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 THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SURVEY fee of Peverel.' There also the earl of Leicester 2 hides and i great virgate.^ In CoTESBROK [Cottesbrook] Robert Bote- vileyn 2 hides of the fee of Wahill'.* In Creton [Creaton Magna] Aunsel de Chokes I hide.* In another Creton [Creaton Parva] Herbert half a hide of the fee of Ralf de Gaynes.* In Westhaddon Hugh the sheriff 2 hides (and) I great virgate.® There also Peverel I great virgate and a half.'' There also Aunsel de Chokes i great virgate.* There also the earl of Leicester half a hide. There also Nigel de Albeny half a hide of the fee of Roger de Moubray. ® In Watford (there are) 4 hides of the fee of Baldwin Fitz Gilbert.'" In BucKEBY Series {sic) de Quency 2 hides (and) a half and I great virgate of the fee of Aunsel de Chokes." There also William Fitz Alvred [Alfridi) half a hide of the fee of Montacute {Month acuti)}^ There also the earl of Leicester 3 great virgates.*^ ' Held of William Peverel by a socman, in 1086, as a dependency of Cotton-under- Guilsborough. Mortain had held as 2 hides in 1086. ^ In 1086 Dodin had held i^ hides there of the lord of Wahill and half a hide of the King himself. (de 'Cahainges') in 1086. ' Gaynes ' is the same as ' Cahainges.' ® This holding seems to represent the 2 hides here assigned by Domesday to ' the church of Coventry.' '' William Peverel's in 1086. ^ This probably means that half a hide had been given there to Nigel, and had de- scended to his son Roger de Mowbray. '" Domesday assigns to Gilbert only 2 hides there. " Held in 1086 by Gunfrei de ' Cioches' as 2 hides and a virgate and half a hide of soc(land). '^ Held by his father Alvred of the count of Mortain, as 3 virgates, in 1086, unless this was the holding which follows. '^ It should be observed that this holding, which cannot be identified in Domesday, makes up exactly 4 hides for Buckby. In Crek [Crick] Roger de Caunvill' 3 hides (and) a half and i great virgate of the fee of Roger de Mowbray.'* In Lilleburn and Cotes [Claycoton] the earl of Leicester 4 hides.'* There also William son of Alvred {Alfridi) I great vir- gate.'* In Stanford the abbot of Selby {SeUhy) 2 hides. '^ In Welleford [Welford] William de Wyvill 4 hides and i great virgate of the fee of Roger de Mowbray '* of Gildetote [? Chilcote]. There also Ad[am] I hide (and) a half of the fee of Baldwin Fitz Gilbert. In Gelvertoft [Yelvertoft] (there are) 2 hides and the third part of I hide of the fee of the earl of Leicester.'^ There also Ralf Fitz Osmund half a hide of the fee of William Fitz Alvred.'" In Eltesdon' [Elkington] Hugh the sheriff I hide (and) a half. The monks of Pippe- well are the tenants.*' There also Hugh i great virgate of the fee of Westminster. There also Hugh de Kaynes 4 small virgates.'" There also Nigel de Aubeny 2 small virgates of the fee of Welleford'." '* This was part of the escheated fief of Geoffrey de Wirce, who held there 4 hides less a virgate (the same amount as above) in 1086. '* This included 2^ hides at Lilbourne, part of the escheated fief of Earl Aubrey, but the balance is not accounted for by the 3^ virgates of William Peverel, which is all that Domes- day assigns to Coton. '* Which his father Alvred held of the count of Mortain in 1086. '^ Two hides less a virgate in Domesday. '* This was held, as 4 hides, of Geoffrey de Wirce by 'Alfridus' in 1086. '» Robert (of Rhuddlan) held them of Earl Hugh (of Chester), as 2 hides and i virgate, in 1086. as 3 virgates, in 1086. and 3 virgates, which was the amount here held of the count of Mortain, in 1086, by Alvred. •Reinbuedcurt' by 'Turchil' in 1086 as three-quarters of a virgate. 379
 * Which his predecessor the count of
 * Held by Gunfrei de 'Cioches' in 1086.
 * Held of the count of Mortain by William
 * Held by Gunfrei de 'Cioches' in 1086.
 * " Held by Alvred of the count of Mortain,
 * ' Hugh's holdings here amount to i hide
 * Possibly what was held of Guy de
 * ' This was the ' quarter virgate ' entered