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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS a league broad, is worth 12 shillings when it bears (oneratur). It (Ulverlei) was worth IO pounds ; now 4 pounds. Earl Eduin held it. With this is valued also the following estate (terra). The same (Ipsa) Cristina holds I hide in ARLEI [Arley]. 1 There are 4 villeins who have (habentes) 2 ploughs. Wood(land) I league long and a half 2 and in breadth I league, when it bears (oneratur), is worth 60 shillings. IN MERETON [MARTON] HUNDRET The same Cristina holds ICENTONE [Long Itchington]. 3 There are 24 hides. There is land for 2 1 ploughs. In the demesne are 5 ploughs and 10 serfs ; and 83 villeins with 2 priests and 4 bordars have 17 ploughs. There are 2 mills worth (de) 6 shillings and 8 pence, and 16 acres of meadow ; pasture 2 furlongs long and i furlong broad. It was worth 1 2 pounds ; now 2O pounds. When the king gave it to Cristina it was paying 36 pounds. XLIII. OF THE KING'S ALMS (Elemosinte Regis) Leveve the nun (mania/is) holds of the king SALFORD [Salford Priors] * in almoin (in demos'). There are 3 hides. There is land for IO ploughs. In the demesne are 2, and 7 serfs ; and (there are) 8 villeins and 8 bordars with a priest, who have (habentes) 8 ploughs. There is a mill worth (de) 5 shillings, and 12 acres of meadow. Wood (land) 2 furlongs long and half a furlong broad. It was worth 40 shillings ; now 6 pounds. Godeva, the wife of Earl Leofric (Leurici) held it. 1 This is obvious, and Arley also came to the Limesis. Being afterward in Marlon Leet, it was doubtless in the Domesday Hundred of Meretone.' [There can be no doubt that Arley was in the Leet of Marton, for it is so described in the Subsidy Roll of i Edw. III., and also in the Roll quoted by Dugdale, Antlq. Warwlcks. p. 4 (1656 ed.) Other- wise one would certainly say, from its position, that it was in the Leet of Brinklow and, in Domesday times, in the Hundred of ' Bomelau.' B.W.] J Translated word for word, in the same order as the Latin. 3 Plainly, because Long Itchington was in Marton Leet and was held by the Limesis. from Abbot's Salford is given by Dugdale. Like Abbot's Salford it was doubtless in the Domesday Hundred of ' Fernecumbe." The two Salfords to- gether contained 5 hides. IN FERNECUMBE HUNDRET Edith (Eddid) holds of the king 5 hides in BICHEMERSE [Bickmarsh]. There is land for 9 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 ploughs and 4 serfs ; and (there are) 13 villeins and 3 bordars with 6 ploughs. It was worth 4 pounds ; now i oo shillings. The same (Edith) held it T.R.E. to. 344b XLIV. THE LAND OF RICHARD THE FORESTER IN BOMELAU HUNDRET Richard the Forester holds of the king HERDEBERGE [Harborough ( ? Great and Little)]. 5 There are 4^ hides. There is land for as many ploughs. There are 4 villeins and 4 bordars with I plough. There are 2O acres of meadow. It was worth 10 shillings ; now 2O shillings. Four thegns held it freely. The same Richard holds half a hide in BRANCOTE [Bramcote in Bulkington]. 6 There is land for I plough. There is I villein with half a plough. It is worth 2 shillings. Sexi held it freely. IN MERETON [MARTON] HUNDRET R(ichard) holds of the king 2 hides in GRENEBERGE [Grandborough]. 7 There is land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne are 2, and 3 serfs ; and (there are) 6 villeins and 2 bordars with 2 ploughs. There are 20 acres of meadow. It was worth 20 shillings ; now 50 shillings. Bundi held it freely. 8 6 This is doubtless so ; for ' Bomelau ' Hundred, which contained Monks Kirby, may well have in- cluded the adjoining Harborough. ' Bomelau ' Hundred seems to have been superseded by Brink- low Leet, in which Harborough subsequently appears. 6 This seems correct. Being afterward in Brinklow Leet, it was doubtless in the Domesday Hundred of ' Bomelau. ' This half-hide together with the hide and a half held by Earl Aubrey would make this Bramcote a 2-hide place. More- over, Sexi, its T.R.E. tenant, had also been tenant of Weston, Smercote and Souley, all adjoining to Bramcote-in-Bulkington. 7 The 8 hides i virgate of the Church of Coventry's estate, together with the 2 hides here recorded, make it appear that this was a lo-hide place, to which an additional virgate of assessment had been tacked on. 8 This last clause is inserted at the end of the next entry, but is plainly connected by a reference sign with this entry relating to Grandborough. 341
 * This is quite clear. Its history as distinct