A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE 



Ralf holds of the count 9 carucates of land in 

 BAGEWORDE [Bagworth]. 7 ploughs were there. 

 Now in demesne there are 2 (ploughs) with 

 I serf; and 24 villeins and 3 sochmen with 

 7 bordars have 5 ploughs. Wood(land) I league 

 in length and half a league in breadth. It was 

 worth 40 shillings ; now (it is worth) 4 pounds. 

 Saxi held it freely. 



Ingenulf holds of the count 6 carucates of land 

 in IBESTOCHE [Ibstock]. 4 ploughs were there. 

 Now in demesne (there is) I plough ; and 

 10 sochmen with n bordars have 3 ploughs. 

 It was worth 5 shillings ; now (it is worth) 

 40 shillings. The soc belongs (taut) to" the 

 above vill of Bagworth. 



Ralf holds of the count 2 carucates of land 

 in CHIVLESWORDE [Kilworth]. 2 ploughs were 

 there. Now (there is) i plough in demesne, 

 with I serf ; and 2 villeins with 5 bordars have 

 I plough. There (are) 8 acres of meadow. It 

 was and is worth 20 shillings. Ulchetel held it 

 freely. 



The same holds of the count 2 carucates of 

 land and 2 bovates in the same vill. Half a 

 plough was there and so much (tantum) is there 

 in demesne ; with I sochman and 2 bordars 

 and i bondwoman (ancilla). There (is) a mill 

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

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

 10 shillings. The same Ulchetel held it. 



THE LEICESTER WAPENTAKES 



Domesday Form 



1. Gutlacistan 



2. Gerchewes^j 

 Geretreu > 

 Gertreu J 



3. Gosencote 

 Gosecote 

 Gosecot 



4. Franland \ 

 Frandone 

 Franelund V 

 Franlund I 

 Franelun / 



Modern Form 

 j Guthlaxton 

 (Sparkenhoe 



. Gartree 



I East Gosecote 

 1 West Gosecote 



Framland 



Guthlaxton and Gosecote wapentakes were 

 divided in 1346 ; with this exception the 

 Leicester wapentakes seem to have continued 

 substantially unchanged. The hints given by 

 the Domesday rubrication are, as far as it goes, 

 borne out by the fuller evidence of the Leicester 

 Survey ; thus the curious way in which Gartree, 

 Gosecote, and Framland wapentakes are inter- 

 mingled along the Rutland border appears in 

 Domesday as well as in the later survey. There 

 can also be traced a distinct system in the rubri- 

 cation, by which the wapentakes referred to in 

 each fief tend to follow each other in the order. 

 Guthlaxton, Gartree, Gosecote, Framland. No 

 hint is given of the series of ' hundreds ' whose 

 existence is revealed in the later Leicester Survey. 



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