

SNOTINGHAMSCIRE 



ioi. 2 8oa J N j ING EDWARD'S TIME THERE WERE IN THE BOROUGH OF SNOTINGE- 

 HAM [Nottingham] 173 burgesses and 19 villeins. To this borough 

 there belong (adiacenf) 6 carucates of land (assessed) to the king's geld 

 and i meadow and underwood (sifoce minutes) 6 furlongs in length and 5 

 in breadth. This land was divided among 38 burgesses and rendered 

 75 shillings and 7 pence from the rent (censu) of the land and the services 1 

 (operibus) of the burgesses and 40 shillings from 2 moneyers (monetarii}. 

 In it (Inib'i) earl Tosti(g) had I carucate of land from the soc of which 

 land (de cujus terre soca) the king used to have the two pennies and the 

 earl himself the third. Hugh, son of Baldric, the sheriff, found 136 

 men dwelling (there), now there are 16 less. Nevertheless Hugh himself 

 built 13 houses, which were not before, on the earl's land in the new 

 borough, adding them to the rent (apponens eas in censu) of the old 

 borough. 



In Snotingeham there is one church in the king's demesne to which 

 there belong (in qua iacenf) 3 burgess tenements [mansiones burgi) and 5 

 bovates of land of the above named 6 carucates with sac and soc (saca et 

 soca), and to the same church belong 5! acres of land of which the 

 king has the sac and soc. The burgesses have 6 carucates of arable land 

 (terre ad arana") and 20 bordars and 14 ploughs (carucas). They were 

 accustomed to fish in the water of Trent, and now they make complaint 

 that they are forbidden to fish. 



In King Edward's time Snotingham rendered 18 pounds, now it 

 renders 30 pounds and 10 pounds from the mint. 



In Snotingham Roger de Busli has 3 tenements (mansiones) on which 

 are established 1 1 houses rendering 4 shillings and 7 pence. William 

 Pev(e)rel has 48 merchants' houses rendering 36 shillings and 12 

 horsemen's houses (domus equitutri) and 8 bordars. Ralf de Burun has 

 1 3 horsemen's houses ; in one of these one merchant dwells. Gulbert 

 (has) 4 houses. Ralf the son of Hubert has 1 1 houses ; in these 3 

 merchants dwell. Geoffrey Alselin has 21 houses and Aitard the priest 

 2 houses. In the priest's croft there are 65 houses and in these the king 

 has sac and soc. The church with all the things that pertain to it is 

 worth 100 shillings yearly. Richard Frelle has 4 houses. In the 

 borough ditch (fossatum burgi) there are 17 houses and 6 other houses. 

 The king granted to William Pev(e)rel 10 acres of land for making an 

 orchard (pomerium). 



In Snotingeham King Edward had i carucate of land with 

 the geld. (There was) land for 2 ploughs. There the king has now 



1 i.e. the value of their labour services in respect of this land. 



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