THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



Two knights hold in this vill 2 carucates of 

 land of the abbot. There 10 villeins have 

 2 ploughs and 2 acres of meadow. It was worth 

 40 shillings ; now (it is worth) 100 shillings. 



VI. THE LAND OF ST. MARY OF 

 COVENTRY 



IN GUTLACISTAN [GuTHLAXTON] WAPENTAKE 



THE ABBEY OF COVENTREU [Coventry] holds 

 BURBECE [Burbage]. There is I hide and the 

 fourth part of i hide. There are 22^ caru- 

 cates of land. 16 In demesne there are 2 ploughs ; 

 and 20 villeins with 2 bordars and 2 serfs have 

 8 ploughs. There (is) meadow i furlong in 

 length and the same in breadth. Wood(land) 

 half a league in length and 4 furlongs in breadth. 

 It was worth 2 shillings when the abbey re- 

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



The same abbey holds 3 carucates of land in 

 MERSITONE [Potters Marston]. There is land for 



2 ploughs. 3 sochmen with 5 bordars have these 

 (ploughs) there. There (are) 8 acres of meadow. 

 It was worth 12 pence; now (it is worth) 

 10 shillings. 



The same abbey holds 4 carucates of land in 

 BAREWELLE [Barwell]. 16 In demesne there is 

 I plough ; and 14 villeins with a priest and 



3 bordars have 2 ploughs. There (is) meadow, 



1 furlong in length and the same in breadth. 

 Wood (land) i league in length and 3 furlongs in 

 breadth. It is worth 30 shillings. In this vill there 

 are 8 sochmen having 5 ploughs. To this vill 

 pertains i carucate of land in STAPLETONE 

 [Stapleton] whose value (pecunia) is here written 

 above. 



IN GERETREU [GARTREE] WAPENTAKE 



The same abbey holds SCRAPENTOT [Scraptoft], 

 There are 12 carucates of land. In demesne 

 there are 2 ploughs and 4 serfs ; and 6 villeins 

 with 6 sochmen and 3 bordars have 5 ploughs. 

 There (are) 10 acres of meadow. It was worth 



2 shillings ; now (it is worth) 40 shillings. 



15 This is an unusual formula for Leicestershire. It 

 seems intended to define the contents of the 1} hides 

 and so interpreted the ' hide ' will come out as an 

 1 8-carucate unit. This is confirmed by other entries 

 in the survey which make ' 1 2 carucates of land ' 

 equal ' two parts of a hide.' In the MS. sunt is 

 interpolated between Ibt and 'xxii,' and it may be 

 that the scribe by mistake wrote ibi instead of the 

 less usual id at. See on this case Feud. Engl. 

 p. 85. 



16 In the original the value stands at this point, but 

 a sign [O] refers it to the end of the entry, and it is to 

 be taken as including the value of the carucate in 

 Stapleton. 



IN GOSENCOTE [GOSECOTE] WAPENTAKE 



The same abbey holds 8 carucates of land in 

 PACHINTONE [Packington]. 17 In demesne there 

 is i plough ; and 3 villeins with a priest and 



1 bordar and 5 sochmen have 3 ploughs. There 

 (is) a mill rendering (de) 12 pence and 3 acres of 

 meadow. It is worth 20 shillings. 



In CHERCHEBI [Kirby Muxloe] Hugh holds 

 i carucates of land of the abbot. It is worth 



2 shillings. 



VII. THE LAND OF THE CHURCH 

 OF CROWLAND 



IN GtTLACISTAN [GuTHLAXTON] WAPENTAKt 



THE ABBEY OF CROWLAND holds 2 carucates 

 of land in SUTONE [Sutton Cheney] and 2 caru- 

 cates of land in STAPLETONE [Stapleton]. There 

 is land for 5 ploughs. There 6 villeins with 

 2 bordars have i ploughs. It was worth 

 24 shillings ; now (it is worth) 2O shillings. 



The same abbey holds in BEBI [Beeby] 



1 o carucates of land. There is land for 7 ploughs. 

 In demesne there is I (plough) and 2 serfs ; and 

 21 villeins with 5 sochmen and 3 bordars have 

 6 ploughs. There (are) 30 acres of meadow. 

 It was worth 60 shillings ; now (it is worth) 

 40 shillings. 



VIII. THE KING'S ALMS 



Godwin the priest holds of the king in PET- 

 LINGE [Peatling Magna] half a carucate of land 

 and has there half a plough and i acres of 

 meadow. It was and is worth 5 shillings. 



The wife of Quintin holds of the king 2 caru- 

 cates of land in SUESBI [Shearsby] and 2 other 

 (carucates) in SUTONE [Sutton in the Elms], In 

 these she has 2 bordars. There is land for 



2 ploughs. It was worth 15 shillings ; now (it 

 is worth) 3 shillings. 



Ingald holds of the king in ELVESTONE [Illston] 

 2 carucates of land i virgate. There he has 

 I plough ; and 2 villeins with I sochman have 

 half a plough. It was worth 10 shillings ; now 

 (it is worth) 5 shillings. 



Ernebern the priest holds of the king 2^ caru- 

 cates of land in SUINFORD [Swinford] and has 

 there i plough with 2 bordars and 3 acres of 

 meadow. It is worth 5 shillings. 



Aluric the priest holds of the king in WICESTAN 

 [Wigston Parva] 2 carucates of land belonging to 

 SCENEFORD [Sharnford]. There he has I plough; 

 and 5 bordars of his have another (plough). 

 There (are) 4 acres of meadow. It was and is 

 worth 20 shillings. 



17 Probably including Snibston. 



