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THE HOLDERS OF LANDS lings ; now (it is worth) 30 shillings. If it were well worked [exerceretur) it would be worth 100 shillings. This land in king Edward's time belonged to the sustenance of the monks. Ferron holds (it) by the king's command against the will of the Abbot. In WoDEFORD [Woodford '] Roger ^ holds of the Abbot 7 hides. There is land for 12 ploughs. In demesne there are 2^ ploughs, and 4 serfs ; and (there are) 12 villeins and 3 bordars and 12 sochmen with 9^ ploughs. There is a mill rendering 2 shillings, and 20 acres of meadow. It was worth 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 60 shillings. In the same vill, Roger, Hugh, and Siward hold 3 virgates of land of the Abbot, and have there I plough ; and it is worth 10 shillings. The whole manor was waste when they received (it). In Edintone [Addington Parva] Hugh holds of the Abbot 3 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 (ploughs) with I serf ; and (there are) 8 vil- leins and 4 bordars and i sochman with 4 ploughs. There is a mill rendering [de) 12 pence and 200 eels ; and (there are) 8 acres of meadow. It was worth 10 shillings ; now (it is worth) 40 shillings. In Erdinburne [Irthlingborough] 4 knights hold of the Abbot 5 hides, less I virgate. There they have 6 ploughs in demesne ; and (there are) 8 villeins and 2 bordars with 2 ploughs. There is a mill rendering [de) 5 shillings. It was worth 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 100 shillings. The soc belongs to [jacet in) Burg [Peterborough]. In Craneford [Cranford] Robert holds of the Abbot 3 hides, and i knight (holds) of him. There is land for 6 ploughs. There are 15 sochmen having 6 ploughs. It was worth 5 shillings ; now (it is worth) 40 shil- lings. In Craneford [Cranford] are hides. Godric holds (it) of the King.^ There island for 3 ploughs. In demesne there is i (plough), ' In Huxlow Hundred.

  • This was Roger ' Maufe ' or ' Malfed.'

' A space is left here in the original. This is a difficult passage. Mr. Stuart Moore reads it as above, but in Domesday the word is ' /(•«,' which may stand for tenet or for tenuit. and 4 bordars have another plough. There is a mill rendering (de) 2 shillings, and 4 acres of meadow, and as many of wood. It was worth 10 shillings ; now (it is worth) 20 shil- lings. In Dailintone [Dallington] Richard * holds of the Abbot 4 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 (ploughs), and 3 serfs; and 18 villeins, with the priest and 4 bordars, have 6 ploughs. There is a mill rendering {de) 20 shillings, and 5 acres of meadow. It was worth 20 shillings; now (it is worth) 100 shillings. In AscETONE [Ashton]* Ivo holds of the Abbot half a hide. It is worth 4 shillings. VII. THE LAND OF ST. PETER OF WESTMINSTER In Corbie Hundret The Abbey of St. Peter of West- minster [Jl^estmon[aiterium]) holds Dene [Dene]. There are 2^ hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 (ploughs) ; and 17 villeins, with the priest and 6 bordars, have 6 ploughs ; and 2 smiths render 32 shillings. There is a mill render- ing [de) 3 shillings. Wood(land) i league in length, and 8 furlongs in breadth. It was, and is, worth 6 pounds. The Church always held (it). In Hocheslau Hundret The same Church holds 3 hides in SfTBL'RG [Sudborough]. There is land for 8 ploughs. In demesne there is i (plough) ; and 12 vil- leins and 5 sochmen, with 2 bordars, have 6 ploughs. There is a mill rendering [de) 6 shillings. Wood(land) 7 furlongs in length, and 6 in breadth. It was and is worth 100 shillings. VIII. THE LAND OF ST. EDMUND In RoDEWEtLE Hundret The Abbev of S. Edmund ^ holds of the King I hide of soc(land) in Boctone [Bough- ton]. There is land for 2 ploughs. There are 6 villeins and 2 bordars with 2 ploughs. He was succeeded here by his son Robert. In Polebrook Hundred. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. In Corby Hundred. 317