DORSET GELD ROLLS 



The Abbess of Wilton held the manor of Philipston (Winburne) (no. 140), assessed at 3.' hides, the amount 

 of her exempt demesne. William of Eu's mother does not appear in the Domesday survey, but William 

 himself held 7.' hides in demesne at Long Crichel and Moor Crichel (no. 266), assessed at 12 hides. Aiulf 

 held part of Crichel [Chirce) (no. 351), assessed at 4 hides. The Count of Mortain had only i manor large 

 enough to have iii hides in demesne, Gussage All Saints (no. 192), which lay in this hundred in 1212.* 

 His manor of Knowlton (no. 191), held of him by Ansger, must belong to this hundred also. It was assessed 

 at 2 hides, which brings the total hidage to the Geld Roll figure of 36.^ hides. A woman held Cernel (no. 153) 

 of the count, assessed at li hide, but it seems unlikely that this manor could belong to Knowlton hundred. 

 It is more likely to have belonged to Dorchester hundred. 



XXIV. SIXPENNY HUNDRED 



In Sexpene hundret sunt 1 hide. Inde habet rex xi In Sixpenny hundred there are 50 hides. Thence the 

 libras et xv solidos et vi denarios et abbatissa habet king has j^^ii i^s. bdJ and the abbess has thence in 

 inde in dominio x hidas et iii virgas. demesne 10 hides and 3 virgates. 



This hundred was later amalgamated with Handley, also held entirely by the Abbess of Shaftesbury, to 

 form Sixpenny Handley hundred. In the 13th century this combined hundred contained Iwerne Minster, 

 Fontmell Magna, Melbury Abbas, and Compton Abbas as well as Handley. These 4 manors were held by 

 the abbess in 1086 (nos. 128-31) and were assessed at 15 hides (Fontmell), 10 hides (Compton), 10 hides 

 (Melbury), and 18 hides (Iwerne Minster), a total of 53 hides. The hidage of Iwerne Minster in the original 

 bequest of King Alfred to the abbess was 15 hides, * which would make the total 50 hides. The total in 

 demesne in the Domesday survey is 16 hides. 



XXV. HUNESBERGE HUNDRED 



In Hunesberge hundret sunt Ixxix hide. Inde habet In Hunesberge hundred there are 79 hides. Thence 



rex xvi libras et xviii solidos pro Ivi hidis et i virga the king has £16 i8.f. for 56 hides and ij virgate. 



et tercia parte unius virge. Et barones regis habent And the king's barons have thence in demesne 20 



inde in dominio xx hidas. De isto dominicatu comes hides. Of this demesne the Count of Mortain has 8 



de Moritonio habet viii hidas et i virgam et canonici hides and i virgate and the canons of Coutances 3 



Constantienses hides and 3 virgates. William of Moyon 4J hides less 



[f. 22] 4 acres. Aiulf 3! hides. And for 2I hides which 



iii hidas et iii virgas. Willelmus de Moione iiii hidas Alvred of Epaignes holds of the church of Glaston- 



et dimidiam iiii agros minus. Aiulfus iii hidas et bury the king did not have geld and from i virgate 



dimidiam. Et pro ii hidis et dimidia quas Alvredus which Robert holds of the wife of Hugh the king 



de Hispania tenet de Glastingeberiensi ecclesia non never had geld, 

 habuit rex geldum et de i virga quam tenet Rotbertus 

 de uxore Hugonis nunquam habuit rex geldum. 



The only manor of the Count of Mortain, apart from Gussage All Saints, large enough to have 8 hides and 

 I virgate in demesne is Blaneford (no. 194), which belonged to this hundred in 1212.' It was assessed at 10 

 hides. The canons of Coutances had only i manor in the whole of England, Winterborne Stickland (no. 142), 

 assessed at 8 hides, with 3 hides, 3 virgates, in demesne. William of Moyon's manor is probably Poleham 

 (nos. 276 and Ixxxvi), assessed at 10 hides, with 4 hides, i virgate, and 6 acres in demesne, the nearest figure 

 to the 4.' hides less 4 acres of the Geld Roll.'" Alvred held 2 hides at Okeford Fitzpaine (no. 64) of Glaston- 

 bury Abbey, assessed at 8 hides. No other land was held of the abbey by a man of this name, so he must be 

 Alvred of Epaignes, despite the discrepancy in hidage. Robert held the manor of Wintreburne (nos. 403 and 

 cxxxvi) of the wife of Hugh. According to Exon. Domesday de i virgata nunquam habuit Willelmus rex 

 geldum suum. It was assessed at i hide and i virgate. He also held the manor of Wintreburne entered 

 immediately before this one (nos. 402 and cxxxv), assessed at i ' hide. Probably both are part of Winter- 

 borne Stickland. Aiulf held part of Durweston (no. 346), assessed at 4?, hides. This manor lay in Pimperne 

 hundred at a later date," but since Hunesberge and Pimperne hundreds were amalgamated in the early 13th 

 century Aiulf 's manor could have lain in Hunesberge in the nth century. This brings the hidage up to 43 

 hides, I virgate. Shillingstone (no. 367), held by Schelin and assessed at 16 hides, probably lay here also. It 

 was originally called Shilling Okeford (Alford). Eyton added to this hundred Hammoon (nos. 277 and 

 Ixxxvii), held by Torstin of William of Moyon, Plumber (no. 453), held by Ralph of Swain, Fifehead Neville 

 (no. 307), held by Ingelram of Waleran, and Turnworth (no. 319), held by Alvred of Epaignes. Each of 

 these manors was assessed at 5 hides and they belonged to the hundred of Pimperne at a later date.'- This 

 brings the total hidage of Hunesberge hundred to 79 hides, i virgate, the Geld Roll total being 79 hides. 

 The other 2 manors in Durweston, held by Robert of the wife of Hugh (nos. 401 and cxxxiv) and William of 

 the Count of Mortain (no. 193), were assessed at 2 hides and 2| hides respectively. 



' Bk. of Fees, gi. ■» Eyton (Key to Domesday: Dorset, 131-2) identified 



' This is the geld on 38 hides, i virgate. this manor as Hazelbury Bryan. 



* See p. 42. " Feud. Aids, ii. 27. 



» Bk. of Fees, 87. " ibid. 27, 43. 



