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THE HOLDERS OF LANDS villeins and 9 bordars with 8 ploughs. There (are) 3 mills rendering {de) 16 shillings, and 9 acres of meadow. It was worth 10 pounds ; now (it is worth) 7 pounds. Bardi held (it) freely. VI. THE LAND OF ST. PETER OF BURG In Stoche Hundret The Abbey of St. Peter of Burg [Peter- borough] holds the vill which is called Burg [Peterborough]. There are 8 hides. There is land for 16 ploughs. In demesne there are 5 (ploughs), and 7 serfs ; and (there are) 37 villeins and 8 bordars with 2 ploughs. There (is) a mill [de) rendering 5 shillings ; and 40 acres of meadow. Wood(land) i league in length and 4 furlongs in breadth. It was worth 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 10 pounds. In Stoch Hundret The same Church holds Cotingeham [Cottingham]. There are 7 hides. There is land for 14 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 (ploughs), and 4 serfs ; and (there are) 29 villeins and 10 bordars with 10 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering {de) 40 pence, and 12 acres of meadow. Wood(land) I league in length and half a league in breadth. It was worth lo shillings ; now (it is worth) 60 shillings. The same Church holds Torp [Long Thorp]. There are 2 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 (ploughs), and 4 serfs ; and (there are) 12 villeins and 2 bordars with 2 ploughs. There is meadow(land) 3 furlongs in length and I furlong in breadth. Wood(land) 6 furlongs in length and 4 furlongs in breadth. There are 3 sochmen with 2 ploughs. It was worth 40 shillings ; now (it is worth) 50 shillings. The same Church holds Castre [Castor]. There are 3 hides. There is land for 12 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 (ploughs) with I serf; and (there are) 13 villeins and 2 bordars with 3^ ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering {de) 8 shillings, and 15 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 6 furlongs in length and 4 furlongs in breadth. It was worth 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 50 shillings. The same Church holds Eglesworde [Aylesworth]. There are 6 hides. There is land for 1 2 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 ploughs; and (there are) 17 villeins and 2 bordars and 8 sochmen with 12 ploughs. There (are) 2 mills rendering {de) 12 shillings, and 15 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 3 furlongs in length and 2 furlongs in breadth. It was worth 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 70 shillings. The same Church holds 6 hides in Pil- lesgete [Pillesgate]. There is land for 6 ploughs. In demesne there is I (plough) with I serf; and 9 villeins and 2 bordars and 26 sochmen have 1 1 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering {de) 10 shillings, and 40 acres of meadow, and 5 acres of wood. It was worth 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 4 pounds. The same Church holds 3 hides in Glin- tone [Glinton]. In this (place) with its appendages there were, in king Edward's time, 30 ploughs. There is land for 12 ploughs. In demesne there are 3 ploughs, and 2 bondwomen ; and (there are) 10 vil- leins and 6 bordars and 8 sochmen with 5 ploughs. There are 100 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 10 furlongs in length and 9 fur- longs in breadth. It was and is worth 60 shillings. The same Church holds 8 hides and i virgateof land in Widerintone [Werrington]. There, with the appendages, were 30 ploughs in king Edward's time.* There is land for 12 ploughs. In demesne there are 5 ploughs, and 4 serfs ; and (there are) 30 villeins and 4 bordars and 19 sochmen having 19 ploughs. Wood(land) 2 leagues in length and I league in breadth. It was worth 4 pounds ; now (it is worth) 7 pounds. The same Church holds in Adelintone [Elton]^ li hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. There are 6 sochmen with 3 ploughs ; and 8 acres of meadow. It was worth 2 shillings; now (it is worth) lO shil- lings. The same Church holds 6 hides in Undele [Oundle]. There is land for 9 ploughs. In demesne there are 3 ploughs, and 3 serfs ; and (there are) 23 villeins and 10 bordars with 9 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering {de) 20 shillings, and 250 eels; and there (are) 50 ' See Introduction.

  • In Huntingdonshire. Mr. Stuart Moore

(following Bridges) identifies this as ' Adington Magna ' (Northants), but it seems to me to be clearly Elton, as on fo. 222 (p. 318 below). 313