A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



and for every plough of the villeins they plough 

 and harrow I acre and then they have a dole, 

 and they do I boon-work I day with all the 

 harrows of the vill. Sixteen of the aforesaid 

 villeins render 16 shillings of michelmeth and 6 

 shillings of yolwayting. The reeve holds 2 

 bovates for his service, and when he lays down 

 (his office) he shall render like the other villeins. 

 Thomas the clerk holds 4 bovates for half a mark, 

 and does 3 boon-works and goes on the bishop's 

 errands. Hugh Brunne holds, as long as his wife 

 lives, 2 bovates for 2 shillings, which he gives 

 toward cornage, and he does 3 boon-works and 

 goes on errands. I toft renders 6 pence. The 

 mills of Heighingtonshire render 8 l marks. 

 The pinder holds 6 acres and has thraves like 

 the others and renders 80 hens and 500 eggs. 



The demesne is at farm with the stock of 

 3^ ploughs and 3^ harrows and renders for 2 

 ploughs 1 6 chalders of wheat and 1 6 chalders of 

 oats and 8 chalders of barley and for i ploughs 



5 pounds. 



All the villeins of Heighingtonshire with the 

 cottiers mow the bishop's meadows and cart the 

 hay and enclose the court and orchard (virgultum) 

 of Heighington. Moreover the villeins carry 

 loads of corn from the demesne wherever the 

 bishop wishes between Tees and Wear, and 

 every man finds I rope for the bishop's great 

 hunt, and the bishop himself from his hall at 

 Heighington 15 ropes. Simon the doorward 

 holds there the land which belonged to Utred 

 with the increase which the lord bishop made to 

 him up to 60 acres and renders for all I besant 

 at Whitsunday. 



In KILLIRBY [Killerby] there are 14* villeins 

 and every one of them holds 2 bovates and they 

 render ioj 8 scotchalders of malt, and as many 

 of meal and as many of oats and 56* chalders of 

 oat-malt (avermalt) by the measure of the hall of 

 Heighington and 7 6 loads of wood and a8 6 hens 

 and i,ooo 7 eggs and 37 shillings and 6 pence of 

 cornage and i milch cow and i castleman, and 

 I4 8 shillings of michelmeth and 5 shillings of 

 yolwayting and they work in all ways like the 

 villeins of Heighington. Two cottiers render 

 for 2 tofts and crofts 12* pence and they work 



6 days in the autumn. Simon the doorward 

 holds the demesne for 4 marks. 10 



In MIDRIGE [Middridge] there are 1 5 villeins 

 and every one of them holds 2 bovates and they 

 render 8 scotchalders of malt and the same of 

 meal and the same of oats, and 40 chalders of 

 oat-malt by the measure of the hall, and y cart- 

 loads of wood and 30 hens and 1,000 eggs, 

 and 3 marks of cornage and i milch cow and 



8 A : 8J. 

 "A: 24. 



l A: 12. A: 12. 



* A : 48. 6 A : 6. 



1 A : ' nulla ' for ' mille.' 

 8 A: 12. A: 18. 



10 A : holds i carucate of land for the service of the 

 twelfth part of a knight's fee. 



I castleman, and 15 shillings of michelmeth and 



5 shillings of yolwayting, and they work in all 

 ways as they of Heighington. A certain 11 cot- 

 tier has I bovate and works 2 days in the week 

 through the whole year. 1 ^ And 3 cottiers hold 

 every man 4 acres and work as they of Heighing- 

 ton. Wekeman holds half a carucate and 

 renders 6 shillings and does 3 boon-works and 

 ploughs and harrows i day and mows I day and 

 carts hay and corn 2 days and superintends the 

 boon-works and goes on the bishop's errands. 

 Anketill holds 2 bovates and renders 3 shillings 

 and does 3 18 boon-works and superintends the 

 boon-works and ploughs and harrows I day and 

 mows i day and carts hay and corn 2 days and 

 gives his share of scot and castlemen with the 

 villeins, and goes on the bishop's errands. 



In THIKLEY [Thickley] there are 8 villeins, 

 and each one of them holds 2 bovates and renders 

 4 scotchalders of malt and the same of meal and 

 the same of oats and 32 chalders of oat-malt at 

 the measure of the hall, and 4 loads of wood and 

 1 6 hens and i,ooo u eggs; and 16 shillings of 

 cornage and half a milch cow and the half of 

 one castleman and 8 shillings of michelmeth and 

 32 pence of yolwayting and they work in all 

 ways as they of Heighington. A certain 16 cot- 

 tier renders 4 pence and works 6 days in the 

 autumn. A certain woman 16 holds 3 acres for 



6 pence. 



The demesne of Middridge and Thickley with 

 the stock of 4 ploughs with the pastures of 

 Flakkesdon 17 and Redeworth and with the sheep 

 is in the hand of the lord bishop. 



Guy of Redworth holds a new vill near 

 Thickley in exchange for Redworth and renders 

 i mark and finds 12 men I day or i man 

 1 2 days in the autumn for mowing and ploughs 



1 day and works at the milldam and goes 

 on the bishop's errands, and carts wine with 



4 oxen. 



In REDWORTHA [Redworth] 1 6 firmars hold 

 1 6 bovates, and they render for every 2 bovates 



5 shillings and 2 hens, and for every bovate they 

 do 3 boon-works in the autumn with i man and 

 they reap I day with 8 men and they cart hay I 

 day with 8 carts and they plough one day. 

 Three cottiers hold 1 2 acres, and in every week 

 every man works from Lammas to Martinmas 



2 days in the week and contrariwise I day. 

 SCULACLE [School Aycliffe] renders 1 1 marks. 

 ALD THIKLEIA [Old Thickley] which was 



made of the land of Redworth renders I mark of 

 cornage at the feast of S. Cuthbert in September. 

 In NORTH ALCLAND [North Aukland] there 

 are 12 villeins, of whom every one holds I 

 bovate and renders 2 chalders of oat malt and I 



11 A : Ulkilh 



13 A adds : and gives his share of scot with the 

 villeins. 



18 A 14. i* A : 'nulla ova.' A:Aik. 

 i A: John. W A: Sakesdon. 



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