A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



the bishop for his work as mason. Watling, with 

 Sama his wife, holds 4 bovates and renders half 

 a mark. Also 5 firmars hold there every man 

 1 2 acres and renders 2 shillings and i hen and 

 2O eggs, and does 4 boon-days in the autumn, and 

 for every one of their ploughs they plough I acre. 

 Also there are 10 cottiers there, every man of 

 whom holds 6 acres, and they work from 

 Lammas-day to Martinmas two days in the 

 week, and from Martinmas to Lammas-day one 

 day in the week. The smith holds 12 acres 

 there for making the iron gear of the ploughs. 1 

 The pinder of Quarringtonshire holds 20 acres, 

 and renders 120 hens and 1,000 eggs. The 

 demesne of Sherburn is at farm with a stock of 

 2 ploughs and 2 harrows, and renders 6 pounds. 

 Thedemesneof 4ploughs of Queringdona [Quar- 

 rington] and the sheep with the pasture are in 

 the hand of the bishop. The reeve holds I bo- 

 vate there for his service. The smith 12 acres 

 for his service. Quarringtonshire renders 75* 

 shillings of cornage and 3 milch cows. 



WHITEWELL [Whitwell], which William holds 

 in exchange for the land which Merimius used 

 to hold in Quarrington, renders half a mark. 



In TRILLESDEN [Tursdale] there are 24 bovates, 

 every one of 1 5 acres, and every 2 bovates render 

 5 shillings of rent and 2 hens and 20 eggs, and 

 they plough and harrow i acre at Quarrington, 

 and they do 4 boon-days in the autumn with 

 2 men. The mill is in the hand of the bishop, 

 and is not yet put to farm ; in like manner also 

 the toft of the hall and the orchard (virgultum) 

 and the woodland (nemus) and the meadows. 



In SEGGEFELD [Sedgefield] there are 20 villeins, 

 and every man holds, renders, and works as they 

 of Boldon. Also there are in the same vill 20 

 firmars, every man of whom holds 3 bovates 

 and renders 5 shillings, and ploughs and harrows 

 half an acre, and finds 2 men for mowing 2 days 

 and the same number for raking and piling hay, 

 and i cart for 2 days for carrying corn and hay 

 in the same manner. And all the firmars do 

 4 boon-days in the autumn with their entire 

 household except the housewife. John the reeve 

 has 2 bovates for his service, and if he give up 

 the office of reeve he shall render and work as 

 the other firmars. The smith i bovate for the 

 iron gear of the ploughs which he makes, and he 

 finds coal. The carpenter 12 s acres for making 

 and repairing ploughs and harrows. The pinder 

 12 acres, and thraves as the others, and he 

 renders 40* hens and 200 6 eggs. Five bordars 

 hold 5 tofts and render 5 shillings and do 4 boon- 

 days. The toll of beer 3 shillings. The villeins 

 render 20 shillings of cornage, the whole vill i 

 milch cow. The mill renders 6 marks. The 

 mill pond of FISSBURNA [Fishburn] 2 shillings. 

 William of Aldacres 16 shillings. Utred of 



1 A : of 2 ploughs. 



A: 78. 



8 Stowe MS. : z. * A : 24. 6 A ; 400. 



Butterwick, for the land which he holds there, 

 half a mark. 



William holds HERDEWYK [Hardwick] and 

 renders 10 shillings. 



In MIDELHAM [Middleham] and CORNFORD 

 [Cornford] there are 26 villeins, and every man 

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

 holds in Middleham 4 bovates and renders 14 

 shillings. Ralf 2 bovates and renders IO shillings 

 and 5 cartloads of wood. Seven cottiers, of whom 

 every man holds 6 acres and works from Lammas- 

 day to Martinmas, 2 days in the week, and from 

 Martinmas to Lammas-day i day in the week. 

 Four bordars render for 4 tofts and crofts, 4 shil- 

 lings and do 4 boondays. William the reeve 

 holds 2 bovates in Cornford for his service, and 

 when he lays down the reeveship he renders 

 4 shillings of rent, and for a certain other bovate 

 which he holds there he renders 2 shillings. The 

 two vills render 1 7 shillings and 4 pence of corn- 

 age and i cow. The demesne as well of Middle- 

 ham as of Cornford, with the meadows and 

 pasture and sheep, is in the hand of the bishop. 



In GERMUNDESWEYA [Garmundsway] there 

 are 5 bovates which used to belong to Ralf Haget,' 

 which the bishop has of his escheat, and they 

 render 1 6 shillings and 8 pence and 10 hens and 

 100 eggs. And the bishop has there 4 bovates 

 of his purchase which are lying waste. 



In MAYNESFORD [Mainsforth] there are 17 

 bovates of escheat and purchase, of which 8 render 

 2O shillings and 8 hens and 80 eggs,? and they 

 cart corn one day and hay another, and they do 

 4 boon-days for every 2* bovates with i man ; 



9 other bovates lie in pasture with the moor. 

 Robert of Mainsforth holds the rest of the vill in 

 free service. 



In NORTONA [Norton] there are 30 villeins, 

 every man of whom holds 2 bovates, and they 

 render and work in all ways as they of Boldon, 

 excepting cornage, which they do not give for 

 the lack of pasture. In the same vill 20 firmars 

 hold 40 bovates and render for every 2 bovates 

 half a mark, and they plough and harrow half an 

 acre, and find 2 men for 2 days for mowing, and 

 the same number for raking and piling hay, and 

 2 carts for I day or I for 2 days for carting corn, 

 and the same number for carting hay. And all 

 the firmars do 4 boon-days in the autumn with 

 their entire household except the housewife. 

 Alan of Normanton holds one carucate for 



10 shillings and finds 22 men to work for i day 

 or for part, 9 as need be, and he finds 4 carts i 

 day or 2 for 2 days for carting corn and in like 

 manner for carting hay, and if he has men they 

 shall do 4 boon-days in the autumn with the 



6 Stowe MS. : Hager. 



7 Stowe MS. : i hen and 4 eggs. 



8 Stowe MS. omits the 2. 



* The reading of the Auditor's MS. ' vel partita ' 

 seems here more satisfactory than the ' vel pro toto ' of 

 the other MSS. 



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