A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE 



In demesne there is I (plough) ; and 1 7 villeins 

 with a priest and I bordar and 1 1 sochmen have 



6 ploughs. There is a mill rendering (de) 8 shil- 

 lings and 30 acres of meadow. It was worth 

 30 shillings ; now (it is worth) 40 shillings, 



Widard holds of Hugh 2 carucates of land in 

 BURSTELE [Birstall]. There is land for I plough. 

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

 8 villeins with 4 bordars have I plough. There 

 (is) a mill rendering (de) 12 pence and 16 acres 

 of meadow. It was worth 10 shillings ; now (it 

 is worth) 3 ounces of gold. 



William holds of Hugh in TURMODESTONE 

 [Thurmaston] 3^ carucates of land. There is 

 land for 2$ ploughs. In demesne there is I 

 (plough) and 3 villeins have another. There are 



7 acres of meadow. It was worth 10 shillings ; 

 now (it is worth) 40 shillings. 



Robert and Serlo hold of Hugh 9 carucates of land 

 and 5 bovates in WIMUNDEWALLE [Wymeswold]. 

 There is land for 6 ploughs. In demesne there 

 are 2 ploughs with i serf ; and 1 1 villeins and 

 4 sochmen with 4 bordars and 9 French Serjeants 



fol. 233. 



(francigenis servientlbus) have 10 ploughs between 

 (them) all. There (are) 15 acres of meadow. 

 It was worth 2O shillings; now (it is worth) IOO 

 shillings. Two brothers held this land for 2 

 manors (pro Justus maneriis) and afterwards one 

 bought from the other his share (partem suam) 

 and made one manor out of the two (that were) 

 in King Edward's time. 



Ernald holds of Hugh in SIGLEBI [Sileby] 8 

 carucates of land. There is land for 5 ploughs. 

 In demesne there are 3 ploughs and 4 serfs; and 

 1 8 villeins with 4 sochmen and 4 bordars have 

 6 ploughs. There (are) 2 mills rendering (de) 

 30 shillings and 60 acres of meadow. It was 

 worth 60 shillings; now (it is worth) no 

 shillings. 



Ivo holds of Hugh 14 carucates of land in 

 ASCEBI [Ashby de la Zouch]. There is land for 

 10 ploughs. In demesne there is I (plough) and 

 2 serfs ; and 8 villeins with a priest and 6 soch- 

 men and 4 bordars have 6 ploughs. Wood(land) 

 I league in length and 4 furlongs in breadth 

 (sufficient) for (ad) 1 00 swine. It was worth 

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



Ernald holds of Hugh 6 J carucates of land in 

 HELETONE 33 [Alton Grange]. There is land for 



** In the Leicestershire Survey the earl of Leicester 

 is credited with ij carucates in Alton, 3 carucates in 

 Blackfordby and 2 carucates in ' Culvertebia.' As 

 these sum amount to 6\ carucates it is probable that 

 ' Heletone ' above must be taken to include Black- 

 fordby and ' Culvertebia ' which are not entered 

 separately in Domesday. 



4 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 ploughs 

 and 4 serfs; and 15 villeins with i knight and 

 4 bordars have 8 ploughs. There (is) a mill 

 rendering (de) 2 shillings and 4 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) i league in length and half a league 

 in breadth. It was worth I o shillings ; now (it 

 is worth) 60 shillings. 



The same holds 2 carucates of land of Hugh 

 in STANTONE [Staunton Harold]. There is land 

 for I plough. In demesne there is i (plough) ; 

 and 6 villeins with i bordar have I plough. 

 Wood(Iand) 5 furlongs in length and 3 furlongs 

 in breadth and on the other side (ex altera parte) 

 (there are) 4 acres of wood(land). It was worth 

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

 These two lands of Ernald's belong to (sunt de) 

 the fee of Earl W(altheof). 33 Suain held them 

 both freely in King Edward's time. 



Hugh holds of Hugh half a carucate of land in 

 WITEWIC [Whitwick]. There is land for half 

 a plough. There is I bordar. Wood(land) 



1 furlong in length and half a furlong in breadth. 

 It is worth 2 shillings. 



Walter holds of Hugh i6 carucates of land 

 in WALTHAM [Waltham on the Wolds]. There 

 is land for 1 1 ploughs. In demesne there are 



2 ploughs ; and 24 sochmen with I villein and 

 I bordar have 6 ploughs. There i knight with 

 7 bordars and 3 serfs and i bondwoman (and //a) 

 has i^ ploughs. There (are) 100 acres of 

 meadow. It was worth 3 pounds ; now (it is 

 worth) 6 pounds. 



The same holds of Hugh in TORP [Thorpe 

 Arnold] 34 15 carucates of land. There is land for 

 10 ploughs. In demesne there are 5 ploughs 

 and 2 serfs; and 1 6 villeins with n sochmen 

 and 8 bordars have 7 ploughs. There (is) a mill 

 rendering (de) 5 shillings and 4 pence. Meadow 

 4 furlongs in length and the same in breadth. 

 It was worth 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 



7 pounds. 



The same holds of Hugh 3 carucates of land 

 in the same vill. There is land for 2 ploughs, 



8 villeins with 3 bordars have these (ploughs) 

 there. It was worth 3 shillings ; now (it is 

 worth) 20 shillings. 



13 The phrase ' comes W ' is ambiguous, for it may 

 refer either to Earl Waltheof or to Earl William 

 (fitz Osbern) of Hereford. The former is perhaps the 

 more probable, as Waltheof had land elsewhere in 

 the shire, but the matter must be left open. The 

 phrase de feoJo Willelmi comitls occurs in the Oxon 

 Survey. 



" This and the following entry attribute a sum of 

 1 8 carucates to Thorpe Arnold. From the Leicester- 

 shire Survey it appears that Thorpe Arnold alone was 

 assessed at 12 carucates, the remaining 6 carucates 

 belonging to Brentingby, which is not entered by 

 name in Domesday. 



