Fief of Robert "Dispensator" 195 "Rolls of the Norman Exchequer," that this survey proves Roger Marmion to have held the Lincolnshire fief of Robert "Dispensator," while those who have identified the latter magnate with Robert "Marmion " have traced the descent of Scrivelsby in the Marmions even from the Conquest.33 In any case, as I wrote in my Ancient Charters (1888) of a document there published: The succession of Urse [de Abetot] to this [Lincolnshire] fief is a genealogical discovery which throws a wholly new light on the very difficult problem of the relation of Marmion to Despencer, and is fatal to the assertion of Mr. Chester Waters that "Roger Marmion was the immediate heir of Robert Dispenser." Moreover, in the Leicestershire Survey,34 and still more in that of Worcestershire,35 we have evidence that Robert's inheritance was shared between Beauchamp and Marmion which points there also to descent through Urse de Abetot. In my Geoffrey de Mandeville (pp. 313-315) I have suggested that in their rivalry for Tamworth,36 the Marmions embraced the cause of Stephen, and the Beauchamps that of Maud, their variance being terminated under Henry II. by a matrimonial alliance. Such a compromise was common enough. It was agreed on in the case of Grantmesnil; it was carried out at this very period in that of Fitzharding and Berkeley; it was again resorted to at a later stage in the history of the house of Berkeley; it was arranged in the case of Hastings; and it was repeated in that of Boleyn, where the Butler inheritance was at stake.37 " And Mr. Palmer independently had done the same in his History of the Marmions (1875). 93 Lodge's Scrivelsby: the Home of the Champions. 34 See p. 214. 35 See p. 175. 36 It is certain that Tamworth originally belonged to Robert "Dispensator," and equally certain that it was held successively by Roger and Robert Marmion under Henry I. 37 See my Early Life of Anne Boleyn, pp. 25-7. A THE LEICESTERSHIRE SURVEY (1124-1129) SSERTING the importance of the Lindsey Survey, Mr. Chester Waters observed that "this is the sole record of its kind which deals with the interval between the completion of Domesday in 1086, and the compilation of the Pipe-Roll of 1129-1130, and that no similar return of the landowners of any other county is known to exist" (p. 2). And, indeed, it would seem that the survey to which I now address myself has hitherto remained unknown. It is found in the form of a late transcript on an unidentified roll in the Public Record Office.1 Comprising the whole of Gosecote Wapentake, and in part those of Framland and Gartree, it retains for these divisions the Domesday name of Wapentake-they are now "Hundreds "-while subdividing them into small "Hundreds," of which the existence seems to have been hitherto unsuspected. Proceeding, like the I.C.C., "Hundred" by "Hundred," and Vill by Vill, it enables us, like that document, to reconstitute the aggregate assessments, and thus affords priceless evidence on "the six-carucate unit." But apart from this, it is invested with no small importance from that "great want of documentary evidence" for the reign of Henry I. which Mr. Hunter rightly lamented in his elaborate introduction to the first great roll of the Pipe (p. ii.). It affords us new and trustworthy evidence on the many vicissitudes of the great fiefs, and enables us, while 1 Q.R., Misc. Bdle. 558, I.P.R., 8113; Knights' Fees, Com. Leic. 1 See pp. 80-82. Its Date and Value 197 tracing the fortunes of their owners, to see how the first Henry provided for his novi homines, showering escheats and royal demesne on the trusty officials he had raised "from the dust," as well as on his favourite nephew, Stephen, Count of Mortain. The date of this survey is thus determined. The frequent mention of "Rex D[avid] " places it subsequent to his accession to the throne in April, 1124. On the other hand, the name of Ralf Basset (the justiciar) shows it to be anterior to his death; and he was dead before Mich., 1130 (Rot. Pip., 31 Hen. I.). Moreover, it speaks more than once of Hugh de Leicester as "Vicecomes," and Hugh's shrievalty seems from the Pipe-Roll to have terminated at Mich., 1129. We may therefore place this survey between the spring of 1124 and the autumn of 1129, with a likelihood of its having been compiled nearer the latter date. TEXT OF THE SURVEY. "Comes Lerc[estri]æ vj. car. H[undredum] de3 Langeton'.—In eadem villa Comes Lerc[estriæ] xj. car. et j. virg. Ibidem Ric[ardus] Basset iii. car. et j. virg. In thorp Eustaci[us] iij. car. et iij. virg. In alia Langeton' Abbas de Burg' iiij. car. et iii. virg. Ibidem Henricus de pport j. car. thurlington idem Henricus xij. car. In sscanketon' Comes Lerc[estriæ] x. car. Ansch' ij. car.4 In Hundredum] de Chiburd'.