Volume 1

The history and antiquities of the county of Dorset / Compiled from the best and most ancient historians, inquisitions post mortem, and other valuable records and mss. in the public offices, and libraries, and in private hands. With a copy of Domesday book and the Inquisitio Gheldi for the county: interspersed with some remarkable particulars of natural history; and adorned with a correct map of the county, and views of antiquities, seats of the nobility and gentry, &c. By John Hutchins, M.A.

  • John Hutchins
Date:
1774
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Credit: The history and antiquities of the county of Dorset / Compiled from the best and most ancient historians, inquisitions post mortem, and other valuable records and mss. in the public offices, and libraries, and in private hands. With a copy of Domesday book and the Inquisitio Gheldi for the county: interspersed with some remarkable particulars of natural history; and adorned with a correct map of the county, and views of antiquities, seats of the nobility and gentry, &c. By John Hutchins, M.A. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The prelent hundreds of Upwinborn, Totcomb, Eggardon, and Rulhmore do not appear in this record. Some pofieffions mentioned in the Exchequer Domefday Book do not occur here : e. g. Cerne abbey has here no lands in Piddleton, Winfrith, Whitway, Eggardon, or Barrow hundred. The two laid do not appear here, unlefs Barrow was included in Bere, and Eggardon in Uggefcomb. The lands of St. Stephen’s abbey at Caen, which in Domefday were all in Frampton liberty, are here in three other hundreds. Thofe of Taviftock abbey, here in Redhove only, in Domefday are in Eggardon allb. St. Wandragefil’s abbey here has lands only in Hafler, but in Domelday in Frampton, Whit¬ church, &c. The king’s almoners held in Dorchefter and Uggefcomb in Domefday, here in Glocherefdone only. The lands of the bifhop of Sarum, earl Alan, Edward Sarilberienlis, Baldwin vicecomes, lie in the fame hundreds as in Domefday. Alfo thole of Walter de Clavile, with the addition of Celeberga. Cerne abbey here holds alfo in Stane. ‘Wilton abbey in Badbury in Domefday, here in Canendone, and Chenoltune. Earl Morton here had none in Pimpern or Tollerford, but in eight more than in Domefday. Ern. Hefding in Reminder Forum, befides Redlane, which was then included in Gelingeham hundred. Turf tin fil. Rolf, holds here in Gelingeham, befides Goderthorn in Domefday. William de Ow holds here in Tollerford, Dorchefter, and Knowlton ; and befides thefe, in Domef¬ day in Buckland Newton, Cogdean and Uggefcomb, and not in Knolton; his lands in the laft being then probably reckoned in Cogdean. William de Moion here holds only in Tollerford, Celeberga or Loofebarrow, and Hunejberga or Barrow : In Domefday in only the fecond of thefe, and in Redlane, Buckland Newton, Pimpern, Uggefcomb, and Beminfter Forum. William de Braiofe only in Pimpern and Buckland Newton here j but in Domefday befides the firft in Whitchurch, Yatminfter, Winfrith, Hafler, and Eggardon. William de Schoics, called here Scocia, holds here in Brownfel and Cullifordtree; in Domefday in Cogdean only. Waleran Venator here only in Ferendona or Redlane; but in Domefday befides in Winfrith, Hafler and Tollerford. Alured Hifpanienfis’s lands are here fet down in Hunejberga, in Domefday in Cranborn, which are widely afunder if Hunelberga means Barrow hundred. If Goderthorn hundred included part of Frampton liberty, then Bride, held by Berenger Giford in Domefday, may have been Bonvils-Bridy in Burton Bradftock. But it is no eafy matter to afcer- tain Ofbert’s lands from either record. Matthew de Moretania holds lands here in Piddleton and Celberga; in Domefday in Piddleton and Rowbarrow. Roger de Arundel holds here in Yatminfter, Glocherefdon, Redhave, Yolreford, and Ailevefwoda; in Domefday, in Tollerford, Uggefcomb, Eggardon, Beminfter Forum, and Rowbarrow. Serlo deRurci holds here in Piddleton and Ailevefwoda; in Domefday, in Piddleton and Rowbarrow. From thefe two inftances I incline to think Ailevefwoda was the prefent Rowbarrow. Aiulfus holds here in many more hundreds than in Domefday ; and thereof thofe here mentioned only in Cranborn and Uggefcomb, and befides in Loofebarrow, Upwinborn, Hafler, and Pimpern. The abbot of Abbotfbury [adquietavit] paid for three hides in Whitchurch hundred, which were in another hundred ; and feveral inftances of this occur. The only place mentioned befides hundreds is Melecoma, which feems to be Melcomb Horfey, then included in Buckland Newton, though now in Whitway hundred. Mr. Webb 2 intended a particular illuftration of this record, which he was of opinion would throw new lights on both the copies of Domefday Book, and be of great ufe to alcer- tain the precife and exadt quantity of many ancient meafures of land hitherto efteemed inca¬ pable of being reduced to any degree of certainty. He adds, that the geld or tax appears in this Inquifitio to have amounted in the weftern counties to 6 s. per hide. Thus in the hundred of Henoltune [Chenoltune] fourteen hides and a half paid 4I. 7 s.b Pofiefiors of Lands mentioned in this record. Abbodefberie, Abbas: Pidletona 6. Witchirca Bera 6. Concrefdic 6. Langberga 7. Hu- 5. Oglefcoma 5. Haltone 6. Redhava 6. nefberga 7. Winfrode 8. Albretefberga 5. Aiulfus, Witchirca 5. Oglefcoma 5. Be- Alwardus Albus, Albretefberga 5. Hunefberga 7. deberie 5. Canendona 6. Beleminftre 6. Alward Prapoftus, Winfrode 8. * See his account of Danegeld, p. 27. h lb. p. 16. Alward