Monument record 7199/67 - The Earl of Leicester's Manor

Unlocated within settlement

There were three manors in Buckby in the early 12th century, though only two are identifiable in 1086. Another manor appears in the 14th century, which cannot at present be related with confidence to the earlier three. It has not been possible to identify the location of the manors within the village, other than the castle that is presumed to have been the capital messuage of one manor in the 12th century. Neither has it been possible to determine whether the tenants of the different manors were to be found within discrete parts of the settlement
The third holding in Buckby in the early 12th century was that comprising three great virgates held by the Earl of Leicester. This cannot be identified in 1086 unless it was, as discussed above, the Mortain manor. After the marriage of the Earl of Winchester to the daughter of the Earl of Leicester in 1204, all or part of this holding is presumed to have been united with the Chokes manor. The Earl of Leicester?s holdings in the county derived from the estates of Hugh de Grandmesnil in 1086, who had held Watford before 1086, and so it is possible that the Leicester lands were those in Murcott belonged to the Chokes manor in the 15th and 16th centuries. (1)

<1> FOARD G., 2000, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Long Buckby (Medieval + Post Medieval), (unchecked) (Report). SNN100746.

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Apr 6 2001 11:49AM