A TRANSLATION OF THE RECORD CALLED DOMESDAY, SO FAR AS RELATES TO THE COUNTIES OF MIDDLESEX, HERTFORD, BUCKINGHAM, OXFORD, BY THE REV. WILLIAM BAWDWEN, Vicar of Hooton Pagnel, Yorkshire. PRINTED BY W. SHEARDOWN, HIGH-STREET, AT HIS OFFICE, HIGH-STREET-BUILDINGS; PATERNOSTER-ROW, LONDON. ΤΟ SAINT ANDREW WARDE, ESQ. OF HOOTON PAGNEL, IN THE COUNTY OF YORK, THIS VOLUME, TRANSLATED FROM DOMESDAY-BOOK, AND COMPRISING THE COUNTIES OF MIDDLESEX, HERTFORD, BUCKINGHAM, OXFORD, AND GLOUCESTER, IS INSCRIBED-WITH THE DEEPEST SENSE OF GRATITUDE, AND RESPECTFUL REGARD, BY HIS MOST SINCERE AND TRULY DEVOTED SERVANT, THE TRANSLATOR. ADVERTISEMENT. THE county of York, including Amounderness, Lonsdale, and Furness, in Lan cafhire; together with fuch parts of Westmoreland and Cumberland, as are contained in the Domesday Survey; and also the counties of Derby, Nottingham, Rutland, and Lincoln, are already before the Public, and are contained in a preceding volume of this tranflation. The prefent volume contains those announced in the title page. The remaining volumes are intended to be published early in each year, till the whole be completed; and will be fold for a much lefs fum than two guineas, as was mentioned in the original propofals. For the further convenience of his numerous friends and fellow-fubjects, the tranflator has fo ordered that feparate counties may be had of his publishers. He cannot omit this opportunity of offering the tribute of his most grateful acknowledgments to all those who have either favoured him with their subscriptions, or otherwife contributed to the fuccefs of this undertaking, a feeling which he shall ever be proud to preferve, and which no circumftances of time and place can ever erafe from his breaft. DOMESDAY. Middlesex and Hertfordshire. MIDELSEXE (MIDDLESEX.) HERE ARE NOTED THE LANDHOLDERS IN MIDDLESEX. [Orig. 126, b. 2.] I. King William. II. The Archbishop of Canterbury. III. The Bishop of London and his Canons. IV. Abbey of Westminster. V. Abbey of the Holy Trinity at Rouen. VI. Abbey of Berking. VII. Earl Roger. VIII. Earl of Moreton. IX. Geoffry de Mandevile. X. Ernulf de Hefding. XI. Walter, fon of Other. XII. Walter de St. Waleric. XIII. Richard, fon of Earl Gilbert. XIV. Robert Gernon. XV. Robert Fafiton. XVI. Robert, the fon of Rozelin. XVII. Robert Blount. XVIII. Roger de Rames. XIX. William, fon of Anfculf. XX. Edward de Sarifberie. A |