A HISTORY OF DERBYSHIRE 



2 M. & B. In ONESTUNE [Unstone] and 

 NORMANTUNE [ Temple Normanton] Lewine 

 and Edwine had 7 bovates of land and 4 acres 

 (assessed) to the geld. (There is) land for 12 

 oxen. There (is) now I plough in demesne ; 

 and (there are) 6 villeins and 4 bordars who have 

 4 ploughs. There (is) a church and a priest 

 and 2 mills (rendering) 4 shillings and 2^ acres 

 of meadow. Wood(land) for pannage half a 

 league in length and half (a league) in breadth. 

 In King Edward's time it was worth 13 shil- 

 lings ; now (it is worth) 20 shillings. 



M. In WALETUNE [Walton] Hundulf had 



2 carucates of land (assessed) to the geld. (There 

 is) land for 3 ploughs. It is waste. Wood- 

 (land) for pannage I league in length and I in 

 breadth. In King Edward's time (it was worth) 

 20 shillings. 



HAMMENSTAN [Wirksworth *] WAPENTAKE 



M. & 3 B. In DERELEIE [Darley] King 

 Edward had 2 carucates of land (assessed) to the 

 geld. In FARLEIE [Farley] and COTES [Cotes in 

 Darley] and BERLEIE [Burley] (there is) i caru- 

 cate of land and 2 bovates 2 (assessed) to the 

 geld. (There is) land for 3 ploughs. There 

 the king has i plough ; and 7 villeins who have 



3 ploughs. There (is) a priest and a church and 

 1 2 acres of meadow. Wood(Iand) for pannage 

 2 leagues in length and 2 in breadth. In King 

 Edward's time it was worth 40 shillings and 

 2 sestiers (sextarii) of honey ; now (it is worth) 



4 pounds. 



M. In MESTESFORDE [Matlock Bridge 3 ] 

 King Edward had 2 carucates of land exempt 

 from geld (sine geldo). It is waste. There 

 (are) 8 acres of meadow and i lead mine 

 (plumbaria). Wood(land), for pannage in 



1 So little information is given about the Domes- 

 day Wapentakes that they can only be approxi- 

 mately identified with their modern representa- 

 tives. 



2 ' et \ i bov.' interlined. 



3 The identity of Mestesforde with Matlock 

 Bridge is suggested by the following indications: 



(1) The 'ford' must, from the general posi- 

 tion of the manor, be on the Derwent. 



(2) The hill which forms the western boun- 

 dary of Matlock Dale between Matlock 

 Bridge and Matlock Bath is said to have 

 been called anciently Mestes or Mester. 



(3) The nature of the ground between Mat- 

 lock Bridge and Cromford absolutely pro- 

 hibits the existence of any ford across the 

 river, nor do traces of any lateral road 

 occur between these points, but the 

 ancient bridge at Matlock Bridge gives 

 access from the west to an important 



places (per hca\ 3 leagues in length and 2 in 

 breadth. To this manor belong these bere- 

 wicks : MESLACH [Matlock], SINITRETONE 

 [Snitterton], WODNESLEIE [Wensley], BUNTE- 

 SHALE 4 [Bonsall], IBEHOLON [Ible], TENESLEGE 

 [Tansley], In these (there are) 7 carucates 

 of land (assessed) to the geld. (There is) land 

 for 7 ploughs. There 1 1 villeins and 12 bor- 

 dars have 6 ploughs and 22 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) for pannage 2 leagues in length 

 and i league in breadth. Underwood (si hi a 

 minuta) of the same extent. 



fo. 272!) 



M. In WERCHESUORDE [Wirksworth] there 

 are 3 carucates of land assessed to the geld. 

 (There is) land for 4 ploughs. There (is) a 

 priest and a church and 16 villeins and 9 bor- 

 dars who have 4 ploughs. There are 3 lead 

 mines (plumbariis) and 26 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) for pannage 2 leagues in length 

 and 2 leagues in breadth. 



Berewicks of this Manor 



In CRUNFORDE [Cromford], 2 carucates, and 

 MIDDELTUNE [Middleton by Wirksworth], 2 

 carucates, and OPETUNE [Hopton],4 carucates, 

 and WELLEDENE [Weldon 6 ], 2 carucates, and 

 GHERSINTUNE [Carsington], 2 carucates, and 

 CALDELAWE [Callow], 2 carucates, and HIRE- 

 TUNE [Kirk Ireton], 4 carucates,* (there are) 1 8 

 carucates of land (assessed) to the geld. (There 

 is) land for as many ploughs. In these (vills) 

 there are 36 villeins and 13 bordars who have 

 14^ ploughs. There (are) 14 acres of mea- 

 dow. Wood(land) for pannage and under- 

 wood (silva pastilis et minuta) 3 leagues in 

 length and 2 in breadth. 



M. In ESSEBURNE [Ashbourne] there are 3 

 carucates of land (assessed) to the geld. (There 

 is) land for 3 ploughs. It is waste ; never- 

 theless it renders 20 shillings. There (is) a 

 priest and a church with i carucate of land 

 (assessed) to the geld, and (the priest) has there 

 2 villeins and 2 bordars who have half a plough. 

 He himself has I plough and i man who 

 renders 16 pence, and 20 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) for pannage I league in length 

 and half a league in breadth. 



series of roads diverging at this point to 

 Alfreton, Chesterfield and the north. 

 (4) The berewicks of the manor of Mestesforde 

 are distributed in a rough half-circle round 

 Matlock Bridge. (See also on this point 

 Derb. Arch. Soc. Journal, xxiii.). 



* This name is interlined. 



* Close to Hopton. Now depopulated. 



6 All these figures are interlined above the 

 place names to which they refer. 



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