Page:VCH Leicestershire 1.djvu/408

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A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE 1 bondwoman; and II villeins with 13 bor- dars have II ploughs. There (are) 3 mills rendering (de) 30 shillings. Wood(land) I league in length and 4 furlongs in breadth. Earl Harold held this manor with the appendages underwritten. In DUNINTONE [Castle Donington] 5 caru- cates of land and meadow 3 furlongs in length and I furlong in breadth. In COSINTONE [Cossington] 6 carucates of land. In HOHTONE [Hoton] 6 carucates of land. In SETGRAVE [Seagrave] 2 carucates of land and 10 acres of meadow. In SIGLEBI [Sileby] I carucate of land. In REDRESBI [Rearsby] 2 carucates of land less i bovate and I acres of meadow. In BROCHESBI [Brooksby] 2 carucates of land and 7 acres of meadow and a mill (rendering) 5 shillings. In FRISEBI [Frisby] i carucates of land and 4 acres of meadow. In PRESTEWALD [Prestwold] 2 carucates of land. Meadow 3 furlongs in length and I fur- long in breadth. Wood(land) 6 furlongs in length and 5 furlongs in breadth. In CERNELEGA [Charley] 4 carucates of land. It is waste. 84 In GADESBI [Gaddesby] I carucate of land and 4 acres of meadow and a mill (rendering) 3 shillings. In REDEBI [Rotherby] 3 carucates of land less 2 bovates and 3 acres of meadow. In FRISEBI [Frisby] i carucates of land and 4 acres of meadow and a mill (rendering) 28 pence. Of these lands 4 knights hold of the earl 1 2 carucates of land. In them the earl himself has in demesne 4^ ploughs ; and 30 sochmen and 25 villeins and 13 bordars who have 15^- ploughs with i serf. His knights have in demesne 3 ploughs ; and (they have) 12 villeins with I sochman and 2 bordars who have 3 ploughs. In LUCTEBURNE [Loughborough] Roger holds of the earl 8 carucates of land. Ralf 3^ carucates of land. Hugh 3^ carucates of land. Godric 3^ carucates of land. Roger half a carucate of land. In demesne there are 5 ploughs ; and 8 villeins with 15 sochmen and 16 bordars have I2j ploughs. There (are) 2 mills rendering (de) 10 shillings and 45 acres of meadow. Wood- (land) 7 furlongs in length and 3 furlongs in breadth ; 5 thegns held it freely. Require f rectum is added in red in the margin at this point. Lewin holds of the earl i hide in BURTONE [Burton on the Wolds]. The soc belongs to Lucteburne [Loughborough]. In demesne there is I plough, and (there is) i villein with 2 bor- dars and 20 acres of meadow. In the same vill Godric holds of the earl 2 carucates of land and has there I plough in demesne and 20 acres of meadow. Hugh de Grentemaisnil claims (reclamat) the soc of this vill. Roger holds 5 carucates of land of Earl Hugh in TEDINGESWORDE [Theddingworth]. There he has I plough in demesne, and 4 villeins with 4 bordars have 2 ploughs. There (is) a mill (rendering) 6 pence. The king claims this land 85 (est in calumnia regis). Earl Harold held it. Robert holds of Earl Hugh 15 carucates of land in COGEWORDE [Kegworth]. There he has 5 ploughs in demesne with i serf and 2 bondwomen (ancillis) ; and 25 villeins with 13 bordars have 10 ploughs. Earl Harold held it. To this manor belong 3 carucates of land in AVEDERNE [Hathern] and DEXLEIA [Dishley], There are 20 acres of meadow. Wood- (land) i furlongs in length and I furlong in breadth. In all these above-written lands 86 there were 80 ploughs in King Edward's time. The whole was and is worth 40 pounds. When the earl received it it was worth 10 pounds. 87 In BORTONE [Burton on the Wolds] Hugh holds of the earl 2 carucates of land less I bovate. It is waste. This is reckoned (conputatur) with the above (lands). 88 Roger Busli 89 holds of Earl Hugh in i carucate of land. There is half a plough ; and 4 villeins with 2 bordars have ploughs. 91 Alnod held it. 85 Most probably as belonging to his manor of Great Bowden, to which the soke of William Loveth's land in Theddingworth pertained. 86 Probably including Barrow on Soar and the whole of Earl Hugh's fief surveyed to this point. 87 This notice is of some interest as suggesting that the abnormally low ' valuit ' which prevails throughout the Survey of Leicestershire may refer not to King Edward's time, but to some unexplained depression in value which affected the county after the Conquest. See also Maitland, Domesday Book and Beyond, 469. 68 This entry is referred by a sign (U) to Hugh's holding of 3 carucates, which comes under the Lough- borough heading. 69 ' Busli ' is interlined. 90 The MS. is unintelligible here. 91 MS. illegible. 90 33 6