THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



villeins and 9 bordars with 8 ploughs. There 

 (are) 3 mills rendering {de) 16 shillings, and 



9 acres of meadow. It was worth 10 pounds ; 

 now (it is worth) 7 pounds. Bardi held (it) 

 freely. 



VI. THE LAND OF ST. PETER OF 

 BURG 



In Stoche Hundret 



The Abbey of St. Peter of Burg [Peter- 

 borough] holds the vill which is called Burg 

 [Peterborough]. There are 8 hides. There 

 is land for 16 ploughs. In demesne there are 

 5 (ploughs), and 7 serfs ; and (there are) 37 

 villeins and 8 bordars with 2 ploughs. 

 There (is) a mill [de) rendering 5 shillings ; 

 and 40 acres of meadow. Wood(land) i 

 league in length and 4 furlongs in breadth. 

 It was worth 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 



10 pounds. 



In Stoch Hundret 



The same Church holds Cotingeham 

 [Cottingham]. There are 7 hides. There 

 is land for 14 ploughs. In demesne there are 



2 (ploughs), and 4 serfs ; and (there are) 29 

 villeins and 10 bordars with 10 ploughs. 

 There (is) a mill rendering {de) 40 pence, and 

 12 acres of meadow. Wood(land) I league 

 in length and half a league in breadth. It 

 was worth lo shillings ; now (it is worth) 

 60 shillings. 



The same Church holds Torp [Long 

 Thorp]. There are 2 hides. There is land 

 for 4 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 

 (ploughs), and 4 serfs ; and (there are) 12 

 villeins and 2 bordars with 2 ploughs. There 

 is meadow(land) 3 furlongs in length and I 

 furlong in breadth. Wood(land) 6 furlongs in 

 length and 4 furlongs in breadth. There are 



3 sochmen with 2 ploughs. It was worth 40 

 shillings ; now (it is worth) 50 shillings. 



The same Church holds Castre [Castor]. 

 There are 3 hides. There is land for 12 

 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 (ploughs) 

 with I serf; and (there are) 13 villeins and 

 2 bordars with 3^ ploughs. There (is) a mill 

 rendering {de) 8 shillings, and 15 acres of 

 meadow. Wood(land) 6 furlongs in length 

 and 4 furlongs in breadth. It was worth 

 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 50 shillings. 



The same Church holds Eglesworde 

 [Aylesworth]. There are 6 hides. There is 

 land for 1 2 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 

 ploughs; and (there are) 17 villeins and 2 



bordars and 8 sochmen with 12 ploughs. 

 There (are) 2 mills rendering {de) 12 shillings, 

 and 15 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 3 

 furlongs in length and 2 furlongs in breadth. 

 It was worth 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 

 70 shillings. 



The same Church holds 6 hides in Pil- 

 lesgete [Pillesgate]. There is land for 6 

 ploughs. In demesne there is I (plough) 

 with I serf; and 9 villeins and 2 bordars and 

 26 sochmen have 1 1 ploughs. There (is) a 

 mill rendering {de) 10 shillings, and 40 acres 

 of meadow, and 5 acres of wood. It was 

 worth 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 4 

 pounds. 



The same Church holds 3 hides in Glin- 

 tone [Glinton]. In this (place) with its 

 appendages there were, in king Edward's 

 time, 30 ploughs. There is land for 12 

 ploughs. In demesne there are 3 ploughs, 

 and 2 bondwomen ; and (there are) 10 vil- 

 leins and 6 bordars and 8 sochmen with 5 

 ploughs. There are 100 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) 10 furlongs in length and 9 fur- 

 longs in breadth. It was and is worth 60 

 shillings. 



The same Church holds 8 hides and i 

 virgateof land in Widerintone [Werrington]. 

 There, with the appendages, were 30 ploughs 

 in king Edward's time.* There is land for 

 12 ploughs. In demesne there are 5 ploughs, 

 and 4 serfs ; and (there are) 30 villeins and 4 

 bordars and 19 sochmen having 19 ploughs. 

 Wood(land) 2 leagues in length and I league 

 in breadth. It was worth 4 pounds ; now (it 

 is worth) 7 pounds. 



The same Church holds in Adelintone 

 [Elton]^ li hides. There is land for 3 

 ploughs. There are 6 sochmen with 3 

 ploughs ; and 8 acres of meadow. It was 

 worth 2 shillings; now (it is worth) lO shil- 

 lings. 



The same Church holds 6 hides in Undele 

 [Oundle]. There is land for 9 ploughs. In 

 demesne there are 3 ploughs, and 3 serfs ; and 

 (there are) 23 villeins and 10 bordars with 9 

 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering {de) 20 

 shillings, and 250 eels; and there (are) 50 



' See Introduction. 



* In Huntingdonshire. Mr. Stuart Moore 

 (following Bridges) identifies this as ' Adington 

 Magna ' (Northants), but it seems to me to be 

 clearly Elton, as on fo. 222 (p. 318 below). 



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