THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



From T(urchil) William holds in LODBROC 

 [Ladbroke] 2 hides and i virgate of land. 

 There is land for 2 ploughs. There are 4 

 villeins and 3 bordars and 2 serfs and l i 

 knight (miles) with 2 ploughsamong all. There 

 are 2 acres of meadow. It was worth 2O 

 shillings ; now 40 shillings. 



From T(urchil) i priest holds I virgate of 

 land in the same (ipsa) vill. There is I 

 plough with i villein ; and there are 2 acres 

 of meadow. It was worth 5 shillings ; now 

 10 shillings. 



FromT(urchil) Eddulf holds in ROCHEBERIE 

 [Rugby] 2^ hides. There is land for 6 

 ploughs. In the demesne is I plough and 2 

 serfs ; and (there are) 1 1 villeins and 5 bordars 

 with 5 ploughs. There is a mill worth (di) 1 3 

 shillings and 4 pence, and 1 6 acres of meadow. 

 It was worth 50 shillings ; now 40 shillings. 



From (Turchil) Ulf holds in CALVESTONE 

 [Cawston] i hide. 2 There is land for i 

 plough. It is in the demesne ; and (there 

 are) 4 villeins and I bordar and i serf. It 

 was worth 10 shillings ; now 12 shillings. 



These 9 estates (terras) before mentioned 3 

 Eduin held and was able to betake himself 

 (ire) whither he wished. 



From T(urchil) Goslin holds in BERDINGE- 

 BERIE [Birdingbury] i hide and half a virgate 

 of land. There is land for 3 ploughs. There 

 are 3 franklins (francones homines) with 4 

 villeins and 3 bordars who have (habentes) 3 

 ploughs. It was worth 20 shillings ; now 

 40 shillings. The same franklins (homines 

 francones) held it T.R.E. 



IN MERETONE [MARTON] HUNDRET * 

 From T(urchil) Robert holds in EPTONE 

 [Napton] s 3 virgates of land. There is 



1 The scribe wrote ' c,' inadvertently beginning 

 the word ' cum.' He then wrote through it thus 

 jf , the sign for ' et,' realizing no doubt that it would 

 be improper to record a knight as if he were ap- 

 purtenant to villeins, bordars and serfs. 



a This, with the i hides previously recorded, 

 makes Calvestone a 2^-hide place ( = half 5 hides). 



3 i.e. Caldecote, Caldecote, Lodbroc, Redborne, 

 Calvestone, Lodbroc, Lodbroc, Rocheberie and 

 Calvestone. These 9 estates were not grouped to- 

 gether without reason. They contain exactly 10 

 hides (i + + i| + i + 2j + J + z + i). 



1 This rubrication is unnecessary here, for it 

 comes in the middle of a list of places in Marton 

 Hundred. 



B I have little doubt of this identification. I 

 should have supposed that this form of the name 



land for 5 ploughs. In the demesne is i ; 

 and 4 villeins and 5 bordars have 2 ploughs. 

 There are 8 acres of meadow. It was worth 

 10 shillings ; now 30 shillings. Eduin held 

 it. 



From T(urchil) Oslach holds in FLECHENOC 

 [Flecknoe '] 2^ hides. There is land for 4 

 ploughs. In the demesne are i ^, and 3 serfs ; 

 and (there are) 10 villeins and 3 bordars with 

 3^ ploughs. It was and is worth 30 shillings. 

 Eduin held it. 



From T(urchil) Harding holds in HODEN- 

 HELLE [Hodnell] 4 hides. There is land for 

 4 ploughs. In the demesne is i, and (there 

 are) 1 1 villeins and 2 bordars with 2 ploughs, 

 and (there are) 20 acres of meadow. It was 

 and is worth 40 shillings. Ulnod held it freely 

 T.R.E. 



From T(urchil) Goduin holds in the same 

 vill I hide. There is land for I plough. It 

 is in the demesne, with i serf; and (there 

 are) 4 bordars with half a plough, and (there 

 are) 4 acres of meadow. It was worth 10 

 shillings ; now 2O shillings. Ordric held it 

 freely T.R.E. 



From T(urchil) Ailric holds in FLECHENHO 

 [Flecknoe 8 ] i hide and half a virgate of 

 land. There is land for 2 ploughs. In the 

 demesne is i ; and (there are) i villein and 4 

 bordars with i plough. There are 4 acres of 

 meadow. It was worth 20 shillings ; now 

 30 shillings. Alwin the father of T(urchil) 

 held it. 



From T(urchil) Gilbert holds in LODBROC 

 [Ladbroke] 3 virgates of land. There is 

 land for half a plough. In the demesne 

 however is i plough and 2 serfs ; and (there 

 are) 2 acres of meadow. It was worth 5 shil- 

 lings ; now 10 shillings. Hereward held it. 



From T(urchil) Ulvric holds in WILEBERE 

 [Willoughby] ij virgates of land. There is 

 land for i plough. The same is in the de- 

 mesne ; and (there are) 2 villeins with i bor- 

 dar ; and (there is) i acre of meadow. It was 



was simply a clerical error resulting from the collo- 

 cation of the final ' n ' of ' in ' and the initial ' N ' 

 of ' Neptone,' but the same form occurs a few 

 entries lower down. Robert has already been 

 recorded as holding 3 hides 3 virgates in ' Neptone' 

 under the Count of Meulan. His further 3 vir- 

 gates recorded here, and Ulchetel's half-hide 

 mentioned a few entries hence bring up the total 

 hidage to the constantly recurring 5 hides. 

 In Wolfhamcote. 



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