-In eadem villa xii. car. de feodo Ansch'. In alia chiburd' Walt[erus] de Bell' campo xj. car., Ricardus Basset j. car. In bocton Comes Lercestria xij. car. In carleton' idem Comes x. car. Et Monachi Sancti Arnulphi v. virg. Et de ssoch' Regis iij. virg.5 Hundredum] de Knossinton. In eadem villa ij. car. de Honore de Blida. Et Henricus de ferr' iij. car. et iij. virg. In Osolinstona Rex D[avid] vij. car. In Picwell et in Lucerthorp de feudo Rogeri ed Moubray xv. car. In Neubotel Robertus de ferr' j. car. et dim. 3 MS. "in." ♦ Langton, Thorpe Langton, Tur Langton, Shangton. In Burg' Marm' iij. car. In Balbegrave vj. car. iij. bov. minus de Soch[a] Regis. In Mardefeud iij. car. de eadem Soch[a]. In alia Mardefeud iij. car.6 GOSECOTE WAP'. Hundredum] de Lodinton[e], in Sceftinton[e] Norm[annus] de Verdun viij. car. et dim. Ricardus Bass[et] iij. car. et dim. In Gokebia Normannus de Verdun vj. car. In Adelacston[e] v. car. et j. virg. de feodo Regis David. Et de Soch[a] Regis iij. virg. In Ludinton[e] Ricardus Basset xii. car. In Thorp et in Twyford Ricardus de Roll[os] ix. car. j. bov. minus. Ibidem Henricus de ferr[ariis] ix. car. j. bov. minus. Et de Soch[a] Regis v. car. Ex hiis Grimbaldus tenet dim. car. et Rex D[avid] j. car. In Norton[e] x. bov. Walter de Bello campo vj. car. Et Roger de Moubray iiij. car. et iij. virg.? H[undredum] de3 Tilton.-In eadem villa ij. car. j. bov. minus de Soch[a] Regis. Ibidem Walt[erus] de Bello campo iij. car. Archiepiscopus j. car. In Neuton[e] Walter de Bello campo iiij. car. Roger de Moubray viii. car. In Lousebia Rex David xij. car. In Watebergia Dominicum Regis iiij. car. In Hallested Normannus de Verdun iij. car. j. virg. minus.10 H[undredum] de bebia.-In eadem villa Abbas de Croyland xij. car. In Cahiham iiij. car. de Soch[a] Regis. Comes Lercestrie ij. In Hung'ton ix. car. In Siglebia ix. car. et vj. bov. et dim. de 11 Comite Lercestriæ. Ibidem Comes Cestrie iij. car. Ibidem Ricardus Basset ij. car. Robertus de ferrer[iis] v. bov.12 car. H[undredum] de Barkbia.—In eadem villa v. car. de feodo de Belvar[o]. In Hamelton' et in thorp vi. car. de eodem feudo, et de feodo Comitis Lercestriæ j. car et dim. In Thormedeston Canonici iij. car. In Crocheston[e] ij. car. et j. bov. et dim. de Soch[a] Regis. In Neubold[e] Robertus de ferer[iis] j. car. et dim. In Barnesby Rex iij. car. et dim. bov. Ibidem Comes Lercestriæ xiij. bov. In Gadesby t[erra] 13 Reg[is] viij. car. et dim. et dim. et dim. (sic) bov. Knossington, Owston, Picwell and Leesthorpe, Newbold, Burrow, Baggrave, Marefield. 7 Skeffington, Allexton, Thorpe and Twyford, East Norton. 8 MS. "in." 9 MS. "Archid." 10 Tilton, Loseby, Whadborough, Halstead. 11 Interlined. 13 MS. injured here. 12 Beeby, Keyham, Hungerton, [? Sileby]. Text of the Survey 199 Ibidem Episcopus Lincolniensis viij. bov. Comes Lercestriæ j. car. et dim. bov. Ricardus Basset dim. car. Rex D[avid] ij. car.14 Hundredum] de Essebia.- In eadem villa Rex David v. car. Ibidem Hugo de Lerc[estria] j. car. In Humberstay Roger de Ram[is] viij. car. Ibidem Walter de Mustere j. car. Rad[ulfus] de Martinwast iij. car. In Mardegrave Comes Lercestria xij. car. In thurmedeston idem Comes car. (sic). Idem in Burstall ix. car. Idem in Anlepia vij. car. Idem in Anesting[e] vj. car.15 H[undredum] de Resebia.—In eadem villa Ricardus Basset v. car. Ibidem Comes Cestrie ij. car. et dim. Rex David iiij. car. et dim. In Quenburg[o] xij. car. de feodo de Belvar[o]. In Siefton[e] Comes Lercestriæ xij. car. In Brokesbya Comes (sic) Cestrie v. car. Rex David j. car. quam Pip[er]d tenet. In Quenebia vj. car. de feodo de Belvar[o]. In thurketleston[e] de feodo Comitis viij. car. In Cropeston[e] iiij. car. In Rodeleia terra Regis v. car.16 H[undredum] de Magna Dalbia.-In eadem villa Episcopus Lincolniensis ix. car. et dim. Radulfus Basset j. car. et iij. bov. Ibidem Will[elmus] Gam[erarius] j. car. In frisebia Comes Cestrie iij. car., et de Soch[a] Regis viij. car. In Rederbia Comes cestrie vi. car. In Asfordebia Comes Lercestriæ xiij. car. In Wartnadeby de Soch[a] Regis vi. car. 17 H[undredum] de Dalbia super Wald'.-In eadem villa ix. car. de feodo Edwardi de sar[esbiria], Comes Lercestrie iij. car. In Grimestona de Soch[a] Regis iij. car. j. bov. et dim. minus. Ricardus Basset iij. car. In Saxebia Comes Lercestrie v. car. et de Soch[a] Regis j. car. In Siwaldebia Comes Lercestrie vj. car. In Cosinton[e] Comes Cestrie vj. car. In Horton[e] Robertus de Jor' ij. car.18 H[undredum] de Turstanestona.-In eadem villa Thomas x. car. et iiij. virg. Ibidem Roger de Moubray xiiij. bov. In Wileges ij. car. de eodem feudo. In Rachedal[e] vj. car, de eodem feudo. In Houbia 14 Barkby, Hambleton, Thorpe, Thurmaston, South Croxton, Barsby Gaddesby. 15 Ashby, Humberstone, Belgrave, Thurmaston, Birstall, Wanlip, Ansty. 18 Rearsby, Queensborough, Syston, Brooksby, Rothley, Thurcaston, Cropston. 17 Great Dalby, Frisby, Rotherby, Asfordby, Wartnaby. 18 Dalby on the Wolds, Grimston, Saxelby, Sileby, Cossington, Hoton. |