84 THE COURT ROLLS OF BASLOW, DERBYSHIRE. 



the stack while at the grange or elsewhere, and place it at 

 the will of the lord or his bailiff. And he shall carry with 

 other natives of the neighbourhood the whole of the timber, 

 stones, trusses, hearths, for all edifices rebuilt, & for all old 

 ones repaired, and make fences to the said manor. With his 

 other neighbours he shall make the pond and the dam head 

 of the water mill of Herlaston of earth-work as often as it 

 shall be necessary. And he shall grind to the xviij"* grain, 

 and do ' averagium ' {an ancient service done by natives of 

 carrying the corn crops of the lord for one day) from Lille- 

 born, Shyrleye, & Appleby unto Herlaston, and to carry to 

 Lylleborn Appulby & Schyrleye unthreshed corn (bladum) 

 and malt for the advantage or profit of the lord as for them- 

 selves, & the assistance of the families at the aforesaid manors 

 . . . . And he finds loaves for (the use) of strangers 

 coming & lodging for the night at the manor ; and it is worth 

 vj^ per annum. And the same John and other of his neigh- 

 bours of the same tenure and condition shall give to the lord 

 from the feast of S. Michael vj to xiij^ iiij'', which is called Le 

 Stoiith,* viz. it is at will (I suppose at the will of the lord) 

 whether the serf shall give to the lord ' manus ' or ' munus 'f 

 And he shall give marchetum for the marriage of his daughter 

 or for the crowning {sic.) of his son. And if his daughter 

 commit fornication he shall give leynvyt ; viz. v' & a half 

 penny " p j alb" emend' p dcis denar' imponend ' " (may 

 this be interpreted " for the repairs of an aid for the imposi- 

 tion of the said penny " as though the church should be 

 entitled to some portion of the fine for the moral offence?). 



* " Le Stouth." I cannot discover any solution of this term. Du Cange 

 has the following : — 



" Stouth-eres : Among the East- Angles they were so called who were 

 distinguished for courage. These they marked from childhood : They were 

 accustomed to place their youths upon the straw roofs of their houses, and he 

 who sat there timidly, or cried out lest he should fall, they pronounced to be 

 of timid disposition ; but he who laid hold of the straw quickly, so as to 

 sustain himself bravely, was taken with great applause and acclaimed a future 

 'Stouther.' Our modern word ^ stout' for '■brave' or ' stropig' is obviously 

 allied to this early form." 



f i.e., labour or money. 



