A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



Widelard holds of Eustace half a hide in 

 WiNEWiNCLE [Winwick].' There is land 

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

 with I serf; and (there are) 3 villeins with 2 

 ploughs. There (are) 3 acres of meadow. 

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

 40 shillings. Achi held (it). 



In Neveslund Hundret 



Agemund holds of Eustace half a hide in 

 Grastone [Grafton Underwood]. There is 

 land for I plough. This is there with certain 

 men. It was and is worth 5 shillings. 



In Naresford Hundret 



Alvred holds of Eustace i hide and i vir- 

 gate of land in Dotone [Clapton].^ There 

 is land for 2 ploughs. In demesne there is 

 I (plough) ; and I villein with 3 bordars has 

 half a plough. It was worth 3 shillings ; 

 now (it is worth) 10 shillings. 



LVI. THE LAND OF THE 

 COUNTESS JUDITH 



In Wicelea Wapent[ake] 



The Countess Judith holds of the King 

 i^ hides in Riehale [Ryhall].^ There is, 

 with (its) appendages, land for 8 ploughs. In 

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

 10 villeins and 4 sochmen have 4 ploughs. 

 There (are) 2 mills rendering {de) 36 shillings. 

 Wood(land) 4 furlongs in length, and 2 fur- 

 longs in breadth. 



To this manor pertains Belmestorp [Bel- 

 mesthorpe].' There (are) 1^ hides, and in 

 demesne (there are) 2 ploughs ; and 14 vil- 

 leins and 6 bordars have 4 ploughs. There 

 (is) a mill rendering {de) 10 shillings and 8 

 pence, and 16 acres of meadow. The whole 

 was and is worth 6 pounds. 



The same (Judith) holds the third part of 

 I hide in AscE [Ashley]. There are 3 soch- 

 men (who) render yearly 5 shillings and 4 

 pence. 



In SuTONE [Sutton Basset] there is half a 

 hide, and the third part of half a hide ; and 4 

 sochmen have there i| ploughs, and render 

 yearly 10 shillings and 8 pence. 



^ In Polebrook Hundred. 



* Bridges (II. 421) rightly conjectured this 

 name to be a clerical error for Clotone [Clap- 

 ton]. See Feudal England, p. 223. 



* In Rutland. 



In Westone [Weston-by-Welland] there 

 is I hide, and the third part of I hide ; and 

 5 sochmen have there i^ ploughs, and render 

 yearly 21 shillings and 4 pence. 



In Tinglea [Dingley] there is the third 

 part of I hide, and 3 quarters of 2 thirds of i 

 hide;* and there (are) 5 sochmen with i^ 

 ploughs. They render 6 shillings and 8 

 pence. 



In Brantone [Brampton]* there is 1 hide; 

 and 4 sochmen have there 2 ploughs, and 

 render yearly 5 shillings and 4 pence. 



Earl Wallef (Waltheof) held all this land, 

 and it was worth as much as it now is. 



In Wilebroc Hundret 



The same Countess holds 6 hides in FoD- 

 ringeia [Fotheringay]. There is land for 

 12 ploughs. Of this land 2 hides are in 

 demesne, and there (are) 3 ploughs, and 3 

 serfs; and 19 villeins, with the priest and 6 

 bordars, have 9 ploughs. There (is) a mill 

 rendering {de) 8 shillings, and 40 acres of mea- 

 dow. Wood(land) I league in length, and 9 

 furlongs in breadth. When it is stocked (»«fr- 

 atur), and the King does not hunt in it, it is 

 worth 10 shillings. It was worth 8 pounds; 

 now (it is worth) 12 pounds. Turchil held 

 (it) freely in king Edward's time. 



The same Countess holds 5 hides in Har- 

 ingeworde [Harringworth]. There is land 

 for 16 ploughs. In demesne there are 3 

 ploughs, and 6 serfs and i bondwoman ; and 

 26 villeins and 8 bordars and 6 sochmen have 

 10 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering (de) 

 5 shillings, and 5 furlongs of meadow in 

 length, and 2 furlongs in breadth. Wood(land) 

 8 furlongs in length, and I league and 3 fur- 

 longs in breadth. It was and is worth 10 

 pounds. Turchil held (it) freely. 



In Langeport [Lamport] there is I bovate 

 of land, with I bordar rendering 16 pence. 



In Bradebroc [Braybrook] there is half a 

 virgate of socland. There I villein has half 

 a plough. It was and is worth 4 shillings. 



In Bracstone [Draughton]* there are 2^ 



* These complicated fractions amount in 

 all to ^ of a hide. 



* In Corby Hundred. 



* ' Bracstone ' is an error of the scribe for 

 Dracstone [Draughton]. See Bridges, II. 28, 



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