A. D. 1086. 305 



In the burgh of Grentebrige {Cambridge) 28 houies were pulled down 

 to build a caftle. The cuftoms are £,>] annually, and the ground-rent 

 (' landgablum') is fomewhat above £'j. 



In the burgh of Huntedun there are now no coiners. 



In Northanton there are 14 houfes now laid wafte, and there are 46 

 remaining. There are now alfo 40 burgefles in the king's demefne in 

 the new burgh. 



The city of Ledeceftre {Leicejiet-) pays along with the flure/^42 : 10 : c 

 by weight ; alfo ^^lo by tale for a hawk, and 20 fhillings for a fumpter 

 horfe. The king has ^20 from the coiners. 



In the burgh of Warwic the king has 113 houfes in his demefne, 

 and the king's barons have 1 12, from all which the king draws geld. 



In the city of Sciropefberie {Shrew/bury) the Englilh burgefles com- 

 plain that they are compelled to pay the whole geld paid in King Ed- 

 ward's time, though there are 51 houfes (' mafurae') deftroyed for the 

 earl's caftle, 50 others lying wafte, 43 occupied by French burgefles, 

 and 39 given by the earl to an abbay, being in all 183, which contri- 

 bute nothing to the geld. 



In the city of Ceftre {Chejier) there were 205 houfes lying wafte when 

 it came into the poUeflion of Earl Hugh ; and it was worth only £s^. 

 It has now recovered, and is farmed from the earl for;(^7oand one mark 

 of gold. 



The burgh of Snotingeham {Not ting hatti) now pays ^-^o. The bur- 

 gefles complain of being deprived of their right of filhing in the Trent. 



The burgh of Derby has now only 10 mills. The burgh, the mills, 

 and the village of Ludecherche, pay £^0. The burgefl^es alfo pay at 

 Martinmas 12 thraves (' trabes') of corn. 



In the city of Eboracum {Tork) one of the divifions, or wards, is laid 

 wafte for building the caftles. Of the houfes in other four wards, 400 

 are fo much decayed as to pay only one penny each, or even lefs ; 540 

 houfes, which are quite wafte, pay nothing ; and 145 are occupied by 

 Frenchmen. In the archbifliop's ward 100 houfes, befides his own 

 court and the houfes of the canons, are occupied. 



In the city of Lincol {Lincoln) there are 900 burgefl^es. 1 66 houfes 

 are laid wafte for building the caftle, and other 74 are lying wafte, not 

 by the oppreflion of the fliirref, but by the misfortunes of poverty and 

 fire. 



The king's burgh of Stanford payS;^5o of firm or farm. The whole 

 of the king's cuftoms amount to/^28. 



Torchefey has now only 102 burgefl^es. It is rated at ;^30. 

 In Melduna {Maldon) the king has 1 80 houfes occupied by the bur- 

 gefles, and 18 lying wafte. It pays;^i6 by weight. ' 



At Raganeia in the hundred of Rochfort there is a vineyard contain- 

 ing fix arpents, which, when it thrives, yields 20 jnodii of wine. 

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