DORSET GELD ROLLS 



held by the wife of Hugh. Their joint hidage amounted to 12 hides. The abbot's knights held 8 hides at 

 Sturminster Newton, divided between Waleran, Roger, and Chetel. Goscelm the king's cook also held 4 

 hides at Sturminster Newton and the wife of Hugh 7 hides and 1 1 virgate at Buckland Newton. These 

 manors and parts of manors amount to 31 hides, i^ virgate, as stated in the summary. Since the account 

 of the knights' 8 hides at Sturminster Newton does not mention either peasantry or ploughs, the figures 

 cannot be checked. Neither can the joint value be checked, since the land of Hugh's wife at Buckland 

 Newton was valued jointly with that of Warmund, who must be i of the 2 thegns mentioned. Warmund 

 held 2 hides at Buckland and Ulviet held Colway (no. 68), assessed at 3 hides, and held it T.R.E. also. 

 Five hides is the amount mentioned in the summary as being held by the 2 thegns. The joint value for the 

 land of the thegns and knights in the summary is £^3 i°^- The total value of all the subinfeudated land in 

 Domesday is ^^34 los. 



(3) As stated in the summary, there is land for 105 ploughs on the 5 manors of Sturminster Newton, 

 Okeford Fitzpaine, Buckland Newton, Woodyates, and Colway. 



[f- 530b] 



Rotbertus filius Giroldi habet in Wiltesira et in Robert fitz Ceroid has 18 manors in Wiltshire and 



Dorseta x et viii mansiones. In his habentur Ixx et Dorset. In these he has 77 hides. This land is 



vii hide. Hec terra sufficit 1 et iiii carrucis et dimidie sufficient for 540 ploughs and is valued at ^84 los. 



et est appreciata Ixxx et iiii libras et x solidos. De his Of these Robert has 28 hides and 3 virgates in 



habet R. xx et viii hidas et iii virgas in dominio et demesne and it is worth ^27 10^. to him. His men 



valet sibi xx et vii libras et x solidos. Cetera habent have the rest. The same Robert has 2 manors in 



homines sui. Idem Rotbertus habet ii mansiones in Somerset in which he has 15 hides which 22 ploughs 



Sumerseta in quibus habentur xv hidas quas possunt can plough and it is worth £21, to Robert. His men 



arare xx et ii carruce et valet R. xx et iii libras. have the rest. Robert fitz Ceroid has in Wiltshire and 



Cetera habent homines sui. Robertus filius Ciroldi Dorset and Somerset 20 manors. In these he has 92 



habet in Wiltesira et in Dorseta et in Sumesiseta (sic) hides. This land is sufficient for 76! ploughs and is 



XX mansiones. In his habentur nonaginta et ii hidas. valued at j^i 13 10^. Of these Robert fitz Ceroid has 



Hec terra sufficit Ixx et vi carrucis et dimidie et est 38 hides and 3 virgates in demesne and it is worth 



appreciata c et xiii libras et x solidos. De his habet R. £^0 los. to him. His men have the rest. 

 filius Giroldi xxx et viii hidas et iii virgas in dominio 

 et valet sibi 1 libras et x solidos. Cetera habent 

 homines sui. 



Notes 



(i) Robert fitz Ceroid had 4 manors in Dorset (nos. 239-42) and 10 manors in Wiltshire. One of his 

 Wiltshire manors had been held pro ii maneriis T.R.E., and of his manors in Dorset, Corfe Mullen was 

 held by Wada and Egelric T.R.E., Leigh was held by 2 thegns T.R.E., and Ranston by 2 brothers in 

 parage T.R.E. If each of these 3 manors was counted as 2 then the figure of 18 manors given in the summary 

 would be correct. 



(2) The total hidage of Robert's Dorset and Wiltshire manors was 77 hides and 2.\ virgates, approxi- 

 mating to the 77 hides of the summary, and there was land for 59I not 54.' ploughs. Robert had •][. hides in 

 demesne at Corfe Mullen and a total of 28 hides and i virgate in demesne in Wiltshire, considerably more 

 than the 28 hides and 3 virgates given in the summary. The total value of these manors is ^84 ids., as in the 

 summary. 



(3) The 2 manors of Robert fitz Ceroid in Somerset were assessed at 15 hides, with land for 22 ploughs, 

 6 hides being in demesne. The total value T.R.E. was ^^28. In 1086 Charlton Musgrove rendered ^6, and 

 the other manor 100 cheeses and 10 bacons. 



(4) The combined assessment of Robert's manors in the 3 counties is 92 hides, zh virgates, which 81 i 

 ploughs could plough. The total value of the manors in 1086 was £()0 los., i of the Somerset manors not 

 being valued in money. The total demesne in the Exchequer text was 41 hides, 3 virgates, not 38 hides, 3 

 virgates. 



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