THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



and 2 shillings. Roger of Poitou gave the whole 

 of this land to Roger de Busli and Albert Gres- 

 let, and there are so many (tot) men there who 

 have nj- ploughs, whom those (two) have 

 granted to be quit (from rent) for 3 years, and 

 therefore it is not now valued (appreciatur). 



IN SALFORD HUNDRED 



King Edward held SALFORD [Salford]. There 

 (are) 3 hides and 12 carucates of waste land and 

 forest 3 leagues long and as much in width and 

 there (are) many enclosures (hate) and a hawk's 

 eyry. 



King Edward held RADECLIVE [Radcliffe] as 



1 manor. There (is) i hide and another hide 

 belonging to Salford. 



The church of St. Mary and the church of 

 St. Michael 1 held in MAMECESTRE [Man- 

 chester] i carucate of land quit from every due 

 except geld. 



To this manor or hundred belonged 21 bere- 

 wicks which as many thegns held for as many 

 manors, in which there were n| hides and 

 io carucates of land. 



(There are) wood(lands) there 9^ leagues 

 long and 5 leagues and i furlong broad. 



One of those (men), Gamel, holding 2 hides 

 in RECEDHAM [Rochdale] was (habebat) quit of 

 his customs except these six, theft, ' hamfare,' fore- 

 steal, breach of the king's peace, neglect of a 

 term set by the reeve, continuance of a fray after 

 oath made (to desist). (For) these he made 

 amends (by) 40 shillings. 



Several (aliqwg) of these lands were quit from 

 every due except geld and some few (aliquanta) 

 are quit from geld. 



The whole manor of Salford with the hun- 

 dred used to render 37 pounds and 4 shillings. 



Now there are in demesne in the manor 



2 ploughs and 8 serfs and 2 villeins with i plough. 

 This demesne is worth 100 shillings. 



Of this land of this manor (these) knights 

 hold by the gift of Roger of Poitou, Nigel 



3 hides and half a carucate of land, 8 Warin 8 

 2 carucates of land, and another Warin i J caru- 

 cate, GeofFrey i carucate of land, Gamel * 2 caru- 

 cates of land. In these (lands) there are 3 thegns 

 and 30 villeins and 9 bordars and a priest and 

 10 serfs. Between (them) all they have 22 

 ploughs. (This demesne) is worth 7 pounds. 



1 These are the respective invocations of the 

 churches of Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne. 



* This fee comprised the manor of Manchester 

 with half a carucate belonging to the parish church of 

 St. Mary. 



s This was probably Warin Bussel and the 2 car. 

 the manor of Ashton-under-Lyne, which was after- 

 wards a member of the barony of Penwortham. The 

 church of St. Michael was not included in this fee. 



* Supposed to be Gamel the thegn of Rochdale 

 holding a greatly diminished fee there under Roger 

 of Poitou in 1086. 



IN LAILAND HUNDRED 



King Edward held LAILAND [Leyland]. 

 There (are) i hide and 2 carucates of land. 

 Wood(land) 2 leagues long and i (league) broad 

 and an eyry of hawks. 



To this manor belonged 12 carucates 8 of land 

 (rectius, 12 berewicks) which 12 freemen held 

 for as many manors. In these (are) 6 hides and 

 8 carucates of land. (There is) wood(land) there 

 6 leagues long and 3 leagues and I furlong broad. 



The men of this manor and of Salford used 

 not to work by custom at the king's hall nor to 

 reap in August ; they only made one enclosure 

 (haia) in the wood and had the forfeiture of 

 bloodshed and of an outraged woman. In the 

 other customs they went with (erant consortes) 

 the other above(mentioned) manors. 



The whole manor of Lailand with the hun- 

 dred used to pay in farm (firma) to the king 

 19 pounds and 18 shillings and 2 pence. 



Of this land of this manor Gerard* holds 

 ij hide, Robert 3 carucates of land, Ralph 

 2 carucates of land, Roger 2 carucates of land, 

 Walter i carucate of land. There are there 

 4 radmans, a priest, and 14 villeins and 6 bor- 

 dars and 2 oxherds. Between (them) all they 

 have 8 ploughs. (There is) wood(land) 3 leagues 

 long and 2 leagues in width and there (are) 

 4 eyries of hawks. The whole is worth 50 shil- 

 lings. In part it is waste (ex parte est wasta). 



King Edward held PENEUERDANT [Pen- 

 wortham]. There (are) 2 carucates of land and 

 they used to render 10 pence. 



Now there is a castle there, and there are 

 2 ploughs in the demesne and 6 burgesses and 



L radmans and 8 villeins and 4 oxherds, 

 tween (them) all they have 4 ploughs. 

 There (is) half a fishery, wood(land), and eyries 

 of hawks as in the time of King Edward. It is 

 worth 3 pounds. 



In these 6 hundreds, Derbie, Neutone, Walin- 

 tune, Blacheburne, Salford, and Lailand, there 

 are 188 manors, in which there are 80 geldable 

 hides less one. 



In the time of King Edward it was worth 

 145 pounds and 2 shillings and 2 pence. When 

 Roger of Poitou received (it) from the king it 

 was worth 120 pounds. Now the king holds 

 (it) and has in demesne 1 2 ploughs and 9 knights 

 holding a fee. Between them and their men 

 there are 115 ploughs and 3 oxen. The 

 demesne which Roger held is valued (at) 

 23 pounds and 10 shillings. 7 (That) which he 

 gave to knights is valued at 20 pounds and 

 ii shillings. 



6 Car. interlined. 



* ' Girardus homo Rogeri ' held Legbonrne, county 

 Lincoln, under Roger of Poitou, Dm. Bk. i. i. 252 b. 



1 This total agrees with the figures given in the 

 survey, but the total value of the demesne held by 

 the knights, without including anything for Blackburn 

 hundred, was 22/. iz/. and not 2O/. I it. as stated. 



