THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SURVEY Tracy 3 virgates of the socage of Foxton.' There also the earl of Leicester half a hide.* In Brikelesworth [Brixworth] Simon Fitz Simon 8 hides (and) a half of the fee of Corey. There also Alfred i hide and i virgate of the fee of Salesbyrs [sic).^ In Thorp' by Northampton [Kingsthorpe] 5 hides less i virgate.* In MuLTON, of the socage of Torp' i hide (and) a half and (a) bovate.^ And in Weston I hide.* HUNDRED OF SPELEHO In Abendon' [Abington] Humfrey de Bas- singburne 4 hides. ^ In Weston Richard 4 hides.' In Billingge Parva (there are) 4 hides.^ In Billingge Magna (there are) 4 hides. ^ In Oveston' [Overstone] Gilbert de Milers 4 hides.'" In MuLTON 2 hides and 4 small virgates of ' Domesday enters as appurtenant to Faxton 2 hides and 3^ virgates in Wold and Walgrave.
- Which Robert had held of the count of
Mortain in 1086. ' Here is more alienation of Crown de- mesne. All Brixworth had belonged to the King in 1086, when it was entered as of gi hides. De Courcy's share may have been granted in the first instance to William Meschin.
- 4 hides and 3 virgates (the same amount)
in Domesday.
- Entered in Domesday, for the same
amount, as appurtenant to Kingsthorpe. ^ Richard [Engaine] held them in 1086. ' These 4 hides seem to be represented in Domesday by the i hide appurtenant to the king's manor of (Kings)thorpe (see note * above) and the 2^ hides of the count of Mor- tain (fo. 223) ; but this leaves the Count's 2f hides on fo. 224 unaccounted for.
- Domesday assigns 3 hides i^ virgates
there to Gunfrei de Cioches and 2^ virgates to the count of Mortain. This would ac- count for exactly 4 hides. But Domesday also assigns the Count 4^ virgates there which are surplus. 8 Held by Gilbert the Cook in 1086. '" Ovcrston is not mentioned in Domesday ; but the Millers family are subsequently the fee of Richard de [sic) Engayne." There also Guy de Baillol I hide (and) a half and I small virgate of the fee of Foxton [Faxton]." There also Richard de le Pek 4 hides of the fee of king David. '^ In Boketon [Boughton] (there are) three hides and 3 small virgates of the fee of the monks of St. Wandrille (IVandrageiile)}*' In Pittesford [Pitsford] Henry Malesures and Philip 3 hides (and) a half of the fee of Wahill.'* There also the earl of Leicester 6 small virgates.** In Sprotton [Spratton] (there are) 9 small virgates of the fee of king David." There also, of the fee of Richard Basset, 3 small found holding it of the heir of William d'Avranches, as a Mortain fee. It must therefore have been held by the count of Mortain in 1086, and granted out afresh, like Sywell, as an escheat. " Held of Robert de Buci by William (Engaine), as 2 hides and ^ virgates, in 1086. '* Faxton carried with it, in Domesday, lands in Wold and Walgrave. As our Survey records those at Walgrave as * 3 virgates of the socage of Faxton,' it looks as if the above entry might refer to the 2^ hides, which balance Domesday seems to assign to Wold, unless they are already accounted for under Wold above. The arrangement in Domesday is very different from that in our Sun'ey, which groups Multon in two halves of 4 hides each (in addition to the portion belonging, as above, to Kingsthorpe). '^ Richard's predecessor Grimbald had held only 3I hides of the Countess Judith there in 1086, but the 3 virgates wanting, to complete the 4 hides, were held of her by two other tenants.
- Domesday only assigns them 3 hides
less half a virgate (by Countess Judith's gift), but enters 4^ virgates there as held of the Countess by tenants, which would make up 4 hides. Domesday, however, also gives 4 virgates there as held of the King (fo. 222b) and of Robert de Buci. '* Fulcher (Malsor) held 3 hides and I virgate there of the lord of ' Wahill ' in 1086. '® This represents the count of Mortain's holding there in Domesday, where, however, it is given as only i virgate. '^ Held of the Countess Judith, as 1 hide, by Rohais in 1086. 381
