THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



Anschitill * holds of the Abbot Withering- 

 ham [Wittering].^ There are 9 hides. 

 There is land for 16 ploughs. In king 

 Edward's time 30 (ploughs) were there. In 

 demesne there are 3 ploughs and 5 serfs ; 

 and (there are) 12 villeins and 7 bordars, and 

 20 sochmen with 12 ploughs among (them) 

 all. There are 3 mills rendering {tie) 19 

 shillings. Wood(land) 2 leagues in length 

 and I in breadth. It was worth 3 pounds ; 

 now (it is worth) 1 1 pounds. 



In BoRGLEA [Burleigh] Geoffrey holds 3 

 virgates of land of the Abbot. There is land 

 for 2 ploughs. In demesne there is i (plough) 

 and 3 serfs ; and 7 villeins with i bordar 

 have I plough. There (are) 6 acres of 

 meadow, and 3 acres of wood. It was worth 

 10 shillings ; now (it is worth) 40 shillings. 



In SuDTORP [Southorpe] Geoffrey ^ and 2 

 other knights hold 4^ hides of the Abbot. 

 There is land for 6 ploughs. In king 

 Edward's time there were 12. In demesne 

 there are 3 ploughs ; and (there are) 4 villeins 

 and 2 bordars and 18 sochmen with 7 ploughs. 

 There are 2^ mills, rendering {df) 3 shillings, 

 and 20 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 2 

 furlongs in length and I in breadth. It was 

 worth 40 shillings ; now (it is worth) 6 

 pounds. 



In Glintone [Glinton] 3 of the Abbot's 

 knights hold 10 hides and i virgate of land. 

 They have there 6 ploughs in demesne, and 

 (there are) 33 sochmen with 9^ ploughs. 

 There are 2 mills rendering 1 1 shillings and 

 4 pence. It was worth 40 shillings ; now it 

 is worth 10 pounds. 



In WiDERiNTONE [Werrington] 4 of the 

 Abbot's knights hold 3 hides ; and they have 

 there 4 ploughs, and 1 2 acres of meadow. It 

 was worth 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 4 

 pounds. 



In Writorp [Worthorpe] Alwin holds of 

 the Abbot 3 virgates of land which belong to 

 Witeringham [Wittering]. There he has 

 [habent) 3 sochmen with i^ ploughs, and 4 

 acres of meadow. It is worth eight shillings. 



' de St. Medard. 



* Including Thornhaugh (with Sibcrton 

 and part of Walmesford and Elton), which 

 are not mentioned in Domesday. 



' This was Geoffrey, ' nephew of the 

 abbot.' 



In CoDESTOCHE [Cotherstock] 2 knights 

 hold of the Abbot 3 hides. There is land for 

 6 ploughs. In demesne there are 3 (ploughs) ; 

 and (there are) 10 villeins and 4 bordars with 

 6^ ploughs. There are 24 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) 6 furlongs in length and 4 fur- 

 longs in breadth. It was worth 5 shillings ; 

 now (it is worth) 60 shillings. 



In LiDlNTONE [Lutton] William holds of 

 the Abbot 2| hides. There is land for 6 

 ploughs. In demesne there is i (plough) with 



1 serf ; and (there are) 8 villeins and 2 bor- 

 dars with 2 ploughs, and 6 sochmen with 2 

 ploughs, and (there are) 1 2 acres of meadow. 

 The soc of this land pertains to Undel [Oun- 

 dle]. It was worth 10 shillings ; now (it is 

 worth) 40 shillings. 



In Warmintone [Warmington] 2 knights 

 hold of the Abbot i hide, which belongs to 

 [jacet ad) Walebroc [Willibrook *]. There 

 is land for 2 ploughs. Those are there with 



2 villeins and 3 sochmen. It was worth 2 

 shillings ; now (it is worth) 30 shillings. 



In PocHEBROc [Polebrook] Eustace * holds 

 of the Abbot 4 hides, less i virgate. There 

 is land for 8 ploughs. In demesne there is I 

 (plough), with I serf; and 5 villeins, and 2 

 bordars and 3 sochmen with 8 villeins have 

 4^ ploughs among (them) all. There are 5 

 acres of meadow. It was worth 5 shillings ; 

 now (it is worth) 40 shillings. Of this land 

 Geoffrey holds i virgate of land. 



In Mermeston [Armston] and Chinges- 

 TORP [Kingsthorpe] * 5 knights hold of the 

 Abbot 5 hides of soc(land). There is land 

 for 8 ploughs. In demesne there are 5 

 (ploughs), and (there are) 9 villeins and 3 bor- 

 dars and 6 sochmen with 3 ploughs among 

 (them) all. There are 3 acres of meadow. 

 It was worth 10 shillings ; now (it is worth) 

 40 shillings. 



In Hinintone [Hemington] 3 knighf« hold 

 of the Abbot 2^ hides, and the soc belongs to 

 {est Soca de) Undel [Oundle]. There is land 

 for 4 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 

 ploughs, and (there are) 5 villeins with 2 

 ploughs. There are 10 acres of meadow. 



* Warmington is in Polebrook Hundred ; 

 but the hamlet of Warmington is locally situate 

 in Willibrook Hundred (see p. 387 below). 



^ Eustace, sheriff of Huntingdonshire (see 

 Introduction). 



^ In Polebrook Hundred. 



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