A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



I plough. This is there with 2 serfs ani I 

 villein and i bordar. It was worth lo shil- 

 lings ; now (it is worth) 20 shillings. 



The same (Ernald) holds of Geoffrey 2 

 hides in Hintone [Hinton].' There is land 

 for 5 ploughs. In demesne are 2 ploughs, 

 and 2 serfs ; and 1 1 villeins and 5 bordars 

 have 3 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering 

 {de) 2 shillings, and 16 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) 2 furlongs in length, and half a 

 furlong in breadth. It was worth 30 shillings ; 

 now (it is worth) 70 shillings. 



In Edboldeston Hundret 



Osbern holds of Geoffrey i^ hides, and 2 

 thirds of i virgate in Culeorde [Culworth]. 

 There is land for 4 ploughs. In demesne 

 there are 2 (ploughs), and 4 serfs; and 10 

 villeins, with I bordar, have 2 ploughs. 

 There (is) a mill rendering {de) 40 pence. It 

 was and is worth 3 pounds. 



Asgar* held all these lands of Geoffrey's in 

 king Edward's time. 



XLVI. THE LAND OF GILBERT 

 DE GAND 



In Neubotlagrave Hundret 



Gilbert de Gand holds of the King 3^ 

 hides in Ceselingeberie [Kislingbury], and 

 Geoffrey (holds them) of him. There is land 

 for 10 ploughs. In demesne there are 3 

 ploughs, and i^ hides of that land, and 10 

 serfs ; and (there are) 22 villeins and 7 bor- 

 dars with 4 ploughs. There (are) 2 mills 

 rendering {de) 40 shillings, and 14 acres of 

 meadow, and 10 acres of wood. It was worth 

 4 pounds ; now (it is worth) 6 pounds. 



Sasgar holds of Gilbert I hide and 1^ vir- 

 gates of land in Haiforde [Nether Heyford). 

 There is land for 2 ploughs. In demesne 

 there is half a plough ; and 3 villeins, with i 

 bordar, have I plough. There (are) 4 acres 

 of meadow. It was worth 10 shillings; now 

 (it is worth) 20 shillings. 



In Gravesend Hundret 



The same Gilbert holds 4 hides in Stowe 

 [Stowe]. There is land for 10 ploughs. In 

 demesne there are 3 ploughs, and 7 serfs ; 

 and 14 villeins and 6 bordars have 7 ploughs. 

 There (is) a mill rendering {de) 64 pence. 



* In Sutton Hundred. 



* Ansgar, Esgar, or Asgar, the Staller, 

 Geoffrey's ' predecessor ' in Essex also. 



Wood(land) 7 furlongs in length, and 3 fur- 

 longs in breadth. It was worth 60 shillings ; 

 now (it is worth) 100 shillings. 



The same Gilbert holds Epingeham [Em- 

 pingham].' There are 4 hides. Of these, 



3 (are) in demesne. There is land for 8 

 ploughs. In demesne there are 4 ploughs, 

 and 8 serfs; and (there are) 15 villeins with 



4 ploughs. There (are) 5 mills rendering {d<) 

 42 shillings and 8 pence, and 10 acres of 

 meadow. Wood(land) I furlong in length, 

 and 10 perches in breadth. It was worth 

 100 shillings ; now (it is worth) 10 pounds. 



The same (Gilbert) holds in the same vill 

 7^ hides, and I bovate of land of the King's 

 soc(land) of Roteland [Rutland], and says the 

 King is his patron {advocatum).*' There is 

 land for 15 ploughs. 14 sochmen, with 51 

 villeins, have these there. There (are) 5 mills 

 rendering {de) 24 shillings, and 10 acres of 

 meadow, and 10 acres of wood. It was and 

 is worth 8 pounds. 



In Wilebroc Hundret 



The same Gilbert gave to (the Abbey or) 

 S. Pierre-sur-Dive half a hide in Estone 

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

 demesne there is i (plough), and 4 villeins 

 have another. There (are) 4 acres of meadow. 

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

 10 shillings. Tonna held all these lands 

 with sac and soc. 



Rotbert holds of Gilbert Wicford [Which- 

 ford].* There (are) 15 hides. There is land 

 for 19 ploughs. In demesne there are 4 

 (ploughs), and 10 serfs ; and 33 villeins and 

 21 bordars have 15 ploughs. There (are) 2 

 mills rendering {de) 15 shillings, and 3 furlongs 

 of meadow in length, and as much in breadth. 

 Wood(land) I furlong in length, and as much 

 in breadth. It was worth 10 pounds; now 

 (it is worth) 20 pounds. Wlf held (it) freely 

 in king Edward's time. 



^ In Rutland. 



* i.e. (in later language) he vouches the 

 King to warranty. 



* Whichford in Warwickshire. Dugdale, 

 in his History of IVarwickihire, observes that 

 this place is not entered in Domesday, and 

 did not connect it with the above entry, 

 but the fact that Whichford church was given 

 to Bridlington priory, which was founded by 

 Gilbert's son, VV'alter de Gant, and was speci- 

 ally connected with their house, is sufficient 

 to establish the identity. 



346 



