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 A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE I plough. This is there with 2 serfs ani I villein and i bordar. It was worth lo shil- lings ; now (it is worth) 20 shillings. The same (Ernald) holds of Geoffrey 2 hides in Hintone [Hinton].' There is land for 5 ploughs. In demesne are 2 ploughs, and 2 serfs ; and 1 1 villeins and 5 bordars have 3 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering {de) 2 shillings, and 16 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 2 furlongs in length, and half a furlong in breadth. It was worth 30 shillings ; now (it is worth) 70 shillings. In Edboldeston Hundret Osbern holds of Geoffrey i^ hides, and 2 thirds of i virgate in Culeorde [Culworth]. There is land for 4 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 (ploughs), and 4 serfs; and 10 villeins, with I bordar, have 2 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering {de) 40 pence. It was and is worth 3 pounds. Asgar* held all these lands of Geoffrey's in king Edward's time. XLVI. THE LAND OF GILBERT DE GAND In Neubotlagrave Hundret Gilbert de Gand holds of the King 3^ hides in Ceselingeberie [Kislingbury], and Geoffrey (holds them) of him. There is land for 10 ploughs. In demesne there are 3 ploughs, and i^ hides of that land, and 10 serfs ; and (there are) 22 villeins and 7 bor- dars with 4 ploughs. There (are) 2 mills rendering {de) 40 shillings, and 14 acres of meadow, and 10 acres of wood. It was worth 4 pounds ; now (it is worth) 6 pounds. Sasgar holds of Gilbert I hide and 1^ vir- gates of land in Haiforde [Nether Heyford). There is land for 2 ploughs. In demesne there is half a plough ; and 3 villeins, with i bordar, have I plough. There (are) 4 acres of meadow. It was worth 10 shillings; now (it is worth) 20 shillings. In Gravesend Hundret The same Gilbert holds 4 hides in Stowe [Stowe]. There is land for 10 ploughs. In demesne there are 3 ploughs, and 7 serfs ; and 14 villeins and 6 bordars have 7 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering {de) 64 pence. Geoffrey's ' predecessor ' in Essex also. Wood(land) 7 furlongs in length, and 3 fur- longs in breadth. It was worth 60 shillings ; now (it is worth) 100 shillings. The same Gilbert holds Epingeham [Em- pingham].' There are 4 hides. Of these, 3 (are) in demesne. There is land for 8 ploughs. In demesne there are 4 ploughs, and 8 serfs; and (there are) 15 villeins with 4 ploughs. There (are) 5 mills rendering {d<) 42 shillings and 8 pence, and 10 acres of meadow. Wood(land) I furlong in length, and 10 perches in breadth. It was worth 100 shillings ; now (it is worth) 10 pounds. The same (Gilbert) holds in the same vill 7^ hides, and I bovate of land of the King's soc(land) of Roteland [Rutland], and says the King is his patron {advocatum).*' There is land for 15 ploughs. 14 sochmen, with 51 villeins, have these there. There (are) 5 mills rendering {de) 24 shillings, and 10 acres of meadow, and 10 acres of wood. It was and is worth 8 pounds. In Wilebroc Hundret The same Gilbert gave to (the Abbey or) S. Pierre-sur-Dive half a hide in Estone [Easton]. There is land for 2 ploughs. In demesne there is i (plough), and 4 villeins have another. There (are) 4 acres of meadow. It was worth 5 shillings ; now (it is worth) 10 shillings. Tonna held all these lands with sac and soc. Rotbert holds of Gilbert Wicford [Which- ford].* There (are) 15 hides. There is land for 19 ploughs. In demesne there are 4 (ploughs), and 10 serfs ; and 33 villeins and 21 bordars have 15 ploughs. There (are) 2 mills rendering {de) 15 shillings, and 3 furlongs of meadow in length, and as much in breadth. Wood(land) I furlong in length, and as much in breadth. It was worth 10 pounds; now (it is worth) 20 pounds. Wlf held (it) freely in king Edward's time. ^ In Rutland. King to warranty. in his History of IVarwickihire, observes that this place is not entered in Domesday, and did not connect it with the above entry, but the fact that Whichford church was given to Bridlington priory, which was founded by Gilbert's son, VV'alter de Gant, and was speci- ally connected with their house, is sufficient to establish the identity. 346
 * In Sutton Hundred.
 * Ansgar, Esgar, or Asgar, the Staller,
 * i.e. (in later language) he vouches the
 * Whichford in Warwickshire. Dugdale,