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THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SURVEY In another Adington' [Addington Magna] Aubrey the chamberlain 2 hides of the King's fee.' There also (is) i hide of the fee of the Abbot (of Peterborough).^ There also William son of Guy 2 hides of the fee of the abbot of Croylaund.^ In Thingdene [Finedon], of the King's demesne, lo hides.* NORTHNAVESLUNT In Craneford' Bertram de Verdon ('Wedon') 2 hides and I virgate (and) a half of the fee of (Peter)borough. There also Geoffrey the chamberlain 1 hide of the fee of Gloucester. There also Richard Fitz Guy 1 hide of the fee of (Peter)borough. There also Maurice Daundelyn 2 hides (and) a half of the fee of (Peter)borough.* There also Ralf Fitz Roger 5 hides of Simon Fitz Peter.® ' Held, as i^ hides, of the bishop of Coutances by 'Hugh' in 1086. It must have been granted by Henry I. to Aubrey (de Vere). ^ Not entered, it would seem, in Domes- day. ^ Domesday assigns 2 hides there to Crow- land Abbey.

  • Domesday assigns only 9^ hides to that

portion of this great manor that lay in this Hundred. ^ These holdings are difficult to identify. Domesday assigns to the Abbey, at Cranford, 3 hides which were held of it by ' Robert ' and l^ hides which are entered as held by Godric of the King. These holdings would seem to be represented by the 2| hides of Bertram and the 2i hides of Maurice, which amount to 4J hides as against 4^. Richard Fitz Guy was son of Guy de Reinbuedcurt, who held 3 virgates there in 1086, but of the King, not of the Abbey. The 1 hide of the fee of Gloucester seems to represent the ' i virgate ' which ' Robert ' held there of the bishop of Coutances in 1086. It is certain, at any rate, that the Daundelyns subsequently held here 1 5 knights' fees of the abbey of Peterborough, which were in Cranford St. Andrew. •^ Sheriff of Northants 11 55-1 160 and 1 1 63-1 1 70. He seems to have been son of In Barton [Barton Segrave] Geoffrey the chamberlain 5 hides of the fee of Gloucester.^ In Werketon [Warkton] are 4 hides of the fee of St. Edmund.' In Ket[er]inge (are) 10 hides of the fee of (Peter)borough.^ In Grafton [Grafton Underwood] Richard de Humaz 4 hides."* In Burtone [Burton Latimer] Richard Fitz Guy 8 hides (and) a half." There also William de Houton i hide (and) a half.*^ Peter de Brixworth and father of Simon Fitz Simon (Bridges, I. 453, 501), who occurs in this Survey under Brixworth {i/>id. II. 80). Mr. Baring has suggested to me that these hides at Cranford, which cannot be identified in Domesday, may have been taken from some other Hundred since 1086 and added to

  • Naveslunt.' In that case, he points out that

the Domesday 5 hides at Denford, not far off, are not satisfactorily accounted for in this Survey (see p. 376 above). ^ This had been held, as 4^ hides, of the bishop of Coutances by 'Robert' in 1086. It seems possible that the above tenant was Geoffrey the chamberlain * de Clin- ton ' (as he is sometimes styled), for in the Lilxr Rubeus (though not indexed) ' Guefridus de Clintune' appears, in 1 1 66, as having formerly held 5 knights' fees of the Earl of Gloucester (p. 289).

  • Entered as 3^ hides in Domesday.

^ So also in Domesday. '° Robert ' Albus ' had held 3 hides there, and Eustace (the sheriff) ^ hide in 1086. Both holdings must have been bestowed on Richard du Hommet ('de Humaz'), Constable to Henry II. " Held in 1086 by his father Guy de Reinbuedcurt. '^ This must be the hide and a half held of the bishop of Coutances by ' Richard ' in 1086. But Domesday seems to assign to the Bishop another 2J hides there which are not here accounted for. 389