THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



for 1 plough, which (plough) 3 bordars have 

 there. It was worth 3 shillings ; now (it is 

 worth) 5 shillings. Ulchetel held (it) freely. 



In Stotfald Hundret 



The same (Humfrey) holds in Sibertod 

 [Sibertoft] 3 hides less I virgate. There is 

 land for 9 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 

 (ploughs), and 4 serfs and 5 bondwomen ; and 

 8 villeins with the priest, have 2 ploughs. 

 There (are) 20 acres of meadow. It was 

 worth 5 shillings ; now (it is worth) 30 shil- 

 lings. 



The same (Humfrey) holds 3 virgates of 

 land and the third part of I virgate in Fare- 

 done [East Farndon]. There is land for 2 

 ploughs. In demesne there is i (plough), and 

 3 villeins have another. It was worth 2 

 shillings ; now (it is worth) 5 shillings. 

 Fregis and Brumage held (it). 



The same (Humfrey) holds 2 hides and i 

 virgate of land, and the third part of I virgate 

 in BuGEDONE [Bowdon Parva]. There is 

 land for 6 ploughs. In demesne there is i 

 (plough) with 1 serf; and 11 villeins with 

 I bordar have 2 ploughs. There (is) a mill 

 rendering (a'c) 16 pence, and 8 acres of meadow, 

 and (there are) 3 sochmen with 2 ploughs. 

 It was worth 64 pence ; now (it is worth) 

 30 shillings. Godwin and Wlsin held (it). 



The same (Humfrey) holds I hide and the 

 third part of i virgate in Oxedone [Oxendon 

 Parva]. There is land for 2 ploughs. In 

 demesne there is i plough. (There is) no- 

 thing more. It was worth 12 pence ; now 

 (it is worth) 10 shillings. Fregis held (it). 



The same (Humfrey) holds 3 hides in 

 EsBECE [Haselbeech].' There is land for 9 

 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 (ploughs) ; 

 and 9 villeins and 10 bordars have 7 ploughs. 

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

 40 shillings. jElmar and Norman held (it) 

 in king Edward's time. 



' lam quite unable to see on what grounds 

 Mr. Stuart Moore makes ' Esbece ' to be 

 ' Cold Ashby,' which is in Guilsborough 

 Hundred, which is named 'Essebi' in 

 Domesday, and the manorial descent of 

 which is quite distinct. Bridges identified 

 'Esbece' as Haselbeech (ii. 35), which is duly 

 found in the ' Northamptonshire Survey ' as 

 'Haselbeche' in 'Stotfolde' Hundred, and 

 which is there entered as of 3 hides, 

 formerly held (as in Domesday above) by 

 the count of Mortain. 



The same (Humfrey) holds half a bovate 



of land in Herolvestone [Harleston]. There 



is land for 2 oxen.* Edric held (it) freely. 

 It is waste. 



The same (Humfrey) holds two thirds of i 

 hide in Olletorp [Althorpe). There is land 

 for 2 ploughs. In demesne he has i (plough) 

 with 3 serfs ; and I knight has another with 

 3 bordars. There are 8 acres of meadow and 

 2 acres of spinney {ipinetum). It was worth 

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

 Tosti and Snoterman held (it) freely. 



In Claveslea Hundret 

 The same (Humfrey) holds 5 sixths of i 

 hide in Covesgrave [Cosgrave]. The soc 

 belongs to [jacet in) Paseham [Passenham]. 

 There is land for i^ ploughs; and so many 

 are there with 4 bordars. There (are) 10 

 acres of meadow, and 2 * quarentenes ' of 

 underwood {iilva minuta). It was and is 

 worth 20 shillings. Ailric held (it) freely. 



In Spelho Hundret 

 The same (Humfrey) holds 1 virgate of 

 land in Pidesford [Pitsford]. There is land 

 for half a plough, and it is there with 1 

 bordar. A mill rendering {de) 2 shillings is 

 there. It was worth 3 shillings ; now (it is 

 worth) 10 shillings. Osmund held (it) freely. 



Alan holds of the Count i virgate of land 

 in Desburg [Desborough]. There is land 

 for I plough. There is half a plough with 2 

 bordars. It was worth 3 shillings ; now (it 

 is worth) 5 shillings. Fregis held (it). 



The same (Alan) holds i hide in Woltone 

 [Whilton]. There is land for 2 ploughs. In 

 demesne there is i (plough), and 2 serfs ; and 

 2 villeins, with a priest and 6 bordars, have 

 another plough. There (are) 5 acres of 

 meadow, and a mill rendering {de) 40 pence. 

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

 60 shillings. Boui held (it) freely. 



The same (Alan) holds 2 hides and 4 

 fifths of half a hide in Hecham [Cold 

 Higham]. There is land for 6 ploughs. In 

 demesne there is I (plough) ; and 4 villeins, 

 with the priest and 3 bordars, have i plough. 

 There (are) 10 acres of meadow. It was 



i.e. a quarter of a ploughland, 



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