A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



of the villeins, also, ploughs 2 acres and harrows 

 (them), and then they have once (only) a dole 

 \corrodium) from the bishop and for that week 

 they are quit of work, but when they make the 

 great boon-days they have a dole. And in their 

 works they harrow when it is necessary and they 

 carry loads (faciunt radas), and when they have 

 carried them every man has a loaf of bread ; 

 and they mow one day at HOCTONA [Houghton] 

 in their work until the evening, and then they 

 have a dole. And every two villeins build one 

 booth for the fair of St. Cuthbert. And when 

 they are building lodges and carrying loads of 

 wood they are quit of all other works. 



There are twelve cottiers (cotmanni) there, 

 every one of whom holds 12 acres, and they 

 work through the whole year two days in the 

 week, except at the three feasts aforenamed, and 

 they render twelve hens and sixty eggs. 



Robert holds two bovates of 36 acres and 

 renders half a mark. The pinder (punderus) 

 holds 12 acres and he has a thrave (travani) of 

 corn from every plough and he renders 40 l hens 

 and 500 eggs. 



The mill renders 5^ marks. 



The villeins in their work in each year ought 

 to make, if need be, a house 40 feet in length 

 and 15 feet in breadth, and when they make it 

 every man is quit of 4 pence of averpenny. 



The whole vill renders 1 7 shillings of cornage 

 and i milch cow. 



The demesne is at farm with stock of 4 ploughs 

 and 4 harrows, and renders for 2 ploughs 1 6 chal- 

 ders (celdras) of wheat and 1 6 chalders of oats, 

 and 8 chalders of barley, and for the other 

 2 ploughs 10 marks. 



John the pantler (panetarius) holds NEWTONA 

 [Newton] by Boldon for 20 shillings a year. 

 In Newton by Boldon twelve malmen hold 

 2 bovates each of 1 5 acres and render from every 

 2 bovates 5 shillings of rent and 2 hens and 

 20 eggs and they plough and harrow at Boldon 

 every man I acre and for every 2 bovates they 

 do four boon-days in the autumn with two men. 



The wife of Henry of Montana holds 40 acres 

 for 40 pence. 



In CLEVEDONA [Cleadon] and WHITBERNE 

 [Whitburn] there are 28 villeins and every man 

 holds, renders, and works as they of Boldon. 

 Ketel holds 2 bovates of 34 a acres and renders 

 1 6 pence and goes on the bishop's errands (lega- 

 tionibus). John of Whitburn holds 40 3 acres and 

 i toft and renders 8 shillings and goes on the 

 bishop's errands. Roger holds 40 acres and i toft 

 and renders 8 shillings. Osbert, son of Bosing, 

 80 acres and renders i mark. Twelve cottiers 

 hold, work and render as they of Boldon. The 

 pinder holds and renders as he of Boldon. The 

 two vills render 30 shillings of cornage and 2 milch 



cows. 



The demesne is at farm with a stock of 

 5^ ploughs and 5^ harrows, and renders for 

 2^ ploughs 2O chalders of wheat and 20 of oats 

 and 10 of barley, and for the other 3 ploughs 

 15 marks. 



The sheep with the pasture of Esscurre 4 

 [ ] and Cleadon are in the hand of the 



lord bishop. 



In WERMOUTHE [Wearmouth] and TUNSTALL 

 [Tunstall] there are 22 villeins and every man 

 holds, renders, and works as they of Boldon. Six 

 cottiers hold and work and render as they of 

 Boldon. The carpenter, who is an old man, has 

 for his life 12 acres for making ploughs and 

 harrows. The smith has 12 acres for the iron- 

 work of the ploughs, and the coal which he finds. 

 The two vills render 20 shillings of cornage and 

 2 milch cows. The pinder holds and renders as 

 he of Boldon. The demesne is at farm with a 

 stock of 20 oxen and 2 harrows and 200 sheep 

 and renders with the mill 20 pounds. The 

 fisheries render 6 pounds. The borough of 

 Wearmouth 20 shillings. 



In REFHOPE [Ryhope] and BIRDENA [Burdon] 

 there are 27 villeins who hold, work, and render 

 as they of Boldon. Elfer of Burdon holds 

 2 bovates and renders 8 shillings and goes on 

 the bishop's errands. Amfrid holds 2 bovates 

 freely while he is holding the demesne at farm, 

 and when he gives it up he shall render half a 

 mark and shall go on the bishop's errands. 

 Three cottiers hold, work, and render as they of 

 Boldon. The pinder holds and renders as he 

 of Boldon. The mill renders i mark. The 

 two vills render 37 shillings of cornage and 

 2 milch cows. The demesne is at farm with a 

 stock of 3 ploughs and 3 harrows and with half 

 a carucate without stock and with 300 sheep, 

 and renders 28 chalders of oats 6 and 14 of barley 

 and 6 marks for the 300 sheep. 



Little Burdon which John of Houghton holds 

 renders 10 shillings and ploughs with 4 oxen 

 and goes on the great hunt with two hunting- 

 dogs. 



William Basset has PENCHER [? Painshaw] in 

 exchange for the land which his father had in 

 Midilham [Middleham], except 260 acres and 

 1 4^ acres, as well of arable as of moor-land which 

 he holds of the bishop in chief, for which he 

 renders 4 marks, and for a certain mill 2 marks. 

 But the rest of the vill he holds from Jordan de 

 Escolland, from whom he used to hold (tenebat) 

 the land of Middleham. 



The villeins of SOUTH BEDIC [Biddick] hold 

 their vill at farm and they render 5 pounds and 

 find 200 men for mowing in the autumn and 

 36 carts for carrying corn to Houghton. 



In NEWBOTILL [Newbottle] there are 1 6 cot- 

 tiers every man of whom holds 12 acres, and 

 works the whole year two days in the week and 



* A : 



24. 

 60. 



8 A: 24. 



4 A : Estsupre. 



6 A : and 28 chalders of wheat. 



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