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 THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SURVEY In Esse [Ashton] Robert Fitz Anketil i hide and 2 small virgates of the fee of William Maudut.' ' Ad hydam ' William Ruffi 4 small virgates.' HUNDRED OF WYMERESLE In MiDDELTON [Middleton Malsor] Robert de Causho and Geoffrey 5 hides and i virgate — that is [icilicet) the fourth part of i hide.^ In Trop' [Rothersthorpe] Ascelin de Chokes 2 hides (and) a half and the fourth part of I hide.* There also the hospital of Northampton half a hide and the fourth part of I hide.^ In WoTTON 2 hides and two-thirds of half a hide.^ There also Michael I hide and the third part of half a hide.'' In Hardingestorn' 7 hides of the fee of king David.* In Blethesworthe [Blisworth] and in CoRTENHALE [Courteenhall] Peverel 7 hides Winemar's Domesday holding. ' Clearly the four parts of half a hide which Bondi held of Winemar in the same vill in 1086. ' In Domesday ' Mideltone ' was held of Geoffrey Alselin in two portions. William held of him 3^ hides there, and 'two hides less a virgate ' belonging to the manor, though in Collingtree, were held of him by two socmen. It will be observed that these hold- ings make up, together, ^ hides, which is the figure given above. The gloss at the end of the entry was doubtless intended to distinguish this (Domesday) virgate, from a ' small ' one. as 2^ hides. ^ Held in 1086 by GeoflFrey Alselin, as half a hide, with another half-hide, * belong- ing to' Middleton, though 'in Torp.' ^ Held in 1086 of Walter the Fleming (of Woodhill) by Winemar as 2| hides. It descended with the holding that follows. ' Held in 1086 of the Countess Judith by Winemar as i hide. The above Michael (de Hamslape) was his successor temp. Henry I. It will be observed that the two above hold- ings amount, together, to 3^ hides, which is the Domesday total for Wotton. 1086, but the other five were then king William's. and 4 small virgates of increase [incremento] * in Quenton which Gilbert held. In Quenton' [Quinton] David and Philip i^ hides and the fourth part of i hide.^° In Preston (Deanery) Walter Fitz Wyne- mer i hide and i virgate of the fee of king David. There also, of the fee of Olneye, (he holds) half a hide." In Alecote [ ] king David the third part of i hide. In Pidenton' [Piddington] i hide and a half and i virgate.'^ In Houcton' [Houghton Magna] Robert de Pavely i hide (and) half a great virgate and two virgates of the fee of Peverel.'' There also king David " 4 small virgates which Osebert held. There also Simon 1 hide and i virgate. In another Houcton [Houghton Parva] and in Braunfeld [Brayfield] 3 hides (and) a half which William de Houcton' held.** In Horton Alouf de Merk' 2 hides and i ^ Domesday assigns to William Peverel 3^ hides in Blisworth and 3^ in Courteenhall. The ' increase,' therefore, must be represented by the ' 4 small virgates.' '" Quinton was held in 1086 by the Countess Judith as i| hides in all. Peverel's '4 small virgates' seem therefore to figure only in the previous entry. '' This is Preston Deanery, where his father Winemar had held, in 1086, I hide of the bishop of Coutances (' the fee of Olney ') and 3 virgates of the Countess Judith. The two holdings are here given differently, but their total (if hides) is the same. '^ Must also have been king David's, for Countess Judith had held it as i hide and 3 virgates in 1086. 1* Held of William Peverel in 1086 by ' Robert ' as i hide and half a virgate and ' two carucates of land.' From this entry we again learn that the 'virgate' of Domesday was the ' great virgate ' of this Survey. " One hide had been held there of his predecessor Countess Judith by Hugh. '* This appears to represent the 2^ hides in Houghton Parva and the i hide in Bray- field which were the extent of the Countess Judith's holdings in these places in 1086. 375
 * It had come to him with the rest of
 * Held by Gunfrei ' de Cioches,' in 1086,
 * Two of these were Countess Judith's in