THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



ploughs. In Warwic(k) (there is) I house 

 worth (de) 8 pence. It was and is worth 

 100 shillings. Baldeuin held it. 



From H(ugh), Hugh son of Constantius 

 holds I virgate of land in LOCHESLEI [Lox- 

 ley]. 1 There is land for half a plough. 

 There is I villein. It was and is worth 5 

 shillings. Manegot held it freely. 



IN COLESHELLE [COLESHILL] HUNDRET 



From H(ugh), Walter holds half a hide in 

 WITACRE [Whitacre]. 2 There is land for 

 half a plough. There is i villein ploughing 

 with 2 oxen. 3 It was and is worth 2 shillings. 

 Baldeuin held it. 



XIX. THE LAND OF HENRY DE 

 FERIER[ES] 



IN COLESHELLE [COLESHILL] HUNDRET 



Henry de Fereires holds 5^ hides in GREN- 

 DONE [Grendon], and Turstin from him. 

 There is land for 16 ploughs. There are 24 

 villeins and 1 6 bordars with 8 ploughs. 

 There is a mill worth (de) 5 shillings, and 36 

 acres of meadow ; wood(land) i J leagues 

 long, and i league broad. It was and is 

 worth 40 shillings. Siward Barn * held it. 



IN BOMELAU HUNDRET 



From H(enry), Ralf holds 4 hides in BOR- 

 TONE [Burton Hastings]. 5 There is land 

 for 8 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 ; and 

 13 villeins with a priest and 7 bordars have 6 

 ploughs. There are 2 mills worth (tie) 7 shil- 

 lings and 8 pence. It was worth 4 pounds ; 

 now 40 shillings. Siward 4 held it. 



IN STANLEI [STONELEIGH] HUNDRET 



From H(enry), Wazelin holds 2 hides in 

 ERBURBERIE [Harbury]. 6 There is land for 

 5 ploughs. In the demesne are 2, and 2 

 serfs; and (there are) 4 villeins with i plough. 

 It was worth 40 shillings ; now 4 pounds. 

 Siward * held it. 



1 Loxley, as mentioned in a previous note, was 

 probably in ' Patelau ' Hundred. 



8 Probably, as mentioned in a previous note, 

 Over Whitacre. 



3 i.e. a quarter of a plough-team. 



* See Introduction, p. 282. 



5 Burton Hastings 'is in the northern corner of 

 Knightlow Hundred, where other places belonging 

 to ' Bomelau ' Hundred are found. It appears in 

 subsequent history as held under the family of 

 Ferrers. 



8 See the former note (p. 310, note 7). 



IN TREMELAU HUNDRET 

 From H(enry), Saswalo 7 holds 17 hides in 

 ETENDONE [Eatington]. There is land for 12 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 4 ploughs and 

 10 serfs ; and 32 villeins with a priest and 25 

 bordars and I knight (mi/ite) and 2 thegns 

 (taints) have i6j ploughs. There is a mill 

 worth (de) 1 8 shillings, and 30 acres of meadow. 

 It was worth 6 pounds, and afterwards 4 

 pounds ; now 20 pounds. 



From H(enry), Wazelin holds half a hide in 

 CESTEDONE [Chesterton]. 8 There is land for 

 ij ploughs. There is i plough with i ox- 

 man (bovarius) and i acre of meadow. It 

 was and is worth 10 shillings. 



From H(enry), Nigel 9 holds 2$ hides in 

 ALDULVESTREU [Austrey]. 10 There is land 

 for 2 ploughs. In the demesne is I ; and 7 

 villeins and 3 bordars have 2 ploughs. It 

 was and is worth 20 shillings. 



XX. THE LAND OF ROGER DE 



IVERI 

 IN STANLEI [STONELEIGH] HUNDRET 



Roger de Ivri holds of the king, as it is 

 said (ut dicitur)^ 5 hides 12 in CUBINTONE 

 [Cubbington]. There is land for 4 ploughs. 

 In the demesne are 2, and 3 serfs ; and (there 

 are) 2 villeins and 2 bordars with I plough. 

 There are 1 5 acres of meadow. It was and 

 is worth 40 shillings. Turbern held it freely 

 T.R.E. This is of the fee of the Bishop of 

 Bayeux. 13 



XXI. THE LAND OF ROBERT DE 



OILGI 14 



IN COLESHELLE [COLESHILL] HUNDRET 

 Robert de Oilgi holds 2 hides in MERSTONE 



7 See Introduction, p. 282. 



8 Chesterton doubtless ; for that place is a sub- 

 sequent entry rubricated as in ' Tremelau ' Hun- 

 dred. For this reason therefore ' Cestedone ' fol- 

 lows ' Etendone.' 



9 See Introduction, p. 280. 



10 This was doubtless in ' Coleshelle ' Hundred, 

 being afterward in the Hundred of Hemlingford. 



11 These two words are an interlineation. 



12 These 5 hides, together with the 2 and 3 hides 

 already recorded, make Cubbington a lo-hide 

 place. 



13 See Introduction, p. 279. In the Bucks 

 Domesday (p. 144) Robert (de) Olgi and Roger (de) 

 Ivri hold ' Stou ' of the Bishop of Bayeux. 



14 This entry stands at the foot of a page, and is 

 separated by a considerable gap from the previous 

 one. Probably this was done for the sake of be- 

 ginning the important fief of Robert de Statford 

 at the top of a new page. 



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