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LEICESTERSHIRE SURVEY In CROCHESTON [South Croxton] 2 carucates de Mustere i carucate. Ralf dc Martinwast and i bovates of the king's sokeland. 67 In NEUBOLD [Newbold near Folville] Robert de Ferrers I carucate and a half. 88 In BARNESBY [Barsby] the king 3 carucates and half a bovate. 59 In the same place the earl of Leicester 1 3 bovates. 60 In GADESBY [Gaddesby] 8 carucates and a half and half a bovate (of) the king's land. 61 In the same place the bishop of Lincoln 8 bovates. 63 The earl of Leicester I carucate and half a bovate. 63 Richard Basset half a carucate. 64 King David 2 carucates. 65 HUNDRED OF ASHBY FOLVILLE In the same vill King David 5 carucates. 66 In the same place Hugh of Leicester i caru- cate. 67 In HUMBERSTAY [Humberstone] Roger de Ramis 8 carucates. In the same place Walter count of Meulan, and it ultimately passed, with the other possessions of the house, to the abbey of St. Mary du Pr6, founded by Robert, the second earl of Leicester. 67 It has not been possible to identify this sum in Domesday, but see below, note 59. 43 See below, note 161 59 Domesday assigns 45- carucates here to the king, which gives a discrepancy of iffi carucates. But it is quite possible that the Domesday figure includes the assessment of the king's sokeland in the adjoining vill of South Croxton. If we could assume a scribal error in the MS. of the present survey in the entry above relating to South Croxton, and read ' ii car. minus i bov. et dim.' instead of ' ii car. et i bov. et dim." we should obtain a total for the king's land in South Croxton and Barsby of 4^ carucates exactly equalling the Domesday assessment of Barsby. 60 Not identified in Domesday. 61 In 1086 the king possessed 8 carucates, 3 bovates as part of Rothley soke. 68 Domesday assigns no land in Gaddesby to the bishop of Lincoln, but credits him with an estate of I 2 carucates in Great Dalby and South Croxton in addition to one carucate in the former vill held of him by an unnamed knight. It is possible that this last represents the carucate here entered as in Gaddesby. 63 Probably representing the carucate held -by the earl of Chester in 1086 as part of the sokeland of Barrow. 64 Not identified. 65 Held by the Countess Judith in 1086 in two portions of l carucates and half a carucate re- spective'.y. 66 Domesday assigns 4 carucates here to the Coun- tess Judith. 67 This may represent the carucate in Ashby which Henry de Ferrers held in 1086 as appurtenant to his manor of Newbold Folville. 3 carucates. In MARDEGRAVE [Belgrave] the earl of Leicester 12 carucates. 69 In THURMEDESTON [Thurmaston] the same earl (carucates). 70 Also in BIRSTALL 9 carucates. 71 Also in ANLEPIA [Wanlip] 7 carucates. 72 Also in ANESTINGE [Anstey] 6 carucates. 73 HUNDRED OF REARSBY In the same vill Richard Basset 5 carucates. In the same place the earl of Chester 2^ caru- cates. King David 4^ carucates. 74 In QUENBURG [Queniborough] 12 carucates. of the fee of Belvoir. 76 68 The only entry relating to Humberstone in Domesday assigns 9 carucates to Hugh de Grcnte- maisnil, as sokeland of his manor of Ear! Shilton. Ralf de Martinwast gave one virgate in Humberstone to Leicester Abbey. 63 Including the 7 carucates held in 1086 by Hugh de Grentemaisnil and the one carucate possessed by his wife Adeliz. 70 The MS. is faulty here, the amount of the earl's- holding not being stated. Domesdny assigns 10 ca- rucates in Thurmaston to Hugh de Grentemaisnil as held by him in demesne in addition to the 3-^ cr.ru- cates accounted for above in Barkby Hundred. 71 8 of these carucates are accounted for in Domes- day, Hugh de Grentemaisnil possessing 6 of them in chief, the remaining 2 being held of him by ' Widard.' " Wanlip (assessed at 4 carucates) in Domesday formed part of the forfeited estate of Earl Aubrey of Northumbria, which in this county subsequently passed to the earls of Leicester. Henry II early in his reign confirmed 'six virgates ' in Wanlip to Lei- cester Abbey of the gift of Richard 1'Abbe. (Man. Angl. vi, 468.) 73 Domesday only accounts for 2 carucates in An- stey which were held by Hugh de Grentemaisnil in demesne. That Hugh or his successors possessed a larger estate in the vill is implied by the claim of the monks of Leicester Abbey that Robert, the third can of Leicester, gave them '24 virgates' (i.e. 6 caru- cates) there ; the exact sum assigned to Anstey in the present entry. (Man. Angl. vi, 464.) 74 Each of these entries can be identified with a corresponding entry in Domesday, in which, however, the assessments are much lower than in the present survey. The Basset holding above is represented in Domesday by Robert de Buci's manor of if caru- cates ; King David's estate by 2j carucates which were held by Hugh Burdet of the Countess Judith ; the z carucates possessed by the earl of Chester by the i carucates held in 1086 by his predecessor as part of Barrow soke. 76 The only entry in Domesday relating to Queni- borough ('Cuinburg') assigns 9 carucates there to Geoffrey de Wirce. 347