A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE tington [Geddington], 5 small virgates.' There also Maurice 10 small virgates of the fee of St. Edmund.* There also, of the socage of Rowell [Rothwell] i small virgate.* In SoLEBY [Sulby] (are) 5 hides and i vir- gate of the fee of Westminster.' In SiBERTOFT (are) 2 hides and a half and 2 thirds of a virgate of the fee of the King's serjeanty.* In Oxendon' (are) i hide and i virgate of the socage of Rowell [Rothwell].* There also I hide of the fee of king David.^ In Oxendon' Parva Robert Fitz-Hugh I hide and three-quarters of a virgate of the fee of Berkamstede. There also, of the socage of Geytington [Geddington], 2 small virgates. There also Turberd i small vir- gate. In Farendon' [East Farndon] i hide and the fourth part of i virgate of the fee of Huntingdon.* There also Robert Fitz Hugh 3 virgates and three-quarters of one small vir- gate of the fee of St. Edmund.^ There also William Meschin I small virgate of the socage of Geytington [Geddington]. In BowDON [Bowdon Parva] Robert Fitz Hugh 2 hides and I virgate and the third part of I virgate of the fee of Berkamstede.'"
- Entered together, under Rothwell, in
Domesday as i^ (large) virgates. ^ Entered in Domesday as 2^ virgates. ^ At Sulby, in 1086, 25 hides and ^ virgate were held by Guy de Reinbuedcurt and 25 hides by Geoffrey de Wirce.
- Held by Humfrey of the count of Mor-
tain, as 3 hides less a virgate, in 1086. The above ' serjeanty ' was archer service, which gave name to the family of Le Archer here.
- As in Domesday.
® Held by Ulf of the Countess Judith in 1086. ' Held by the count of Mortain as i hide and ^ virgate in 1086.
- Domesday assigns to the count of Mor-
tain 3^ virgates in Farndon, and to the Countess Judith i virgate. King David's holding (the fee of Huntingdon), appears to combine these.
- Entered in Domesday as half a hide and
the third part of a virgate.
- • Held as such by the count of Mortain in
1086. There also king David I hide and the third part of I virgate and the third part of the third part of i virgate.** In Thorp [Thorpe Lubenham] the earl of Leicester 4 great virgates and the third part of a virgate.** In M[er]ston [Marston Trussell] the same earl I hide and a half and two-thirds of I vir- gate which Osbert Trussel holds.'* HUNDRED OF ROWELL In Hetheringtone *' [Harrington] Wil- liam Fitz Alvred (?) 6 hides.** In Braybroke 2 hides of the socage of Heth[er]ington.'* There also Guy the cook I hide.'* There also Peverel the third part of I hide.*^ There also Ivo 2 hides with the addition (Implemento) of 2 virgates of the land of Peverel and with half a virgate of the fee of St. Edmund.** In Aringworthe [Arthingworth] Robert Fitz Hugh and William Fitz Albein (j/'f)
- This seems to be unaccounted for in
Domesday.
- Both these were held by the Earl's prede-
cessor, Hugh de ' Grentemaisnil,' in 1086, their joint assessment then being 2 hides and i^ virgates, and their tenant 'Hugh.' In this Survey their total assessment is 2^ hides and I virgate.
- ' This early form of the name is found
also in a deed of 1278 concerning the manor (Sloane MS. xxxii. 24). '* See note to this place in Domesday text. It was held in 1086 by the abbey of Grestain as 5^ hides. '* These 2 hides also were held by the abbey of Grestain in 1086. '" This was probably the I hide held there by Robert de Veci in 1086. " See next note.
- This holding appears to represent the
1 hide i^ virgates held there by Countess Judith in 1086 with the addition, as above, of 2^ virgates, which would make it exactly 2 hides. No land at Braybrooke is assigned to Peverel in Domesday, but Robert de Buci held there half a hide and a third of a hide, which are exactly the holdings here assigned to Peverel. It would seem then that Robert's escheated fiefs here had been granted to Peverel. The half virgate of St. Edmund's fee is duly assigned to that abbey in Domesday. 384
