BOLDON BOOK 



1 6 shillings and goes on the bishop's errands and 

 goes on tiie great hunts with one hunting-dog. 

 Ulkill and Mcldred hold 40 acres in like manner 

 and they render 12 shillings and 6 pence and go 

 on errands. Orm holds in i assart 8J acres and 

 renders 2 shillings. The wife of Geoffrey the 

 parson holds I toft and 8 acres of the bishop's 

 alms. Four cottiers hold 8 acres and render 

 4 shillings. The pinder holds 6 acres and has 

 thraves of the vill of Lanchester and renders 

 40 hens and 300 eggs. The meadows and the 

 cow pasture {vaccaria) are in the hands of the 

 bishop. Also 5 borates of villeinage are waste 

 and likewise 18 acres which were of the demesne. 

 The mills render 8 marks, and every 2 bovates 

 of villeinage find one rope in the great hunt. 



CoRNSHOWE [Cornsey] and Hedley [Hedley], 

 which Simon the chamberlain holds, render 

 2 marks, and they cart wine with 12 oxen and 

 find 5 ropes for the bishop's great hunt. Robert 

 of Caen renders 12 pence for suit of court at 

 Durham and so he is quit of that suit. [Walter 

 son of Hugh of Caen renders 1 2 pence for suit 

 of court at Sadberge and so he shall be quit of 

 that suit.Ji 



Grencroft [Greencroft] renders 16 shillings 

 and carts wine with 4 oxen and the villeins of the 

 same vill make the twelfth part of the millpond of 

 Lanchester, but the demesne is quit of that ser- 

 vice (/We) and carts wine with 4 oxen. 



IvESTON [Ivestan] renders 2 marks and I milch 

 cow and ploughs ij acres at Lanchester and is 

 in the great hunt with 3 ^ hunting-dogs and carts 

 wine with 8 oxen. 



Arnold the baker has Cornesheued [Conset] 

 in exchange for Trillesdena [Tursdale] and ren- 

 ders 24 shillings. 



Alan of Chilton holds Heleie [Hedley], as is 

 contained in his charter, for Cornford, which he 

 claimed and which he ought also to defend against 

 all other claimants and he renders half a mark. 



The prior of Durham has Muglyngwic 

 [Muggleswick] as is contained in his charter 

 which he has for it, partly of the bishop's gift 

 and grace and partly in exchange for Hcrdewic 

 [Hardwick]. 



Alan Bruntoft holds Edmundbires [Edmund- 

 byers] for his service in the forest, as is contained 

 in the charter which he has for it. 



The land of Blauncheland [Blanchland] 

 which belonged to Alan Marshall renders half 

 a mark. 



Robert Corbet holds Hunstanwortha [Hun- 

 stanworth] for his service in the forest, as is con- 

 tained in the charter which he has for it. 



The hospital of St. Giles holds near the 

 bounds of Walter de Bolebec a certain assart and 



1 This passage, which occurs in all MSS., is none 

 the less no part of the original text, for Sadberge was 

 not acquired until after the composition of Boldon 

 Book ; vid. App. II. pp. 64-65. 



« A : 2. 



pasture for feeding swine and cattle for the use 

 of the poor, which the lord bishop gave to them 

 in alms. 



MEDOMEsLEY[Mcdomsley]renders22 shillings. 



Holneset [Holmsidc] renders I mark and 

 finds I man in the forest 40 days in the fawning 

 and rutting season and carts wine with 4 oxen. 



Philip son of Hamo holds Migleia* [Migley] 

 for his service. 



Acto the steward has Langleia [Langley] as 

 well for the service which he rendered to the 

 lord Henry* of good memory, bishop of Win- 

 chester, as well as that which he rendered to the 

 lord Hugh bishop of Durham ; half of this (estate) 

 the same lord bishop bouglit with his own money 

 and gave to the same Acto with the service of 

 the other half, and he renders for it half a mark. 



Edmansley [Edmonsley] renders 32 pence.' 



Gilbert the chamberlain has the service of 

 Ralf Canute of Rurscbred [Bursblades] in ex- 

 change for the island of Bradbire [Bradbury] 

 which he ought to warrant to the lord bishop. 



In WiTTONA [Witton] and Fulford [Ful- 

 forth] there are 24^ bovates which the villeins 

 hold, each is of 8 acres and each renders 2 shillings 

 and I hen and 10 eggs, and they plough and 

 harrow i day, and they mow the meadows and 

 lift the hay and cart it, and they weed i day and 

 reap all the corn and cart it, and in all these 

 works they have a dole. Theobald holds i bovate 

 and renders 3 shillings without work. Hugh 

 holds 2 bovates without service, at the bishop's 

 pleasure. The demesne of one plough is in the 

 hand of the bishop. The mill renders 2 marks. 



Cruktona [Crook] renders 4 marks. 



PoKERLEiA [Pokerly] renders 2 shillings. 



Robert of Rogershall * holds the land of 

 Smaleia [Smallees] for 2 shillings freely. 



Britleia^ [Birtley] and Tribleia [Tribley] 

 render 20 shillings and go on the great hunt with 

 two hunting-dogs.8 



Philip of Gildeford holds Reyhermore [? Byer- 

 moor] by the service of the twentieth part of one 

 knight. 



In QuYKHAM [Whickham] there are 30 villeins 

 each one of whom holds I bovate of 15 acres 

 and they used to render 1 6 pence and to work 

 the whole year 3 days in the week and also to 



S Stowe MS. : Ungeleia. 



* Henry of Blois helped Pudsey to secure the 

 bishopric of Durham ; see Coldingham, ch. ii. in 

 Serif lores Tres. p. 5. 



s A : 22. 



* A : Cogesalle. 



^ Stowe MS. : Birdeia. 



* At this point all the MSS. give the following 

 entry : ' Marlcy renders I marie and goes on the great 

 hunt with one hunting-dog, it is quit of other ser- 

 vices by the charter of bishop Philip.' As Philip of 

 Poitou, the first bishop bearing that Christian name, 

 sat at Durham, 1197-1208, it is impossible that the 

 passage as it now standi could have formed part of 

 the original survey ; cf. App. II. 



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