THE HOLDERS OF LANDS
and 2 shillings. Roger of Poitou gave the whole of this land to Roger de Busli and Albert Greslet, and there are so many (tot) men there who have 11½ ploughs, whom those (two) have granted to be quit (from rent) for 3 years, and therefore it is not now valued (appreciatur).
In Salford Hundred
King Edward held Salford [Salford]. There (are) 3 hides and 12 carucates of waste land and forest 3 leagues long and as much in width and there (are) many enclosures (haie) and a hawk's eyry.
King Edward held Radeclive [RadclifFe] as 1 manor. There (is) 1 hide and another hide belonging to Salford.
The church of St. Mary and the church of St. Michael[1] held in Mamecestre [Manchester] 1 carucate of land quit from every due except geld.
To this manor or hundred belonged 21 berewicks which as many thegns held for as many manors, in which there were 11½ hides and 10½ carucates of land.
(There are) wood(lands) there 9½ leagues long and 5 leagues and 1 furlong broad.
One of those (men), Gamel, holding 2 hides in Recedham [Rochdale] was (habebat) quit of his customs except these six, theft, 'hámfare,' foresteal, breach of the king's peace, neglect of a term set by the reeve, continuance of a fray after oath made (to desist). (For) these he made amends (by) 40 shillings.
Several (aliquæ) of these lands were quit from every due except geld and some few (aliquantæ) are quit from geld.
The whole manor of Salford with the hundred used to render 37 pounds and 4 shillings.
Now there are in demesne in the manor 2 ploughs and 8 serfs and 2 villeins with 1 plough. This demesne is worth 100 shillings.
Of this land of this manor (these) knights hold by the gift of Roger of Poitou, Nigel 3 hides and half a carucate of land,[2] Warin[3] 2 carucates of land, and another Warin 1½ carucate, Geoffrey 1 carucate of land, Gamel[4] 2 carucates of land. In these (lands) there are 3 thegns and 30 villeins and 9 bordars and a priest and 10 serfs. Between (them) all they have 22 ploughs. (This demesne) is worth 7 pounds.
In Lailand Hundred
King Edward held Lailand [Leyland]. There (are) 1 hide and 2 carucates of land. Wood(land) 2 leagues long and 1 (league) broad and an eyry of hawks.
To this manor belonged 12 carucates[5] of land (rectius, 12 berewicks) which 12 freemen held for as many manors. In these (are) 6 hides and 8 carucates of land. (There is) wood(land) there 6 leagues long and 3 leagues and 1 furlong broad.
The men of this manor and of Salford used not to work by custom at the king's hall nor to reap in August; they only made one enclosure (haia) in the wood and had the forfeiture of bloodshed and of an outraged woman. In the other customs they went with (erant consortes) the other above(mentioned) manors.
The whole manor of Lailand with the hundred used to pay in farm (firma) to the king 19 pounds and 18 shillings and 2 pence.
Of this land of this manor Gerard[6] holds 1½ hide, Robert 3 carucates of land, Ralph 2 carucates of land, Roger 2 carucates of land, Walter 1 carucate of land. There are there 4 radmans, a priest, and 14 villeins and 6 bordars and 2 oxherds. Between (them) all they have 8 ploughs. (There is) wood(land) 3 leagues long and 2 leagues in width and there (are) 4 eyries of hawks. The whole is worth 50 shillings. In part it is waste (ex parte est wasta).
King Edward held Peneuerdant [Penwortham] . There (are) 2 carucates of land and they used to render 10 pence.
Now there is a castle there, and there are 2 ploughs in the demesne and 6 burgesses and 3 radmans and 8 villeins and 4 oxherds. Between (them) all they have 4 ploughs. There (is) half a fishery, wood(land), and eyries of hawks as in the time of King Edward. It is worth 3 pounds.
In these 6 hundreds, Derbie, Neutone, Walintune, Blacheburne, Salford, and Lailand, there are 188 manors, in which there are 80 geldable hides less one.
In the time of King Edward it was worth 145 pounds and 2 shillings and 2 pence. When Roger of Poitou received (it) from the king it was worth 120 pounds. Now the king holds (it) and has in demesne 12 ploughs and 9 knights holding a fee. Between them and their men there are 115 ploughs and 3 oxen. The demesne which Roger held is valued (at) 23 pounds and 10 shillings.[7] (That) which he gave to knights is valued at 20 pounds and 11 shillings.
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- ↑ These are the respective invocations of the churches of Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne.
- ↑ This fee comprised the manor of Manchester with half a carucate belonging to the parish church of St. Mary.
- ↑ This was probably Warin Bussel and the 2 car. the manor of Ashton-under-Lyne, which was afterwards a member of the barony of Penwortham. The church of St. Michael was not included in this fee.
- ↑ Supposed to be Gamel the thegn of Rochdale holding a greatly diminished fee there under Roger of Poitou in 1086.
- ↑ Car. interlined.
- ↑ 'Girardus homo Rogeri' held Legboume, county Lincoln, under Roger of Poitou, Dom. Bk. i. f. 252 b.
- ↑ This total agrees with the figures given in the survey, but the total value of the demesne held by the knights, without including anything for Blackburn hundred, was 22l. 12s. and not 20l. 11s. as stated.
