A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



THE KING'S LAND 

 In Wiceslea Wapentake* 



The King holds Chetene [Ketton].* There 

 are 7 hides. There is land for 13 ploughs. 

 In demesne there are 2 (ploughs) and 3 serfs ; 

 and (there are) 12 sochmen and 24 villeins 

 and 5 bordars, with the priest, having 1 1 

 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering 6 

 shillings and 8 pence, and 40 acres of meadow. 

 Of underwood {si/vte vi/is) there are 16 

 acres. 



To this manor pertains Tichesovre 

 [Tixover]. There are 2 hides. There is 

 land for 8 ploughs. There 16 sochmen, 

 with 3 bordars, have 6 ploughs. There (is) 

 a mill rendering {dfj 5 shillings, and 8 acres 

 of meadow, and 3 acres of spinney {sp'tnetum). 

 The whole in king Edward's time was 

 worth 100 shillings (and is) now (worth) 

 10 pounds. 



The King holds Berchedone [Barrowden]. 

 There are 4 hides, less i virgate. There is 

 land for 10 ploughs. There are 9 villeins 

 and 10 sochmen with 3 bordars, having 6 

 ploughs and a half. There (are) 16 acres 

 of meadow and 6 acres of spinney [spinetum). 

 To this manor pertain these members : — 

 In Seieton [Seaton], i^ hides and i bovate 

 of land. There is land for 6 ploughs, and 

 (there are) 4 acres of meadow. In Torp 

 [Thorp], I hide and i virgate of land. There 

 is land for 4 ploughs, and (there are) 3 acres 

 of meadow. In Morcote [Morcot], 4 hides. 

 There is land for 8 ploughs, and 6 acres of 

 meadow. In Bitlesbroch [Bisbrooke], and 

 Gladestone [Glaston], i^ hides. There is 

 land for 4 ploughs, and 8 acres of meadow. 

 In LuFENHAM [North Luffenham], 4 hides. 

 There is land for 10 ploughs, and 16 acres 

 of meadow. In these lands there are 1 5 

 sochmen and 33 villeins and 23 bordars, with 

 the priest, having 19 ploughs. In Seitone 

 [Seaton] there is a mill rendering [de) 36 

 pence. Wood(land) i furlong in length and i 

 in breadth. Spinney (spinetum) 6 furlongs 

 in length and 2 furlongs in breadth. The 

 whole in king Edward's time was worth 3 

 pounds ; now (it is worth) 7 pounds. 



The King holds Lufenham [South Luffen- 

 ham] and ScuLETORP [Kelthorpej. There 

 are 7 hides and i virgate of land. There is 



' For the modern names of the hundreds, 

 see p. 297. 



* This and the following eleven places are 

 in Rutland. 



land for 14 ploughs. There are 12 sochmen 

 and 16 bordars with the priest, having 12 

 ploughs. There are 2 mills rendering [de) 40 

 pence, and 10 acres of meadow. In king 

 Edward's time it was worth 30 shillings ; 

 now (it is worth) 60 shillings. The men 

 labour at the king's work [opera], which the 

 reeve shall command. Queen Edith held 

 these lands. Hugh de Forth ' now holds 

 (them) of the King at farm. 



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The King holds Castretone [Casterton]. 

 Earl Morcar held it. There are 3^ hides. 

 There is land for 9 ploughs. In demesne 

 there is i (plough) ; and 24 villeins and 2 

 sochmen and 2 bordars, with the priest, and 2 

 serfs have 7 ploughs. There is a mill render- 

 ing {de) 16 shillings, and 16 acres of meadow. 

 Spinney {spinetum) 3 furlongs in length and 2 

 furlongs in breadth. It was worth 6 pounds ; 

 now (it is worth) 10 pounds. Hugh, son of 

 Baldric,* holds (it) of the king at farm. 



The King has in demesne of Portland * 2 

 carucates and 2 thirds {partes) of a third caru- 

 cate and 1 2 acres of meadow, i carucate of 

 land belongs to the church of S. Peter, and 

 half a carucate to the church of All Saints. 

 Portland, with the meadow, in king Edward's 

 time used to render 48 shillings, and lO shil- 

 lings for the rugs {feltris) of the king's sumpter 

 horses. Besides this the King ought to have 

 9 pounds and 12 shillings for other issues of 

 the town. 



The King holds Nortone [Greens Nor- 

 ton]. King Edward held it. There, with 

 2 members, Blachesleuue [Blakesley] and 

 Atenestone [Adstone], are 7 hides and i vir- 

 gate of land. There is land for * 

 In demesne there are 3 ploughs, and 3 serfs 

 and 2 bondwomen ; and (there are) 19 

 villeins and 15 sochmen and 5 bordars, having 

 21 ploughs. There (are) 2 mills rendering 

 {de) 1 5 shillings. Wood 4 leagues in length 

 and 3 leagues in breadth. When stocked 

 {oneratur) it is worth 60 shillings, and (the) 

 honey 4 shillings. The sochmen render 30 

 shillings. It was worth 12 pounds; now (it 

 is worth) 20 pounds. The smiths used to 

 render 7 pounds'' in king Edward's time. 



' See the Victoria History of Hampshire 

 for this great tenant-in-chief in that county. 



* See the Victoria History of Yorkshire 

 for this great tenant-in-chief in that county. 



* See Introduction for this locality. 



* Blank in the original. 



' From the large amount of these pay- 

 ments, it may be conjectured that the ' fabri ' 



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