A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



XIX. THE LAND OF GEOFFREY 

 DE WIRCE 



M. In LANDEFORDE [Langford] Levric had 



2 carucates of land, and 3 bovates and the 

 fifth part of i bovate (assessed) to the geld. 

 (There is) land for 8 ploughs. There 

 Rannulf, the man of Geoffrey de Wirce, has 

 2^ ploughs and 16 sochmen and 17 villeins 

 and 4 bordars having 7 ploughs. There (is) 

 a priest and a church and 2 mills (rendering) 

 12 shillings and I fishery and IOO acres of 

 meadow. In King Edward's time it was 

 worth 4 pounds ; now (it is worth) the same 

 and 10 shillings more. 



XX. THE LAND OF ILBERT DE 

 LACI 



M. In SIBETORP [Sibthorpe] Pilewin had 

 1\ bovates of land (assessed) to the geld. 

 (There is) land for I plough. Now Ilbert 

 de Laci has (it). Arnegrim holds of (de) him. 

 There is I plough in demesne and 3 sochmen on 

 (de) half a bovate of land and 16 bordars having 



3 ploughs and the third part of I mill (render- 

 ing) 10 pence and 10 acres of meadow. The 

 fourth part of this land belongs to the church 

 of the same manor. There (is) a priest. In 

 King Edward's time it was worth 30 shillings 

 and (it is worth the same) now. 



Soc[land] 



S. In SCELTUN [Shelton] and ALVRITON 

 [Alverton] and CHILVINTUN [Kilvington] and 

 TORUENTUN [Thoroton] (there are) 3 bovates 

 of land (assessed) to the geld. (There is) land 

 for I plough. There 6 villeins and I bordar 

 have 2 ploughs and 30 acres of meadow. 



M. In STOCHES [East Stoke] Turchil had 

 5 bovates of land (assessed) to the geld. (There 

 is) land for 2 ploughs. Mainfrid holds (it) of 

 (de) Ilbert and has there half a plough and 3 

 sochmen and 5 bordars having I plough and 

 2 ploughing oxen (boves arantes) and 64 acres 

 of meadow. In King Edward's time it was 

 worth 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 15 

 (shillings). 



In ELVESTUNE [Elston] Ilbert has 3 dwell- 

 ings (mansura:) in which are 2 sochmen and I 

 bordar belonging to (ad) STOCHAS [East Stoke]. 

 They have no land. 



Ilbert claims the priest's land against Bishop 

 R(emi) and in STOCHES [Stoke] he claims the 

 fourth part of the vill. 



M. In ELVESTUN [Elston] Godwin had 6 

 bovates of land (assessed) to the geld. (There 

 is) land for 3 ploughs. Arnegrim holds (it) of 

 (de) Ilbert and has there I plough and 3 soch- 



men on 2 bovates of land and i villein and 5 

 bordars having 2 ploughs. There (are) 30 

 acres of meadow. In King Edward's time 

 it was worth 40 shillings ; now (it is worth) 

 25 shillings. 



M. In ASLACHETONE [Aslockton] Leving 

 had i bovate of land (assessed) to the geld 

 with sac and soc (saca et soca). (There is) 

 land for half a plough. Ulvric holds (it) of 

 (de) Ilbert, and there he has 2 ploughing oxen 

 (boves arantes) and 2 sochmen and I bordar 

 having half a plough and 8 acres of meadow. 

 In King Edward's time it was worth 5 shil- 

 lings and 4 pence (and it is worth) the same 

 now. 



2 M. In CROPHILLE [Cropwell Butler] 

 Ulviet and Godric had 4 bovates of land 

 (assessed) to the geld. (There is) land for 2 

 ploughs. Ilbert de Laci was seised of this 

 estate (terra), but when Roger of Poitou re- 

 ceived (his) estate he seised this manor away 

 from (super) Ilbert. The wapentake (court) 

 bears witness that Ilbert was seised. Now it 

 is in the king's hand except the third part and 

 the thegn(land) (tainum) which is the head of 

 the manor, which Ilbert holds. There is now 

 I plough in demesne and 4 sochmen having 

 9 ploughing oxen (boves in car') and 6 acres of 

 meadow. In King Edward's time it was worth 

 16 shillings; now (it is worth) 10 shillings. 



In ECHELINGE [Hickling] (there are) 3^ 

 carucates of land (assessed) to the geld. Tur- 

 chil and Godwin held (it) for 2 manors. 

 (There is) land for 8 ploughs. In demesne 

 are 3 ploughs ; and 4 sochmen and 23 villeins 

 with i bordar have 6 ploughs. There (are) 

 2OO acres of meadow. Formerly (it was 

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



fol. agib. 



XXI. THE LAND OF BERENGER 

 DE TODENI 



M. In STOCHES [East Stoke] Sbern croc had 

 2^ bovates of land (assessed) to the geld. 

 (There is) land for i plough. Berenger de 

 Todeni has (it). Ralf, his man, holds (it). 

 There he has i plough and 2 villeins and 3 

 bordars ploughing with 2 oxen. There (are) 

 40 acres of meadow. In King Edward's time 

 it was worth 12 shillings ; now (it is worth) 

 10 shillings. 



M. In SIRESTUN [Syerston] Sbern croc had 

 1\ bovates of land (assessed) to the geld. 

 (There is) land for I plough. Godwin holds 

 (it) of Berenger, and has there i plough and i 

 sochman and 2 villeins with half a plough. 

 There (are) 10 acres of meadow. In King 



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