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in point, although the estates of the various tenants of the 

 bishop are not styled " manors." Robert of Ouilly held Bicester 

 (Oxon.) for two manors, 1 and Roger of Ivry held Fulbrook for 

 four manors, 2 and before the Conquest five thegns held 

 Hampton for five manors. 3 Many good examples of vills 

 divided into manors are to be found in the eastern counties. 

 Horndon (Essex) was divided into five manors, as follows : 



" William holds Horndon of the Bishop of London, which God- 

 win, a freeman, held for one manor and i hides." 4 



" Garner holds Horndon of Count Eustace, which Uluric, a free- 

 man, held for one manor and two hides and 50 acres." 5 



" Aluric the priest, a freeman, held Horndon for one manor & 

 two hides and 30 acres. . . . Pagan holds this manor of Swegen." 6 



"THE LAND OF HUGH OF ST. QUINTIN,, 

 " Winge held Horndon T. R. E. for one manor and for i J hides." 7 



"THE LAND OF EDWARD FITZ ALGOT. 



" Two freemen held Horndon T. R. E. for one manor and for 

 2^ hides & 15 acres." 8 



Other examples can easily be found. 



Traces of this division of vills may be found at the present 

 day, where we have a number of villages bearing the same 

 name with distinguishing affixes or suffixes. In Oxfordshire 

 we have Great Tew, Little Tew, and Duns Tew ; Barford St. 

 Michael and Barford St. John ; Great Rollright and Little Roll- 

 right ; Chipping Norton and Over Norton. But the classical 

 instance of this division of a vill is the Norfolk example 

 of Burnham Deepdale, Burnham Norton, Burnham Westgate, 

 Burnham Sutton, Burnham Thorpe, and Burnham Overy. 9 



Further, portions of a vill could be annexed to manors 

 in other vills. Abington (Cambs.) was assessed at 5 hides. 

 Of these Hugh Pincerna held 2 hides and 2^ virgates as a 



1 D. B., I. 158 a 2. 2 Id., 158 b 2. 3 Id., 1 60 b. 2. 



< Id., II. 12. 5 Id., 26. 6 Id., 42. 



7 Id., 93. 8 Id., 93 b. 9 D. B. and B., 367 n. 



