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 A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Widelard holds of Eustace half a hide in WiNEWiNCLE [Winwick].' There is land for 2 ploughs. In demesne there is I (plough), with I serf; and (there are) 3 villeins with 2 ploughs. There (are) 3 acres of meadow. It was worth 10 shillings ; now (it is worth) 40 shillings. Achi held (it). In Neveslund Hundret Agemund holds of Eustace half a hide in Grastone [Grafton Underwood]. There is land for I plough. This is there with certain men. It was and is worth 5 shillings. In Naresford Hundret Alvred holds of Eustace i hide and i vir- gate of land in Dotone [Clapton].^ There is land for 2 ploughs. In demesne there is I (plough) ; and I villein with 3 bordars has half a plough. It was worth 3 shillings ; now (it is worth) 10 shillings. LVI. THE LAND OF THE COUNTESS JUDITH In Wicelea Wapent[ake] The Countess Judith holds of the King i^ hides in Riehale [Ryhall].^ There is, with (its) appendages, land for 8 ploughs. In demesne there is I (plough), and 4 serfs ; and 10 villeins and 4 sochmen have 4 ploughs. There (are) 2 mills rendering {de) 36 shillings. Wood(land) 4 furlongs in length, and 2 fur- longs in breadth. To this manor pertains Belmestorp [Bel- mesthorpe].' There (are) 1^ hides, and in demesne (there are) 2 ploughs ; and 14 vil- leins and 6 bordars have 4 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering {de) 10 shillings and 8 pence, and 16 acres of meadow. The whole was and is worth 6 pounds. The same (Judith) holds the third part of I hide in AscE [Ashley]. There are 3 soch- men (who) render yearly 5 shillings and 4 pence. In SuTONE [Sutton Basset] there is half a hide, and the third part of half a hide ; and 4 sochmen have there i| ploughs, and render yearly 10 shillings and 8 pence. ^ In Polebrook Hundred. name to be a clerical error for Clotone [Clap- ton]. See Feudal England, p. 223. In Westone [Weston-by-Welland] there is I hide, and the third part of I hide ; and 5 sochmen have there i^ ploughs, and render yearly 21 shillings and 4 pence. In Tinglea [Dingley] there is the third part of I hide, and 3 quarters of 2 thirds of i hide;* and there (are) 5 sochmen with i^ ploughs. They render 6 shillings and 8 pence. In Brantone [Brampton]* there is 1 hide; and 4 sochmen have there 2 ploughs, and render yearly 5 shillings and 4 pence. Earl Wallef (Waltheof) held all this land, and it was worth as much as it now is. In Wilebroc Hundret The same Countess holds 6 hides in FoD- ringeia [Fotheringay]. There is land for 12 ploughs. Of this land 2 hides are in demesne, and there (are) 3 ploughs, and 3 serfs; and 19 villeins, with the priest and 6 bordars, have 9 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering {de) 8 shillings, and 40 acres of mea- dow. Wood(land) I league in length, and 9 furlongs in breadth. When it is stocked (»«fr- atur), and the King does not hunt in it, it is worth 10 shillings. It was worth 8 pounds; now (it is worth) 12 pounds. Turchil held (it) freely in king Edward's time. The same Countess holds 5 hides in Har- ingeworde [Harringworth]. There is land for 16 ploughs. In demesne there are 3 ploughs, and 6 serfs and i bondwoman ; and 26 villeins and 8 bordars and 6 sochmen have 10 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering (de) 5 shillings, and 5 furlongs of meadow in length, and 2 furlongs in breadth. Wood(land) 8 furlongs in length, and I league and 3 fur- longs in breadth. It was and is worth 10 pounds. Turchil held (it) freely. In Langeport [Lamport] there is I bovate of land, with I bordar rendering 16 pence. In Bradebroc [Braybrook] there is half a virgate of socland. There I villein has half a plough. It was and is worth 4 shillings. In Bracstone [Draughton]* there are 2^ all to ^ of a hide. Dracstone [Draughton]. See Bridges, II. 28, 350
 * Bridges (II. 421) rightly conjectured this
 * In Rutland.
 * These complicated fractions amount in
 * In Corby Hundred.
 * ' Bracstone ' is an error of the scribe for