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harrows 2 acres. And the villeins do 4 boon- 

 days in the autumn, every boon-day with 26 men, 

 and those services which they used to do at 

 Wcssyngtona [Washington] they now do at 

 Gateshead, and they carry one tun of wine and 

 a millstone to Durham. The dreng keeps a dog 

 and a horse and goes on the great hunt with 

 2 hunting-dogs and 5 ropes and dt)es suit of court 

 and goes on errands. The mill of the same vill 

 renders lo shillings. 



Two parts of Heringtona [Hcrrington) 

 which Hugh of Hermas holds render 20 shillings 

 of cornage and two parts of a milch cow and 

 two parts of one castleman and 8 scotchalders as 

 well of malt as of meal and oats, and they plough 

 and harrow 4 acres at Newbottle and they do 

 boondays with 12 men in the autumn. The 

 dreng keeps a dog and a horse, as far as is in- 

 cumbent on two parts of a drengage, and goes 

 on the great hunt with two parts of two hunt- 

 ing-dogs and carts two parts of a tun of wine 

 and does suit of court and goes on errands. 



HoTONA [Hutton] renders 35 shillings of 

 cornage and I milch cow and I castleman and 



8 scotchalders of malt and the same of meal and 

 the same of oats. Richard and Utred plough 

 and harrow 2 acres at Shotton, and every plough 

 of the vill ploughs and harrows 2 acres. The 

 villeins do 4 boondays in the autumn with i 

 man for every bovate. The dreng keeps a dog 

 and a horse and carts one tun of wine and a 

 millstone to Durham and goes on the great hunt 

 with 2 hunting-dogs and 5 ropes and does suit 

 of court and goes on errands. 



HoLOME ^ [Holam] renders 20 shillings and 

 carts wine with 6 oxen. 



John holds the half of Shurutona [Sheraton] 

 for 3 marks and is quit of the works and services 

 which used to be done for the half of that 

 drengage for Craucrok [Craucrook] which he 

 quit claimed. 



Thomas holds the other half of Shurutona 

 [Sheraton] and renders 30 shillings of cornage 

 and the half of a milch cow and the half of a 

 castleman and 4 scotchalders of malt and the 

 same of meal and the same of oats. And every 

 plough of the villeins ploughs and harrows 2 

 acres, and every one of them does 3 boon-days in 

 the autumn with i man, and carries a half tun 

 of wine and a millstone to Durham. The 

 dreng keeps a dog and a horse, as far as is in- 

 cumbent on the half of a drengage, and goes on 

 the great hunt with i hunting-dog and 2^ ropes 

 and 2 men and does suit of court and goes on 

 errands. 



In Stoktona [Stockton] there are eleven 

 villeins and a half, every one of whom holds 2 

 bovatesand renders and works as they ofBoldon, 

 except cornage. In the same vill 6 firmars hold 



9 bovates, and they render and work as they of 

 Norton. Adam son of Walter holds I carucate 



and I bovate of land for I mark. Robert of 

 Cambois^ holds 4 bovates for half a mark, and 

 I bovate of the bishop's loan [accomodatione], and 

 is quit of works while he is in the service of the 

 bishop, still if he shall be out of it he will work 

 as much as pertains to the half carucate of 

 Walter. The same Robert has the old toft of 

 the hall near his house and renders thence 

 16 pence. Edwin and Robert, cottiers, render 

 for 2 tofts 12 pence. Godwin the cottier 

 6 pence. Simon » the smith, for I toft, 4 pence. 

 The pinder holds 6 acres, and has thraves of 

 Stockton and Ilcrteburna [Hertburn] and Pres- 

 tona [Preston] like the others, and renders 180 

 hens and 500 eggs. The ferry renders 20 pence. 

 The whole vill renders I milch cow. One 

 bovate of land which the bishop has beyond the 

 Tees over against the hall renders 4 shillings. 



In Prestona [Preston] there are 7 villeins, 

 every one of whom holds 2 bovates, and they 

 render and work as they of IJoldon, except 

 cornage. In the same vill Waldwin holds i 

 carucate. Adam son of Walter of Stockton, 

 holds I carucate for ioj. and no more (tantum), 

 Orm son of Coket and William son of Utting 



1 carucate, Richard Rund holds half a carucate, 

 and they render and work in all ways as Alan 

 of Normanton and Walter of Stockton. The 

 whole vill renders I milch cow. 



In Herteburne [Hertburn] there are twelve 

 and a half villeins, of whom every one holds 2 

 bovates and renders and works as the villeins of 

 Boldon, except cornage. Alan son of Osbert 

 holds I bovate, and renders and works as one 

 of the 20 firmars of Norton, as much as belongs 

 to I bovate. Two cottiers hold tofts and crofts 

 and 24 acres in the fields, and they render and 

 work as the cottiers of Norton. * The whole 

 vill renders I milch cow. The demesne of 

 Stockton and Hertburn of 10 ploughs with 

 the meadows are at farm, and they render 

 200 chalders of wheat. The pastures with the 

 sheep are in the hand of the bishop. 



In Carltona [Carlton] there are 23 firmars 

 who hold 46 bovates and render for every 2 

 bovates 10 shillings, and they find for every 



2 bovates a cart for carrying corn or hay for 

 6 days, and they do 4 boon-days in the autumn 

 with the entire household except the housewife, 

 and they render for every 2 bovates 2 hens and 

 20 eggs. Gerobod holds 4 bovates in the same 

 vill, and renders 20 shillings, and is quit of works 

 while he is in the service of the bishop; if, how- 

 ever, he be out of it he shall work like the afore- 

 said firmars at the will of the bishop. Ellis 

 holds 2 bovates, to be assigned to another when 

 the bishop wills, and renders 10 shillings. Walter 

 the miller holds 2 bovates and renders 10 shil- 

 lings, and 2 shillings for his services. Suma, a 



• Stowe MS. : Bolum. 



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*A : William de Tumba. 

 * A reads — Three cottiers 

 work 14 days in autumn. 



* A : Suane. 

 hold tofts only 



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