A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE small virgate of Wahill.' There also of the fee of the king of Scotland {Sloc') 3 small vir- gates.* There also Turgis de Quenton' 6 small virgates of the same fee.* There also Walter Fitz Wym[er] 6 small virgates of the fee of Olney.* In Hakelington' [Hackleton] Nortgold' I hide.* There also Turgis de Quenton' half a hide. There also the monks of North- ampton I hide.* There also William de Lisurs half a hide of the fee of Olney. There also Walter Fitz Wynem[er] 8 small virgates of the same fee.* In CuGEHO [Cooknoe] William i hide (and) a half (and) i virgate. In Whiston William a hide and a half of the fee of the abbot of Rammes[eye].* There also king David i great virgate.^ In DoDiNGTON [Denton] the same King i hide.'" There also Walter Fitz Wynem[er] 6 small virgates of the fee of Rammeseya. There also William de Wytendon' 10 small virgates of the abbot of Rammeseye. » Held of Walter the Fleming (of ' Wa- hill') in 1086 by Alouf's father Otbert as 2 hides.
- Entered in Domesday as I virgate.
- Which were held of the Countess Judith,
in 1086, as half a hide, by Turbern.
- Held of the bishop of Coutances as 3 vir-
gates, in 1086, by Turbern.
- These appear to represent the 2 hides
which was Countess Judith's holding there in 1086. ^ Which his father Winemar had held of the bishop of Coutances, in 1086, as half a hide. ^ At Cooknoe, in 1086, Norgiold had held 3^ virgates of Guy de ' Reinbuedcurt ' and 3 virgates of the Countess Judith. These two holdings are represented by that of William above.
- As Domesday assigns Ramsey Abbey 3
hides in Whiston and Denton, this would leave it i| hides in Denton. ^ Entered as one virgate in Domesday.
- ° This seems to be the 'one hide' there
which is entered immediately after Whiston on the Countess Judith's fief in Domesday.
- ' The Ramsey holding here was only i^
hides according to Domesday (see note * above), but, as Winemar held half a hide here of the Countess Judith in 1086, the Domes- In EssEBY [Castle Ashby] and Chaddes- ton' [Chadstone] William Fitz Clarembald 3 hides and a half." In Gerdele [Yardley] and Grendone 7 hides and I virgate less {sic) of the fee of king David." HUNDRED AND A HALF OF HECHAM In Eston' [Easton Mauduit] and Strixton Michael de Hampslape 3 hides (and) a half and a great virgate.'* There also Payn i great virgate. In Bosesete [Bozeat] king David 2 hides.'* In Neweton' [Newton Bromswold] Al- nochus de Bidun 2 hides (and) a half less (m).'« In WoLASTON (are) 5 hides (and) half a virgate of the fee of Chokes. There also Corbelin 2 hides less half a virgate of the fee of king David.'* In Haregrave Ralf de Foleville 3 small virgates. There also Richard and Roger de day total for Denton was 3 hides (including the first of the holdings above). The hold- ings may be confused in the text above. '^ Held as I J hides in Chadstone by Drogo de ' Bevreire ' and 1 1 hides in Ashby by (Hugh under) the Countess Judith in 1086. '^ Domesday assigns to the Countess Ju- dith 3 hides and 2 virgates in Grendon and 3^ hides in Yardley. The total would be 7 hides, which is the amount given above, if we omit 'and I virgate less' as an error. '* This certainly comprises the nameless 2 hides and 3 virgates in Higham Hundred which Winemar, Michael's predecessor, held in 1086. It is possible that the excess re- presents the 3 virgates in ' Hantone ' which follow immediately in Domesday and which have not been identified. '* Domesday assigns 2 hides in all to the Countess Judith there. '^ Held of the bishop of Coutances as 2 hides less half a virgate in 1086. 'Alnochus* represents the name usually given as ' Hale- naldus ' or ' Hanelaldus.' " Domesday gives the'Cioches' holding there as 5 hides. '* In Domesday Corbelin holds 2 hides there of the Countess Judith, who had also the ' soc ' of another hide there. 376
