A HISTORY OF DORSET 



Rloreton (no. 461) and Robert 3 hides in the same vill (no. 204) of the Count of Mortain. The rest 

 of Brictuin's demesne in this hundred must be at Galton (no. 462), assessed at 2 hides, i \ virgate, since 

 Osmund the baker's manor in this hundred must be Gahon (no. 507), assessed at i hide and .' virgate, the 

 amount of his exempt demesne. The Abbot of Mihon held Holworth (nos. 104 and Ixxviii), assessed at 5 

 hides, but both Exon. Domesday and the Exchequer text give the demesne as 3 hides. Warmwell was a 

 divided vill in 1086, i hide being held by Robert of the Count of Mortain (no. 205), i.\ hide by Turold of 

 the wife of Hugh (nos. 410 and cxliii), and 2.J. hides by William (INIalbank) of Earl Hugh (no. 226). William 

 (Malbank) held i virgate at Warmwell which never paid geld, but the Geld Roll does not mention it. In 

 1275 Mayne, belonging to the Knights Hospitallers, lay in the hundred of Winfrith.'''' In 1285 Mayne 

 Ospitalis (Frver INIavne) and Mayne Syrard (Little Mayne (Farm)) lay in CuUifordtree hundred and 

 Mayne Martel (Broadmayne) in the hundred of St. George.'*' It is possible, however, that the 2 manors of 

 Broadmayne and Little Mayne lay in Celberge hundred in 1084. Both were held by William (Malbank) of 

 Earl Hugh in 1086 (nos. 223, 224) and were assessed at 3 hides and 2 hides respectively. This gives a 

 total hidage of 49 hides and 3 virgates, i hide and 3 virgates short of the Geld Roll figure. 



XXXII. DORCHESTER HUNDRED (ST. GEORGE) 



In Dorecestre hundret sunt Ixxiii hide et i virga. In Dorchester (St. George) hundred there are 73 



Inde habet rex xvi libras et ix solidos et ii denarios hides and i virgate. Thence the king has £\b()s. zd.'^ 



pro Iv hidis dimidia virga minus. Inde habent barones for 55 hides less ' virgate. Thence the barons have 



in dominio xiiii hidas. De isto dominicatu habet in demesne 14 hides. Of this demesne the wife of 



uxor Hugonis iii hidas et i virgam et comes de Hugh has 3 hides and i virgate, and the Count of 



INIoritonio v virgas et Hugo de Nemore Herberti i Mortain 5 virgates, and Hugh de Boscherbert i hide 



hidam et dimidiam virgam. and i virgate. Hugh de St. Quintin 2 hides. The 



[f. 23b] Countess of Boulogne 4 hides. William Belct 2 hides 



Hugo de Sancto Quintino ii hidas. Comitissa and i\ virgate. And from i hide which Walchelin 



Boloniensis iiii hidas. Willelmus Belet ii hidas et holds of the Count of Mortain the king did not have 



virgam et dimidiam. Et de i hida quam tenet geld and from 2 hides and i virgate \\ hich Ralph the 



Walchelinus de comite de Moritonio non habuit rex clerk holds of the Count of Mortain the king did not 



geldum et de ii hidis et i virga quas tenet Radulfus have geld and from \ virgate which Ansger holds of 



clericus de comite de Moritonio non habuit rex the Count of Mortain the king did not have geld and 



geldum et de dimidia virga quam tenet Ansgerus de from i hide which William Belet holds of William of 



comite de Moretonio non habuit rex geldum et de i Eu the king did not have geld, 

 hida quam tenet W' illelmus Belet de Willelmo de Ou 

 non habet rex geldum. 



The wife of Hugh had 3 hides in demesne at Wintrehurne (nos. 376 and cviii), the nearest figure to the 

 Geld Rolls. This manor must be Martinstown in Winterborne St. Martin which lay in the hundred in 

 1285.'" It was assessed at 6 hides. The numerous manors called Cerne may be presumed to lie in this 

 hundred. The Count of Mortain held 2'. hides in Cerne (no. 158) which probably represents his exempt 

 demesne; Ralph held Cerne (no. 157) of him, and since this is the only manor in Dorset held of the count 

 by a man called Ralph he must be identical with Ralph the clerk. Ansger held 2 manors called Cerne 

 (nos. 156, 159) of the count. Ralph's manor was assessed at 3 hides, and the manors of Ansger at 3 hides and 

 2 hides respectively. Walchelin is not recorded as a tenant of the count in the Domesday survey. Hugh de 

 Boscherbert's manor in this hundred must be Cernel (no. 360), assessed at i ' hide, since his only other manor 

 must lie in L^ggescomhe hundred. Hugh de St. Quintin's manor in this hundred must be Stinsford (no. 358), 

 assessed at 2 hides, 2.' virgates. It lay in the hundred of St. George in 1285, when it belonged to the heirs 

 of John Quintin. s" Part of Stinsford was held by Aiulf of Brictuin (no. 464). It was assessed at 2'. virgates. 

 The Countess of Boulogne held the manor of Bockhampton (nos. 513 and xxxvi), assessed at 4 hides. 

 According to Exon. Domesday there were 2 hides in demesne. VVilliam Belet held Frome Billet (no. 491), 

 assessed at 3 hides. In 1285 Frome Billet, Frome Whitfield, Bradford Peverell, and Charminster lay in the 

 hundred. 5' Bradford (no. 257), assessed at 17 hides, was held by William of William of Eu. This is probably 

 the manor held of William of Eu by William Belet. Frome Whitfield was de baronia Winterborne St. Martin. 

 Immediately following Martinstown in the Domesday survey is a manor called Frome (nos. 377 and cix) 

 held bv ^^'illiam of the wife of Hugh. This may be Frome Whitfield. It was assessed at 4 hides. The Bishop 

 of Salisbury held Charminster (no. 32), assessed at 10 hides, with 2 carucates in demesne. This brings the 

 hidage of the hundred to 59 hides and i virgate. Bretel held Frome (no. 160), assessed at i hide, of the Count 

 of Mortain and William held Frome (no. 154), assessed at 4 hides, of the same. Eyton identified these 2 

 manors as Frome Bonvile or Bomston, now represented by Bhonipston Farm in Stinsford. *- A woman held 

 i\ hide in Cernel of the count (no. 153), and another woman held ih hide in Cernel of the Bishop of 

 Salisbury (no. 50). Aiulf held il hide in Cerne of Milton Abbey (nos. 108 and Ixxxii). This brings the 

 total to 68 hides, 3 virgates, 4' hides below the Geld Roll total. 



■•« Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), i. 103. 5° Ibid. 18. 



«' Feud. Aids, ii. 18-1Q, 31. " Ibid. 17. 



*^ The jjeld on 55 hides less i virgate is ^£16 gs. ^d. " Eyton, Key to Domesday : Dorset, 123-4; cf. Fager- 



••' Feud. Aids, ii. 17. sten, Place-Names of Dorset, 184. 



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