ABSTRACT
The Manor of Aldingham or Muchland at the time of the Conquest was in the possession of a Saxon lord named Ernulf who was probably deprived of it by King William. At the time of the Survey it was in the hands of the King, and whether the Manor was given by the Conqueror to Michael le Fleming before the gift of the Honor of Lancaster to Earl Roger of Poitou, or subsequently by Earl Roger, as lord of the Honor, remains a matter of conjecture. It is, however, certain that less than forty years after the Conqueror’s death it was in the possession of Michael le Fleming. In the “ History of Richmondshire,” Dr. Whitaker says: “ weighing all the circumstances of the case, it appears to me much more probable that Michael le Fleming the first was a follower of Roger of Poitou, and an early grantee of Aldingham and Gleaston under him.”
The lords of the Manor.
