THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



XLVII. THE LAND OF GEOFFREY 

 DE WIRCE 



In Gisleburg Hundret and a half 



Geoffrey de Wirce holds of the King 

 4 hides in Wellesford [Welford], and Alfrid 

 holds (them) of him. There is land for 8 

 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 (ploughs), 

 and 2 serfs and I bondwoman ; and 12 vil- 

 leins, with the priest and 2 bordars, have 4 

 ploughs. There (are) 20 acres of meadow. 



To this manor pertain 2^ virgates of land 

 in EssEBi [Cold Ashby]. There is land for 

 I plough ; and (there is) the fourth part of i 

 virgate of land in Etendone [Elkington].' 

 There are 2 bordars rendering 22 pence. 



In Stofald Hundret 

 To the same Manor pertain 2^ hides in 

 SoLEBi [Sulby]. There is land for 5 ploughs. 

 It is waste. The whole in king Edward's 

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

 60 shillings. Leuric held (it) freely in king 

 Edward's time. 



The same Geoffrey holds in Crec [Crick] 

 4 hides less i virgate of land. There is land 

 for 8 ploughs. In demesne there are 3 

 ploughs, and 4 serfs ; and 1 7 villeins, with 

 the priest and 6 bordars, have 5 ploughs. 

 There (are) 12 acres of meadow. It was 

 worth 30 shillings ; now (it is worth) 4 pounds 

 and 10 shillings. To this land belong 4 

 sochmen, who render 10 pence.* 



XLVIII. THE LAND OF GUNFRID 

 DE CIOCHES 



In Corbei Hundret 



GuNFRiD de Cioches holds of the King 

 half a hide in Boctone [Boughton]. There 

 is land for I plough. 2 villeins with i bordar 

 have this there. It was and is worth 6 

 shillings. 



The same Gunfrid holds in Neutone 

 [Newton] 3 virgates of land and i bovate, 

 and the third part of i bovate. There is 

 land for 2 ploughs. In demesne there is I 

 (plough) ; and 4 villeins with 4 bordars have 

 another. Wood(land) there half a furlong in 

 length and 5 perches in breadth. It was 

 and is worth 10 shillings. Azur held these 

 2 lands * freely. 



* See p. 327, note *. 



* The whole of this entry is added at the 

 foot of the column. 



' i.e. Boughton and Newton. 



In Spereholt Hundret 

 The same (Gunfrid) holds 3 hides and i^ 

 virgates of land in Belinge [Billing Parva]. 

 There is land for 7 ploughs. In demesne 

 there are 2 (ploughs), and 4 serfs; and 16 

 villeins with the priest have 5 ploughs. 

 There (is) a mill rendering {de) 2 shillings, 

 and 50 acres of meadow. It was worth 40 

 shillings ; now (it is worth) 70 shillings. 

 Suain held (it) freely. 



The same (Gunfrid) holds 5 hides in 

 Wilavestone [Wollaston]. There is land 

 for 10 ploughs. In demesne there are 4 

 (ploughs), and 8 serfs ; and 22 villeins, with 

 the priest and 4 bordars, have 6 ploughs. 

 There (is) a mill rendering [de) 5 shillings, 

 and 48 acres of meadow. It was worth 3 

 pounds; now (it is worth) 10 pounds. 4 

 thegns held (it) with sac and soc. 



In Ordinbaro Hundret 

 The same (Gunfrid) holds i^ hides in 

 Craneslea [Cransley]. There is land for 3 

 ploughs. In demesne there is I (plough), 

 and 2 serfs ; and 4 villeins, with the priest 

 and 10 bordars, have 2 ploughs. There are 

 5 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 

 30 shillings. 



In Gisleburg Hundret 

 The same (Gunfrid) holds 2 hides and i 

 virgate of land, and half a hide of soc(land).* 

 There is land for 5^ ploughs. In demesne 

 there are 3 ploughs, and 7 serfs ; and 1 3 

 villeins and 5 bordars and 5 sochmen have 

 2^ ploughs. There are 8 acres of meadow. 

 It was and is worth 4 pounds. 



The same (Gunfrid) holds i virgate of land 

 in Edone [West Haddon]. There is land 

 for half a plough, and this is there with I 

 serf. It is worth 4 shillings. 



The same (Gunfrid) holds i hide in Crap- 

 tone [Creaton Magna]. There is land for 

 2 ploughs. In demesne there is I (plough), 

 and 4 serfs ; and 3 villeins with 2 bordars have 

 I plough. It was worth 20 shillings ; now 

 (it is worth) 30 shillings. 



In Colentreu Hundret 

 The same (Gunfrid) holds 2^ hides in 

 ToRP [Rothersthorpe]. There is land for 



* Doubtless in Buckby, as the same amount 

 of land was entered in the ' Northamptonshire 

 Survey ' as held there by Saer de Quincey 

 of the fee of Aunsel de Chokes {i.e. Cioches) 

 (Bridges, I. 544)- 



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