1285. '^ It was a divided vill in 1086, the 

 other portions being held by the Count of Mortain (no. 216), which would account for his demesne in this 

 hundred, and by the abbey of Abbotsbury (nos. 113 and Ix). Edwin's manor was assessed at 2^ hides, the 

 count's at i hide and i virgate (the amount of his exempt demesne), and Abbotsbury Abbey's manor, held 

 of the abbey by BoUo the priest, at i hide and i virgate. BoUo's demesne in this manor is probably the land 

 attached to the church of Fleet which he held (nos. 145b and xix). Fleet itself (nos. 1 1 and vii), which had 

 belonged to Earl Harold, belonged to this hundred in 1212'* and probably represents Earl Harold's land in 

 this hundred, although Exon. Domesday and the Exchequer text give the demesne as 3.' not 3 hides. Exon. 

 Domesday shows that Fulcred held the manor of Harold. 



This brings the hidage to 82I hides. In addition Elworth (no. 268) can be added to the hundred. In 1086 

 it was held by Ansfrid of William of Eu. In 1 212 it lay in Uggescombe hundred, and belonged to the honor 

 of Strigoil (later Chepstow)." In 1285 Puncknowle, Corton, and Bexington lay in this hundred. ^o In 1086 

 Puncknowle (nos. 397 and cxxx), assessed at 5 hides, was held by William de monasterio of the wife of Hugh 

 fitz Grip. Corton (no. 238) was held by Vitalis of Roger de Courseulles, and Bexington (nos. 326 and xcviii) 

 was held by Roger Arundel, although it is difficult to see why his demesne of 4 hides and I virgate was 

 omitted from the Geld Roll. This brings the total hidage of the hundred to 104 hides, the Geld Roll total. 



IV. EGGARDON HUNDRED 



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In Glochresdone hundreto sunt Ix et vi hide et In Eggardon hundred there are 66| hides. Of these 



dimidia. De his habent barones in dominio xx hidas the barons have in demesne 20' hides and \ virgate. 



et dimidiam et dimidiam virgam. De isto dominicatu Of this demesne the Abbot of Cerne has 1 1 hides, 



habet abbas Cerneliensis xi hidas et Rogerus and Roger Arundel 4 hides and i virgate, and 



Arondellus iiii^' hidas et i virgam (et) Brictuinus Brictuin the reeve 2.\ hides, and Hugh Gosbert 3 



prepositus ii hidas et dimidiam et Hugo Gausbertus virgates. The Count of Mortain i \ hide, and 2 king's 



iii virgas. Comes de Moritonio hidam et dimidiam et almsmen .' hide, and i thegn \ virgate. And from 3 1 



ii elemosinarii regis dimidiam hidam et i tagnus hides the king did not have geld. William 'the Goat' 



dimidiam virgam. Et de iii hidis et dimidia non holds these of Roger Arundel. From the rest of the 



habuit rex geldum. Has tenet Willelmus Capru de land the king has all his geld, that is £11, los. gd.^^ 



Rogero Arondello. De reliqua terra habet rex totum And because the 4 collectors of this money received 



geldum suum (scilicet xiii libras et x solidos et ix 12s. for land in another hundred, and because in 



denarios) et quia iiii congregatores huius pecunie their list was found 6s. above the number of hides, 



receperunt xii solidos pro terra alterius hundreti et they gave pledges, being in the king's mercy, 

 quia indicis eorum inventi sunt vi solidi super 

 numerum hidarum dederunt vadimonium in miseri- 

 cordia regis. 



In 1285 the Abbot of Cerne had 4 manors in this hundred, Winterbourne Abbas, Long Bredy, Nettle- 

 combe with Mappercombe, and Milton. -^ In 1086 Winterbourne Abbas (nos. 86 and xlix) was assessed at 10 

 hides, with 5 hides in demesne; Long Bredy (nos. 87 and 1) was assessed at 9 hides, with 3 hides in demesne; 

 Nettlecombe (nos. 88 and Ii) was assessed at 5 hides with li hide and '> virgate in demesne, and West 

 Milton (nos. 89 and Iii) was assessed at 4 hides with 2 hides in demesne. This brings the demesne of Cerne 

 Abbey in this hundred to 1 1 hides, 2.' virgates. In 1285, also, Roger Arundel's heirs held some manors in this 

 hundred, including Powerstock (nos. 327 and xcix) and Wraxall (nos. 328 and c).^"* Both manors were 

 subinfeudated in 1086. Part of Wraxall was held of Roger by a man called William, who may be identical 

 with William 'the Goat', although he held only 3 not 3.' hides. Powerstock was assessed at 6 hides and Wrax- 

 all at 10 hides. The manor of Chilcombe (no. 459), which lay in this hundred in 1285,-' was held by 

 Brictuin the reeve in 1086 and probably represents his exempt demesne here; it was assessed at 3 hides. 

 Hugh Gosbert held the manor of Woolcombe (Farm) (no. 498), assessed at 3 virgates, the amount of his 

 exempt demesne in the hundred. It was held T.R.E. by Dode the monk. In 1086 i virgate in the same vill 

 (no. 474) was held by Dodo, a king's thegn, who is probably the unnamed thegn with .' virgate. The Count 

 of Mortain held 2 manors assessed at i.\ hide, Brockhampton Green (no. 195) and Uploders (no. 206). 

 Half a hide in Uploders (no. 475) was held in 1086 by Alvric and Brictric, 2 king's thegns. It is possible 

 that they are the almsmen mentioned in the Geld Roll. Dodo held J hide in an unidentified locality of the 

 king in 1086 (no. 444) and had held of the queen in alms. If Uploders is the almsmen's manor, then the 

 count's manor is presumably Uploders also.^^ 



" Ibid. collectors received 12s. (2 hides) for land in another 



" Bk. of Fees, 93. hundred and 6s. (i hide) super numerum hidarum, 42 hides 



" Ibid. and J virgate actually paid geld. 



" Feud. Aids, ii. 5-7. " Feud. Aids, ii. 3. 



" The MS. has 4 (iiii) hides, the printed version, " Ibid. 1-3. 



3 (ill) hides. " Ibid. 3. 



" This is the geld on 45 hides and i virgate. Since the ^' See p. 13 in. 



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