Sheffield under De Busli

At the time of the Domesday survey the whole wapentake of Strafford (except a few mentioned below) was under seven proprietors who had accompanied the Duke of Normandy in his invasion of England:

• Earl of Warren - Conisbrough and its dependencies
• Walter D'eincourt - Wombwell and Rawmarsh
• Aubrey de Coci - Hickleton and Cadeby
• Geoffrey Alselyn (Hansekyn) - Brampton and Cantley
• William de Percy had several Manors, the largest portion included in the fees of the Earl of Morton and Roger de Busli

Grimesthorpe, Hallam, Attercliffe and Sheffield are described as being Terra Rogerii de Busli; but Hallam, Attercliffe and Sheffield were held as of the Countess Judith.

In the vicinity of Sheffield de Busli had:

• In Yorkshire - Orgrave
• Brinsford
• Tinsley
• Greasborough
• Kimberworth
• Ecclesfield
• Wadsley
• Haldworth
• Ughill and in Derbyshire -
• Beighton
• Norton
• Dore

Sheffield, Rotherham, Hansworth, Treeton and Whiston were the Earl of Morton's , who was uncle to Countess Judith.

Dronfield was Terra Regis and Hathersage with its hamlets were part of the posessions of Ralph Fitzhubert, who also held Eckington and Barlborough.

Laughton was the first of De Busli's possessions, and he then built another residence at Tickhill.

Pedigree of De Busli

Robert de Vipont (d. 1227) , Lord of Appleby married Idonea Busli (daughter of John Busli)

John de Vipont of Appleby, Sheriff of Westmoreland (d 25.07.1241) married the daughter of William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby.

Isabel de Vipont (1254-1292), Lady of Appleby elder of the two daughters and co heirs, married in 1269, Roger(d.1285), son and heir of Roger Lord Clifford, who held in her right, large parts of Strafforth and Tickhill.

Idonea de Vipont, younger of the two daughters and co heirs, married first Roger de Leyburne about 1266, and secondly John de Cromwell (d before 1335), who had in her right the Manor of Kimberworth.

Of all the places mentioned, Kimberworth seems to be the only place where it is recorded the De Busli's actually exercised their ownership. In 1160 Richard de Busli and Emma, his wife, granted to the monks of Kirkstead Abbey in Lincolnshire, sufficient land for the erection of four iron-works, with the libery to dig for ore in any part of the manor. Kimberworth then passed to Idonea Vipont, but long before that Sheffield and other areas had become the property of the De Lovetots.

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