- Name: Roger de Est Markham
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Notes: Roger held a manor in East Markham, it is presumed by right of his wife, and during the reign of Henry I he was succeeded by his son, Fulc de Lizours. In 1110 A.D. Fulc gave to the monastery of St. Mary of Blithe and the monks there a toft* (A tof t, the court of a house or a field near a house.) and croft* (A croft, an enclosed field.), and six selions* (A selion, a piece of
land in ridges and furrows. 4 Bovates or Oxgangs = 1 Virgate. 4 Virgates = 1 Carucate or Hide of Plough land, as much land as with one plough and beasts could be tilled the year round, with meadow and pasture for the beasts, and a home and farmste ad. About 100 acres, more or less, according to the soil. 5 or 8 Carucates = a Knight's Fee. 4 Selions = 1 acre.) of land in East Markham. The successor to his estate, who assumed the name of de Marcham (or Markham),* ('Our author, a gentlema n of the ancient family of Littleton, took his name of a town so called, as that famous Chief Justice, Sir John Markham, and divers others of our profession, and others, have done' (Preface to Coke upon Littleton.) was presumably his son. He wa s Sir Alexander, Lord of East Markham, who was appointed Castellan of Nottingham Castle by Henry II.
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