THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



lings ; now (it is worth) 30 shillings. If it 

 were well worked [exerceretur) it would be 

 worth 100 shillings. This land in king 

 Edward's time belonged to the sustenance 

 of the monks. Ferron holds (it) by the 

 king's command against the will of the 

 Abbot. 



In WoDEFORD [Woodford '] Roger ^ holds 

 of the Abbot 7 hides. There is land for 12 

 ploughs. In demesne there are 2^ ploughs, 

 and 4 serfs ; and (there are) 12 villeins and 3 

 bordars and 12 sochmen with 9^ ploughs. 

 There is a mill rendering 2 shillings, and 20 

 acres of meadow. It was worth 20 shillings ; 

 now (it is worth) 60 shillings. 



In the same vill, Roger, Hugh, and Siward 

 hold 3 virgates of land of the Abbot, and have 

 there I plough ; and it is worth 10 shillings. 

 The whole manor was waste when they 

 received (it). 



In Edintone [Addington Parva] Hugh 

 holds of the Abbot 3 hides. There is land 

 for 8 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 

 (ploughs) with I serf ; and (there are) 8 vil- 

 leins and 4 bordars and i sochman with 4 

 ploughs. There is a mill rendering [de) 12 

 pence and 200 eels ; and (there are) 8 acres 

 of meadow. It was worth 10 shillings ; now 

 (it is worth) 40 shillings. 



In Erdinburne [Irthlingborough] 4 knights 

 hold of the Abbot 5 hides, less I virgate. 

 There they have 6 ploughs in demesne ; and 

 (there are) 8 villeins and 2 bordars with 2 

 ploughs. There is a mill rendering [de) 5 

 shillings. It was worth 20 shillings ; now (it 

 is worth) 100 shillings. The soc belongs to 

 [jacet in) Burg [Peterborough]. 



In Craneford [Cranford] Robert holds of 

 the Abbot 3 hides, and i knight (holds) of 

 him. There is land for 6 ploughs. There 

 are 15 sochmen having 6 ploughs. It was 

 worth 5 shillings ; now (it is worth) 40 shil- 

 lings. 



In Craneford [Cranford] are \\ hides. 

 Godric holds (it) of the King.^ There island 

 for 3 ploughs. In demesne there is i (plough), 



' In Huxlow Hundred. 

 * This was Roger ' Maufe ' or ' Malfed.' 

 ' A space is left here in the original. 

 This is a difficult passage. Mr. Stuart Moore 

 reads it as above, but in Domesday the word 

 is ' /(•«,' which may stand for tenet or for 

 tenuit. 



and 4 bordars have another plough. There 

 is a mill rendering (de) 2 shillings, and 4 acres 

 of meadow, and as many of wood. It was 

 worth 10 shillings ; now (it is worth) 20 shil- 

 lings. 



In Dailintone [Dallington] Richard * 

 holds of the Abbot 4 hides. There is land 

 for 8 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 

 (ploughs), and 3 serfs; and 18 villeins, with 

 the priest and 4 bordars, have 6 ploughs. 

 There is a mill rendering {de) 20 shillings, 

 and 5 acres of meadow. It was worth 20 

 shillings; now (it is worth) 100 shillings. 



In AscETONE [Ashton]* Ivo holds of the 

 Abbot half a hide. It is worth 4 shillings. 



VII. THE LAND OF ST. PETER 

 OF WESTMINSTER 



In Corbie Hundret 



The Abbey of St. Peter of West- 

 minster [Jl^estmon[aiterium]) holds Dene 

 [Dene]. There are 2^ hides. There is land 

 for 8 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 

 (ploughs) ; and 17 villeins, with the priest 

 and 6 bordars, have 6 ploughs ; and 2 smiths 

 render 32 shillings. There is a mill render- 

 ing [de) 3 shillings. Wood(land) i league in 

 length, and 8 furlongs in breadth. It was, 

 and is, worth 6 pounds. The Church always 

 held (it). 



In Hocheslau Hundret 



The same Church holds 3 hides in SfTBL'RG 

 [Sudborough]. There is land for 8 ploughs. 

 In demesne there is i (plough) ; and 12 vil- 

 leins and 5 sochmen, with 2 bordars, have 6 

 ploughs. There is a mill rendering [de) 6 

 shillings. Wood(land) 7 furlongs in length, 

 and 6 in breadth. It was and is worth 100 

 shillings. 



VIII. THE LAND OF ST. EDMUND 

 In RoDEWEtLE Hundret 



The Abbev of S. Edmund ^ holds of the 

 King I hide of soc(land) in Boctone [Bough- 

 ton].'' There is land for 2 ploughs. There 

 are 6 villeins and 2 bordars with 2 ploughs. 



He was succeeded here by his son Robert. 



In Polebrook Hundred. 

 Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. 

 In Corby Hundred. 



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