A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE 



1 bondwoman; and II villeins with 13 bor- 

 dars have II ploughs. There (are) 3 mills 

 rendering (de) 30 shillings. Wood(land) I league 

 in length and 4 furlongs in breadth. Earl 

 Harold held this manor with the appendages 

 underwritten. 



In DUNINTONE [Castle Donington] 5 caru- 

 cates of land and meadow 3 furlongs in length 

 and I furlong in breadth. 



In COSINTONE [Cossington] 6 carucates of 

 land. 



In HOHTONE [Hoton] 6 carucates of land. 



In SETGRAVE [Seagrave] 2 carucates of land 

 and 10 acres of meadow. 



In SIGLEBI [Sileby] I carucate of land. 



In REDRESBI [Rearsby] 2 carucates of land 

 less i bovate and I acres of meadow. 



In BROCHESBI [Brooksby] 2 carucates of land 

 and 7 acres of meadow and a mill (rendering) 

 5 shillings. 



In FRISEBI [Frisby] i carucates of land 

 and 4 acres of meadow. 



In PRESTEWALD [Prestwold] 2 carucates of 

 land. Meadow 3 furlongs in length and I fur- 

 long in breadth. Wood(land) 6 furlongs in 

 length and 5 furlongs in breadth. 



In CERNELEGA [Charley] 4 carucates of land. 

 It is waste. 84 



In GADESBI [Gaddesby] I carucate of land 

 and 4 acres of meadow and a mill (rendering) 3 

 shillings. 



In REDEBI [Rotherby] 3 carucates of land less 



2 bovates and 3 acres of meadow. 



In FRISEBI [Frisby] i carucates of land and 

 4 acres of meadow and a mill (rendering) 

 28 pence. 



Of these lands 4 knights hold of the earl 

 1 2 carucates of land. 



In them the earl himself has in demesne 

 4^ ploughs ; and 30 sochmen and 25 villeins 

 and 13 bordars who have 15^- ploughs with 

 i serf. 



His knights have in demesne 3 ploughs ; and 

 (they have) 12 villeins with I sochman and 2 

 bordars who have 3 ploughs. 



In LUCTEBURNE [Loughborough] Roger holds 

 of the earl 8 carucates of land. 



Ralf 3^ carucates of land. 



Hugh 3^ carucates of land. 



Godric 3^ carucates of land. 



Roger half a carucate of land. 



In demesne there are 5 ploughs ; and 8 villeins 

 with 15 sochmen and 16 bordars have I2j 

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

 10 shillings and 45 acres of meadow. Wood- 

 (land) 7 furlongs in length and 3 furlongs in 

 breadth ; 5 thegns held it freely. 



Require f rectum is added in red in the margin at this 



point. 



Lewin holds of the earl i hide in BURTONE 

 [Burton on the Wolds]. The soc belongs to 

 Lucteburne [Loughborough]. In demesne there 

 is I plough, and (there is) i villein with 2 bor- 

 dars and 20 acres of meadow. In the same vill 

 Godric holds of the earl 2 carucates of land and 

 has there I plough in demesne and 20 acres of 

 meadow. Hugh de Grentemaisnil claims 

 (reclamat) the soc of this vill. 



Roger holds 5 carucates of land of Earl Hugh 

 in TEDINGESWORDE [Theddingworth]. There 

 he has I plough in demesne, and 4 villeins 

 with 4 bordars have 2 ploughs. There (is) 

 a mill (rendering) 6 pence. The king claims 

 this land 85 (est in calumnia regis). Earl Harold 

 held it. 



Robert holds of Earl Hugh 15 carucates 

 of land in COGEWORDE [Kegworth]. There 

 he has 5 ploughs in demesne with i serf and 

 2 bondwomen (ancillis) ; and 25 villeins with 

 13 bordars have 10 ploughs. Earl Harold 

 held it. 



To this manor belong 3 carucates of land in 

 AVEDERNE [Hathern] and DEXLEIA [Dishley], 

 There are 20 acres of meadow. Wood- 

 (land) i furlongs in length and I furlong in 

 breadth. 



In all these above-written lands 86 there were 

 80 ploughs in King Edward's time. The whole 

 was and is worth 40 pounds. When the earl 

 received it it was worth 10 pounds. 87 



In BORTONE [Burton on the Wolds] Hugh 

 holds of the earl 2 carucates of land less I bovate. 

 It is waste. This is reckoned (conputatur) with 

 the above (lands). 88 



Roger Busli 89 holds of Earl Hugh in 

 i carucate of land. There is half a plough ; 

 and 4 villeins with 2 bordars have ploughs. 91 

 Alnod held it. 



85 Most probably as belonging to his manor of Great 

 Bowden, to which the soke of William Loveth's land 

 in Theddingworth pertained. 



86 Probably including Barrow on Soar and the whole 

 of Earl Hugh's fief surveyed to this point. 



87 This notice is of some interest as suggesting that 

 the abnormally low ' valuit ' which prevails throughout 

 the Survey of Leicestershire may refer not to King 

 Edward's time, but to some unexplained depression 

 in value which affected the county after the Conquest. 

 See also Maitland, Domesday Book and Beyond, 

 469. 



68 This entry is referred by a sign (U) to Hugh's 

 holding of 3 \ carucates, which comes under the Lough- 

 borough heading. 



69 ' Busli ' is interlined. 



90 The MS. is unintelligible here. 



91 MS. illegible. 



90 



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