A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE In Chelredescote Geoffrey de Torevill I hide and 2 small virgates of the fee of the earl of Leicester.' HUNDRED OF NORTON In EssEBY [Ashby Canons] Stephen 2 hides and 8 small virgates of the fee of Hugh de Lega.2 In MoRTONA [Morton Pinkeney] Henry de Pinkeny I hide and a half.' In Wedona [Weedon Pinkeney] the same Henry 2 hides and 8 small virgates.* In Plomton [Plumpton] William Fitz Robert^ I hide and a half of the fee of 'Wahill.' In Slapton 4 hides of the fee of the earl of Leicester.* In Braddene [Bradden] Payn i hide (and) 4 small virgates.' There also Viel [Fitalh) Engayne I hide (and) 4 small virgates.* There also Ralf de Wandeville i hide (and) 2 small virgates.® In little Blacolvesle [Blakesley] '° Norman de St. Patrick'* 2 hides of the fee of Peverel '^ ' This is the unidentified manor.
- He held 10 knights' fees, in 1 166, of
Hugh, lord of Wahill, heir of the lord of •Wahill' who had 2| hides here in 1086. ^ As held by Ghilo (de Pinkeny) in 1086.
- Domesday assigns 3 hides there to Ghilo.
^ Styled William de Plumton under Blakesley below. ^ Probably an error for Chester. They were held of the earl of Chester in 1086. ' Held by 'David' as 1-;*^ hides in 1086.
- Held by William (Engayne) of Robert
de Buci, in 1086, as i-j*,- hides. ^ He held of the lord of Belvoir. This holding is not entered (as at Bradden) under Robert de Todeni's land in Domesday, but is probably included there in Sewell (see below). The above Survey accounts for exactly 4 hides, a total which confirms its accuracy. '0 Alias Woodend. " He gave two-thirds of the tithes of his demesne here, as a tenant of William Peverel, to Lenton Priory. Domesday gives 2 hides as held here by ' Walter ' of William Peverel. '* St. John of Jerusalem manor. Also {'tfm)y belonging to the hidage [hidagium) of Norton i hide and 7^ small virgates.'* In another Blacolvesle [Blakesley] the same (Norman) half a hide.'* There also Roger Golofre 3^ hides and half a small virgate.'* There also William de Plumton 2 hides (and) 2 small virgates.'® There also Gilbert I hide (and) a half and I small vir- gate of the fee of Berkamstede." Also in Selveston Otuer half a hide of the fee of Earl William.'* There also William de Caynes i hide of the fee of Morton' (s/V)." There also Henry de Pinkeny half a hide.^" In Maydeford [Maidford] Payn 2 hides (and) 2 small virgates.^' In Sewewell [Sewell] Ralf i hide (and) 6 small virgates.*^ In Pateshill' [Pateshull] 4 small virgates.*' " Domesday enters ' Blachcslewe ' as a ' member ' of (Green's) Norton, but without recording its hidage separately. '^ This must be the half hide which Robert (of Rhuddlan) held of the earl of Chester in 1086. '^ Golafre manor. Hugh de Gulafre held 3 knights' fees of William de Curcy in 1 166. The name seems to be preserved in some lands called ' CuUofres ' in Wood Blakesley mentioned in 1387. "^ Plumpton manor, held of the earls of Leicester by the Plumptons. It is not ac- counted for in Domesday. " This was the i^ hides held in 1086 by Sagrim of the count of Mortain. '* Held of Geoffrey de Mandeville by ' Ernald ' in 1086. The tenant above was doubtless Otuer de Boville, a considerable tenant of Earl Geoffrey (de Mandeville) in 1 166. Earl William succeeded in 1 167. '^ Held of the count of Mortain by Wil- liam (de Cahagnes) in 1086. 2'^ Held of Ghilo (de Pinkeny) by ' God- win ' in 1086. 2' Held by 'Hugh' of Hugh de Grent- maisnil, as 2 hides in 1086. Payn (de AIneto) held under the latter Hugh's successor, the earl of Leicester. " Sewell in Blakesley, held by Ralf (de Waundeville) of the Belvoir fi(ef). The lord of Belvoir is assigned 3|- hides there in 1086, but this doubtless includes Ralf's i hide and 2 small virgates under Bradden above.
- ' See note under Foxley, below (p. 373).
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