BOLDON BOOK 



does in his work four boon-days in tlie autumn 

 with his entire household except the housewife, 

 and renders i hen and 5 eggs ; and (there are) 

 3 other cottiers every man of whom holds 6 acres 

 and works from Whitsunday to Martinmas two 

 days in the week. John son of Henry holds 

 I toft and I 2 acres for 1 2 pence in exchange for 

 the land which he used formerly to hold in Her- 

 ingtona [Herrington]. The reeve holds 12 acres 

 for his service. The smith 1 2 acres for his service. 

 The pindcr holds 12 acres and has one thrave 

 of corn from every plough of Newbottle and of 

 Biddick and of Herrington, and renders 40 ^ hens 

 and 300 eggs. The demesne of 4 ploughs and the 

 sheep with pasture are in the hand of the bishop. 



In HocTON.'v [Houghton] there are 13 cottiers 

 who hold, work, and render as they of Newbottle, 

 and 3 other half-cottiers who work as the three 

 aforenamed of Newbottle. Henry th-' reeve 

 holds 2 bovates of 24 acres for his service. The 

 smith 12 acres for his service. The carpenter 

 I toft and 4 acres for his service. The pinder 

 1 2 acres and he has thraves of the ploughs of the 

 same vill and of the vill of VVardona [VVardon] 

 and of Mortona [Morton] and renders 60 hens 

 and 300 eggs. The mills of Newbottle and of 

 Biddick with half of the mill of Rayntona 

 [Rainton] 1 5 marks. The demesne of 4 ploughs 

 and the sheep with the pasture are in the hand 

 of the bishop. 



In VVardona [Wardon] are nine firmars who 

 hold 18 bovates every one of which is of 13^ acres. 

 They render 8 pence for every bovate and work 

 20 days in the autumn with one man for every 

 bovate, and they harrow 4 days with one horse 

 for every 2 bovates and they do 4 boon-days with 

 their entire household except the housewife, in- 

 cluded in the said work of 20 days, and they 

 cart corn for two days and hay for one day, and 

 for every bovate they render I hen and 5 eggs. 



In Mortona [Morton] there are 16 firmars 

 who hold 21 * bovates every one of I2i' acres, 

 and they render 8 pence for every bovate and 

 they work 20 days in the autumn with one man 

 for every bovate, and they harrow eight days with 

 one horse for every 2 bovates, and they do 4 boon- 

 days as they of Wardon, and they cart corn and 

 hay 6 days, and they carry 8 loads to Durham 

 in the year or 4 to Aukland, and for every plough 

 of the vill they plough I acre at Houghton, and 

 they render hens and eggs as they of Wardon. 



In EsYNTONA [Easington] and Thorpa 

 [Thorpe] there are 31 villeins and every man 

 holds, renders, and works as the villeins of Boldon. 

 Simon holds half a carucate and renders lo shillings 

 and goes on the bishop's errands. Geoffrey Coke- 

 smith holds half a carucate and renders 10 shillings 

 and goes on the bishop's errands. The carpenter 

 of ploughs holds 8 acres for his service. The 

 smith 8 acres for his service. The pinder holds 



8 acres and renders 80 hens and 500 eggs. The 

 two vills render 30 shillings of cornage and two 

 milch cows. The mills of Easington and Shotton 

 render 8 marks. The demesne is at farm with 

 a stock of 4 ploughs and 2 harrows and renders 

 24 marks. The sheep with the pasture arc in 

 the hand of the bishop. 



In SiOTTONA [Shotton] there are 17 villeins 

 and every man holds, renders, and works as the 

 villeins of Boldon. Robert Chct holds 2 bovates 

 and renders 5 shillings and does 4 boon-days in 

 the autumn ; he ploughs and harrows I acre and 

 goes on the bishop's errands. William Lorymer 

 holds I bovate and renders 3 shillings and goes 

 on the bishop's errands. Saddok holds I bovate 

 for 3 shillings and goes on the bishop's errands. 

 The smith I bovate of 15 acres for his service. 

 The whole vill renders 20 shillings* of cornage 

 and one milch cow. Thomas the pinder holds 

 8 acres and renders 40 hens and 300 eggs and 

 3 'shillings. The demesne is at farm with a stock 

 of 3 ploughs and 200 sheep and renders 24 chal- 

 ders of wheat and the same amount of oats and 

 for the sheep 4 marks. 



Walter de Buggcthorpe holds the vill of 

 TuisELA* [Twizell] in exchange for the half 

 of Clacstona [Claxton] and renders 30 shillings 

 and goes on the great hunt with one hunting-dog 

 and when the common aid comes he ought to 

 give 2 shillings in addition. 



Adam son of John held ETHEREDESACREs[Edder- 

 acres] in exchange for the land which his father 

 held in Great Halctona [Haughton]. Afterward 

 he sold the half of the same vill to Neal, brother 

 of John the clerk, to be held of the bishop in 

 chief, and he renders for the same half a mark. 

 And Drew of Middleham for the other half, 

 which he has in pledge of the aforesaid Adam, 

 renders in like manner half a mark. 



The Prior and Canons of Gisburna [Guis- 

 borough] hold Tremeduna'' [Trimdon] in free, 

 pure, and perpetual alms quit of all rent and ser- 

 vice forever. 



In Queringdonshire [Quarringtonshire], 

 namely, in NortSirburne [North Sherburn] and 

 Shadeford (Shadforth) and Cazehope [Cassop] 

 there are 5 1 villeins, and every man holds, renders, 

 and works as they of Boldon. Also in North Sher- 

 burn, Ulkill holds 2 bovates for 40 pence of rent 

 and goes on the bishop's errands. And Thomas of 

 Shadforth holds 2 bovates for 40 pence of rent 

 and goes on the bishop's errands. In Cassop 

 William of Kent holds 4 bovates for half a mark 

 and goes on the bishop's errands.- 



In South Sherburn [Suthshirburne] Christian, 

 the mason, holds 40* acres, which the bishop gave 

 him from the moor, for 5 shillings, and 2 bovates 

 which used to belong to Arkill for 14 pence, but of 

 these he shall be quit while he is in the service of 



1 A 



60. 

 12. 



«A: 25. 



♦ A : II shillings. 



6 Stowe MS. : Suyfela. 



1 Stowe MS. : Trendon. 



6 A : 



329 



8 A : 60. 

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