THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



The same (Alvred) holds i virgate of land 

 in CiLDECOTE (Chilcote).' There is land for 

 half a plough, which is there with 2 bordars. 

 It is worth 2 shillings. Turbern held (it). 



The same (Alvred) holds i hide and 3 

 virgates of land in Eltetone [Elkington].^ 

 There is land for 3^ ploughs. In demesne 

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

 are) 10 villeins with i| ploughs. It was and 

 is worth 40 shillings. Turbern held it freely. 



The same (Alvred) holds i virgate of land 

 in LiNEBURNE [Lilbourne]. There is land 

 for 2^ ploughs, and as many are there, with 

 7 villeins and I bordar, and (there are) 3 

 acres of meadow. It was worth 12 pence ; 

 now (it is worth) 10 shillings. Turbern held 

 (it). 



The same (Alvred) holds 3 virgates of land 

 in Gelvrecote (Yelvertoft). There is land 

 for I plough. There are i^ ploughs, with I 

 serf, and 4 villeins, and (there are) 2 acres of 

 meadow. It was worth 5 shillings ; now (it 

 is worth) 10 shillings. 



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The same Alvred holds 3 virgates of land 

 in Buchebi [Buckby]. There is land for 

 i^ ploughs ; and these {tantundem) are there 

 with 6 villeins and 2 bordars. There (are) 

 4 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 30 

 shillings. Turbern and Alric held (it) freely. 



The same (Alvred) holds I virgate of land 

 and the fifth part of I virgate in Etenestone 

 [Adstone].' There is land for I plough, 

 which is there, and (there are) 3 acres of 

 meadow. It was worth 4 shillings ; now (it 

 is worth) 6 shillings. 



' Formerly a place near to Cold Ashby. 

 The name is preserved at the present day as 

 Chilcote's Cover. (Mr. Stuart Moore's note.) 



* Mr. Stuart Moore distinguishes, in his 

 translation and his index, Eltington, the 

 ' Eltetone' of Domesday, from Elkington, ' its 

 Etendone ' (see p. 347 below). But all three 

 entries refer, as Bridges made them do, to 

 Eltington (now corruptly Elkington). 



^ Mr. Stuart Moore makes this to be 

 ' Easton Neston ' (* Estanestone ' in Domes- 

 day), but on fo. 222 b. above, he renders 

 ' Etenestone ' (in ' Foxle ' Hundred) as Ad- 

 stone, which place also seems to be represented 

 by the ' Etenestone ' on this page, for Adstone 

 lay just south of Wood Preston and Farthing- 

 stone. 



The same (Alvred) holds i^ virgates of 

 land in Prestetone [Wood Preston].* There 

 is land for I plough. It is waste. 



The same (Alvred) holds 3 virgates of land 

 in FoRDiNESTONE [Farthingstone]. There is 

 land for I plough, which is there in demesne, 

 and (there are) 2 serfs. It was worth 10 

 shillings ; now (it is worth) 15 shillings. 

 Ingelran holds (it) of him (Alvred). Leuric 

 held (it) in king Edward's time. The soc of 

 this land belongs to {jacet ad) Felewesleie 

 [Fawsley]. 



FuLCHER holds of the Count i hide and 

 the third part of I hide in Alidetorp [Thorpe 

 Malsor].* There is land for 3 ploughs. In 

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

 10 villeins, and 8 bordars have 2 ploughs. 

 It was and is worth 30 shillings. Edwin 

 held (it) freely. 



The same (Fulcher) holds 3 virgates of land 



in PiCTESLEi [Pytchley]. There is land for 

 i^ ploughs. Two ploughs are there with I 

 sochman and 2 bordars, and i acre of meadow. 

 It was worth 5 shillings ; now (it is worth) 

 10 shillings. Edwin held this also fceely. 



The same (Fulcher) holds 3 virgates of 

 land in Ordinbaro [Orlingbur)-]. There is 

 land for i\ ploughs, and they {tantundem) are 

 there, with I villein and 2 bordars. There 

 (are) 2 acres of meadow. Wood(land) I fur- 

 long in length and half a furlong in breadth. 

 It was worth 5 shillings ; now (it is worth) 

 10 shillings. 



Robert holds of the Count half a hide in 



* Or Preston Parva. 



* Mr. Stuart Moore makes this to be 

 Althorpe (which was ' Olletorp '), but I am 

 certain it is Thorpe Malsor. Bridges says of 

 this latter place that ' there appeareth to be 

 no mention ' of it ' in Domesday Book,' but 

 it will be found that ' Fulcherius Malesoueres ' 

 held in the ' Northamptonshire Survey ' at 

 Thorpe Malsor and at Orlingbury. His 

 holding at the former (given wrongly by 

 Bridges) was i J hides, the exact amount given 

 under 'Alidethorp' above (see p. 385 below). 

 Moreover, under Edward I., Thorpe Malsor 

 was held of the fee of Mortain. 



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