THE HOLDERS OF LANDS XLVII. THE LAND OF GEOFFREY DE WIRCE In Gisleburg Hundret and a half Geoffrey de Wirce holds of the King 4 hides in Wellesford [Welford], and Alfrid holds (them) of him. There is land for 8 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 (ploughs), and 2 serfs and I bondwoman ; and 12 vil- leins, with the priest and 2 bordars, have 4 ploughs. There (are) 20 acres of meadow. To this manor pertain 2^ virgates of land in EssEBi [Cold Ashby]. There is land for I plough ; and (there is) the fourth part of i virgate of land in Etendone [Elkington].' There are 2 bordars rendering 22 pence. In Stofald Hundret To the same Manor pertain 2^ hides in SoLEBi [Sulby]. There is land for 5 ploughs. It is waste. The whole in king Edward's time was worth 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 60 shillings. Leuric held (it) freely in king Edward's time. The same Geoffrey holds in Crec [Crick] 4 hides less i virgate of land. There is land for 8 ploughs. In demesne there are 3 ploughs, and 4 serfs ; and 1 7 villeins, with the priest and 6 bordars, have 5 ploughs. There (are) 12 acres of meadow. It was worth 30 shillings ; now (it is worth) 4 pounds and 10 shillings. To this land belong 4 sochmen, who render 10 pence.* XLVIII. THE LAND OF GUNFRID DE CIOCHES In Corbei Hundret GuNFRiD de Cioches holds of the King half a hide in Boctone [Boughton]. There is land for I plough. 2 villeins with i bordar have this there. It was and is worth 6 shillings. The same Gunfrid holds in Neutone [Newton] 3 virgates of land and i bovate, and the third part of i bovate. There is land for 2 ploughs. In demesne there is I (plough) ; and 4 villeins with 4 bordars have another. Wood(land) there half a furlong in length and 5 perches in breadth. It was and is worth 10 shillings. Azur held these 2 lands * freely.
- See p. 327, note *.
- The whole of this entry is added at the
foot of the column. ' i.e. Boughton and Newton. In Spereholt Hundret The same (Gunfrid) holds 3 hides and i^ virgates of land in Belinge [Billing Parva]. There is land for 7 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 (ploughs), and 4 serfs; and 16 villeins with the priest have 5 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering {de) 2 shillings, and 50 acres of meadow. It was worth 40 shillings ; now (it is worth) 70 shillings. Suain held (it) freely. The same (Gunfrid) holds 5 hides in Wilavestone [Wollaston]. There is land for 10 ploughs. In demesne there are 4 (ploughs), and 8 serfs ; and 22 villeins, with the priest and 4 bordars, have 6 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering [de) 5 shillings, and 48 acres of meadow. It was worth 3 pounds; now (it is worth) 10 pounds. 4 thegns held (it) with sac and soc. In Ordinbaro Hundret The same (Gunfrid) holds i^ hides in Craneslea [Cransley]. There is land for 3 ploughs. In demesne there is I (plough), and 2 serfs ; and 4 villeins, with the priest and 10 bordars, have 2 ploughs. There are 5 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 30 shillings. In Gisleburg Hundret The same (Gunfrid) holds 2 hides and i virgate of land, and half a hide of soc(land).* There is land for 5^ ploughs. In demesne there are 3 ploughs, and 7 serfs ; and 1 3 villeins and 5 bordars and 5 sochmen have 2^ ploughs. There are 8 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 4 pounds. The same (Gunfrid) holds i virgate of land in Edone [West Haddon]. There is land for half a plough, and this is there with I serf. It is worth 4 shillings. The same (Gunfrid) holds i hide in Crap- tone [Creaton Magna]. There is land for 2 ploughs. In demesne there is I (plough), and 4 serfs ; and 3 villeins with 2 bordars have I plough. It was worth 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 30 shillings. In Colentreu Hundret The same (Gunfrid) holds 2^ hides in ToRP [Rothersthorpe]. There is land for
- Doubtless in Buckby, as the same amount
of land was entered in the ' Northamptonshire Survey ' as held there by Saer de Quincey of the fee of Aunsel de Chokes {i.e. Cioches) (Bridges, I. 544)- 347
