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 [ROTELAND] [HERE ARE ENTERED THE HOLDERS OF LANDS]' IN ROTELAND fol. 280*. I The King II The Countess Judith III Robert Malet IV Oger V Gilbert de Gand VI Earl Hugh (of Chester) VII Albert the clerk fol. 293^. In Alfnodestou [xA.lstoe] Wapentac there are two hundreds. In each (there are) 12 carucates (assessed) to the geld, and in each there can be 24 ploughs. This wapentake is half in Turgastune [Thurgarton, Notting- hamshire] Wapentake and half in Brochelstou [Broxtow, Nottinghamshire] Wapentake. In Martinesleie [Martinsley] Wapentac there is one hundred in which (there are) 12 carucates of land (assessed) to the geld, and there can be 48 ploughs, saving the king's three demesne manors, in which 14 teams can plough. These two wapentakes belong to the sherifTdom of Snotingeham [Nottingham] for (purposes of) the king's geld. RoTELAND renders to the king 150//. assayed {libras albas). Alfnodestou [Alstoe] Wapentac P. — M. In Gretham [Greetham] Goda had 3 carucates of land (assessed) to the geld. (There is) land for 8 ploughs. There the king has 2 ploughs in demesne, and (there are) 33 villeins and 4 bordars having 8 ploughs, and I mill and 7 acres of meadow. Wood(land), for pannage in some places {pastilh per loco), 16 furlongs in length and 7 furlongs in breadth. In King Edward's time it was worth 7//'. ; now (it is worth) 10//. ' In the original this list comes at the end of the schedule of tenants in chief which heads the Survey of Nottinghamshire. ' The figures I, II, III, IIII are inserted in red ink in the margin of the MS., and are clearly intended to di^tlnguish between the possessions of successive tenants in chief The numeration, however, was not carried out systematically, and it does not correspond to the order given in the prefatory list above. M. In Cotesmore [Cottesmore] Goda had 3 carucates of land (assessed) to the geld. (There is) land for 12 ploughs. There the king has 3 ploughs in demesne, and (there are) 3 sochmen on [de) half acarucate of this land and 40 villeins and 6 bordars having 20 ploughs. There (are) 40 acres of meadow. Wood(iand) I league in length and 7 furlongs in breadth. In King Edward's time it was worth 7//'. ; now (it is worth) 10//. Of the land of this manor one Geoffrey has half a carucate, and has there I plough and 8 villeins. It is worth 20^ II. — M. In OvERTUNE [Market Overton] and Stratone' [Stretton] Earl Waltheof (//^ff//^ had 3^- carucates of land (assessed) to the geld. (There is) land for 12 ploughs. There the Countess Judith has 3 ploughs, and 35 villeins Ber[ewica] is interlined above Stratton. 138