THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



a league broad, is worth 12 shillings when it 

 bears (oneratur). It (Ulverlei) was worth IO 

 pounds ; now 4 pounds. Earl Eduin held it. 

 With this is valued also the following 

 estate (terra). 



The same (Ipsa) Cristina holds I hide in 

 ARLEI [Arley]. 1 There are 4 villeins who 

 have (habentes) 2 ploughs. Wood(land) I 

 league long and a half 2 and in breadth I 

 league, when it bears (oneratur), is worth 

 60 shillings. 



IN MERETON [MARTON] HUNDRET 



The same Cristina holds ICENTONE [Long 

 Itchington]. 3 There are 24 hides. There 

 is land for 2 1 ploughs. In the demesne are 5 

 ploughs and 10 serfs ; and 83 villeins with 

 2 priests and 4 bordars have 17 ploughs. 

 There are 2 mills worth (de) 6 shillings and 

 8 pence, and 16 acres of meadow ; pasture 

 2 furlongs long and i furlong broad. It 

 was worth 1 2 pounds ; now 2O pounds. 

 When the king gave it to Cristina it was 

 paying 36 pounds. 



XLIII. OF THE KING'S ALMS 

 (Elemosinte Regis) 



Leveve the nun (mania/is) holds of the 

 king SALFORD [Salford Priors] * in almoin 

 (in demos'). There are 3 hides. There is 

 land for IO ploughs. In the demesne are 

 2, and 7 serfs ; and (there are) 8 villeins and 

 8 bordars with a priest, who have (habentes) 

 8 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 5 

 shillings, and 12 acres of meadow. Wood 

 (land) 2 furlongs long and half a furlong 

 broad. It was worth 40 shillings ; now 6 

 pounds. Godeva, the wife of Earl Leofric 

 (Leurici) held it. 



1 This is obvious, and Arley also came to the 

 Limesis. Being afterward in Marlon Leet, it was 

 doubtless in the Domesday Hundred of Meretone.' 

 [There can be no doubt that Arley was in the Leet 

 of Marton, for it is so described in the Subsidy Roll 

 of i Edw. III., and also in the Roll quoted by 

 Dugdale, Antlq. Warwlcks. p. 4 (1656 ed.) Other- 

 wise one would certainly say, from its position, that 

 it was in the Leet of Brinklow and, in Domesday 

 times, in the Hundred of ' Bomelau.' B.W.] 



J Translated word for word, in the same order 

 as the Latin. 



3 Plainly, because Long Itchington was in 

 Marton Leet and was held by the Limesis. 



* This is quite clear. Its history as distinct 

 from Abbot's Salford is given by Dugdale. Like 

 Abbot's Salford it was doubtless in the Domesday 

 Hundred of ' Fernecumbe." The two Salfords to- 

 gether contained 5 hides. 



IN FERNECUMBE HUNDRET 



Edith (Eddid) holds of the king 5 hides 

 in BICHEMERSE [Bickmarsh]. There is land 

 for 9 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 ploughs 

 and 4 serfs ; and (there are) 13 villeins and 3 

 bordars with 6 ploughs. It was worth 4 

 pounds ; now i oo shillings. The same 

 (Edith) held it T.R.E. 



to. 344b 



XLIV. THE LAND OF RICHARD 

 THE FORESTER 



IN BOMELAU HUNDRET 



Richard the Forester holds of the king 

 HERDEBERGE [Harborough ( ? Great and 

 Little)]. 5 There are 4^ hides. There is 

 land for as many ploughs. There are 4 

 villeins and 4 bordars with I plough. There 

 are 2O acres of meadow. It was worth 10 

 shillings ; now 2O shillings. Four thegns 

 held it freely. 



The same Richard holds half a hide in 

 BRANCOTE [Bramcote in Bulkington]. 6 There 

 is land for I plough. There is I villein with 

 half a plough. It is worth 2 shillings. Sexi 

 held it freely. 



IN MERETON [MARTON] HUNDRET 



R(ichard) holds of the king 2 hides in 

 GRENEBERGE [Grandborough]. 7 There is 

 land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne are 2, 

 and 3 serfs ; and (there are) 6 villeins and 2 

 bordars with 2 ploughs. There are 20 acres 

 of meadow. It was worth 20 shillings ; now 

 50 shillings. Bundi held it freely. 8 



6 This is doubtless so ; for ' Bomelau ' Hundred, 

 which contained Monks Kirby, may well have in- 

 cluded the adjoining Harborough. ' Bomelau ' 

 Hundred seems to have been superseded by Brink- 

 low Leet, in which Harborough subsequently 

 appears. 



6 This seems correct. Being afterward in 

 Brinklow Leet, it was doubtless in the Domesday 

 Hundred of ' Bomelau. ' This half-hide together 

 with the hide and a half held by Earl Aubrey 

 would make this Bramcote a 2-hide place. More- 

 over, Sexi, its T.R.E. tenant, had also been tenant 

 of Weston, Smercote and Souley, all adjoining to 

 Bramcote-in-Bulkington. 



7 The 8 hides i virgate of the Church of 

 Coventry's estate, together with the 2 hides here 

 recorded, make it appear that this was a lo-hide 

 place, to which an additional virgate of assessment 

 had been tacked on. 



8 This last clause is inserted at the end of the 

 next entry, but is plainly connected by a reference 

 sign with this entry relating to Grandborough. 



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