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 THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SURVEY of the fee of Chok[es].' There also Ralf Meschin 5 small virgates of the fee of Gey- tington [Geddington].* There also John le Bauld I great virgate. There also Foliot 2 hides (and) a half and i small virgate of the fee of Huntingdon.^ In PvTESLE [Pytchley] the abbot of (Peter)borough 5 hides (and) a half, but (there are) nevertheless in the rolls of Win- chester 6 hides and 3 small virgates.* There also Richard Engayne 3 hides (and) I virgate.* There also William Fitz Gery half a hide of the fee of Mortoin.® In Harudon [Harrowden] Reygold i hide of the fee of William de Curcy. There also Geoffrey 2 hides and [sic) one bovate less of the fee of Huntingdon. There also Nicholas de Cugeho i hide of the King's fee.' In Ham'ton * [Hannington] (is) half a hide of the fee of the earl of Leicester.^ There as i^ hides by Gunfrei de Cioches > Held in 1086. member of Geddington in 1086. The above tenant would be Ranulf Meschin, temp. Henry I. ^ Only I hide is assigned by Domesday to Countess Judith at Cransley. The Domes- day total for Cransley is 4I hides, and that of this Survey 4 hides, I great virgate, 6 small virgates, and a bovate and a half. The hold- ings seem to have been redistributed. Winchester ') assigns to the abbot at Pytchley, in all, 6 hides and 3 virgates (not, as the Sur- vey states, ' small ' virgates). only 2 hides there. in 1086. It will be observed that these two holdings in Pytchley exceed the Domesday assessment, while the Peterborough one is less. The deficit of 1^ hides on the Peterborough holding is exactly equal to the increase on that of Richard Engayne. '' Domesday assigns 2| hides in Harrowden Magna and 2 J hides in Harrowden Parva to the bishop of Coutances and I hide in Har- rowden Magna to Guy de Reinbuedcurt. This is a larger total than the above, and the holdings had been redistributed. ' The count of Mortain's in Domesday. also a hide and a half of the fee of king David. i« HUNDRED OF STOTFOLDE In Maydewell [Maidwell] Alan 4 hides and 2 small virgates of the fee of Wolrington' [Wolverton]." There also Robate {sic) 2 hides of the fee of Rannulf de Bayouse [Bayeux].'* In Kevlmers [Kelmarsh] the same (holds) half a hide of the fee of St. Edmund." There also of the fee of No(t)tingham i hide (and) a half and half a virgate.'* There also, of the socage of Geytington' [Geddington], half a hide and I small virgate." There also Eudo Fitz Haschul' i hide and i small vir- gate of the socage of Rowell [Roth well]. *^ There also Ad[am] 5 small virgates of the fee of king David." In Haselbech the bishop of Salisbury 2 hides of the fee of Berkamstede. There also the earl of Leicester i hide of the fee of Mor[tain].'* In Clipston William Peverel 3 hides (and) a half and i small virgate of the fee of Peverel." There also Ad[am] half a hide and three small virgates of the fee of king David." There also, of the socage of Gey- '" Only three virgates were held here by Countess Judith in Domesday. '' This is entered in Domesday as 4 hides It was then held by Maino and -I virgate (the Breton) lord of Wolverton. '^ This represents the Domesday holding of Ansger the chaplain (if hides). The tenant was ancestor of the family of Rabaz here. " For all these holdings Domesday gives nothing but 2 hides and a third of a virgate, which formed, in 1086, a member of the King's manor of Rothwell. '* Held by William Peverel (of Notting- ham) in 1086 as I hide and a half and a third of a virgate. " See note to this manor ('Esbece'] in Domesday text (p. 323). The count of Mortain held all 3 hides in 1086. " Entered in Domesday as 3^ hides and ^ virgate. In the above entry the name of the Domesday tenant-in-chief seems to be retained, and the words 'of the fee of Peverel ' added. " This is clearly the bishop of Coutances' Domesday holding there, which is entered as half a hide and ^ virgate. 383
 * 2 hides and I virgate there constituted a
 * Domesday (here termed ' the rolls of
 * Domesday assigns to William (Engaine)
 * Held as 3 virgates by the count of Mortain
 * i.e. ' Hani[n]ton.'