A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE In demesne there is I (plough) ; and 1 7 villeins with a priest and I bordar and 1 1 sochmen have 6 ploughs. There is a mill rendering (de) 8 shil- lings and 30 acres of meadow. It was worth 30 shillings ; now (it is worth) 40 shillings, Widard holds of Hugh 2 carucates of land in BURSTELE [Birstall]. There is land for I plough. In demesne there is I (plough) and 2 serfs ; and 8 villeins with 4 bordars have I plough. There (is) a mill rendering (de) 12 pence and 16 acres of meadow. It was worth 10 shillings ; now (it is worth) 3 ounces of gold. William holds of Hugh in TURMODESTONE [Thurmaston] 3^ carucates of land. There is land for 2$ ploughs. In demesne there is I (plough) and 3 villeins have another. There are 7 acres of meadow. It was worth 10 shillings ; now (it is worth) 40 shillings. Robert and Serlo hold of Hugh 9 carucates of land and 5 bovates in WIMUNDEWALLE [Wymeswold]. There is land for 6 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 ploughs with i serf ; and 1 1 villeins and 4 sochmen with 4 bordars and 9 French Serjeants fol. 233. (francigenis servientlbus) have 10 ploughs between (them) all. There (are) 15 acres of meadow. It was worth 2O shillings; now (it is worth) IOO shillings. Two brothers held this land for 2 manors (pro Justus maneriis) and afterwards one bought from the other his share (partem suam) and made one manor out of the two (that were) in King Edward's time. Ernald holds of Hugh in SIGLEBI [Sileby] 8 carucates of land. There is land for 5 ploughs. In demesne there are 3 ploughs and 4 serfs; and 1 8 villeins with 4 sochmen and 4 bordars have 6 ploughs. There (are) 2 mills rendering (de) 30 shillings and 60 acres of meadow. It was worth 60 shillings; now (it is worth) no shillings. Ivo holds of Hugh 14 carucates of land in ASCEBI [Ashby de la Zouch]. There is land for 10 ploughs. In demesne there is I (plough) and 2 serfs ; and 8 villeins with a priest and 6 soch- men and 4 bordars have 6 ploughs. Wood(land) I league in length and 4 furlongs in breadth (sufficient) for (ad) 1 00 swine. It was worth 10 shillings; now (it is worth) 40 shillings. Ernald holds of Hugh 6 J carucates of land in HELETONE 33 [Alton Grange]. There is land for
- In the Leicestershire Survey the earl of Leicester
is credited with ij carucates in Alton, 3 carucates in Blackfordby and 2 carucates in ' Culvertebia.' As these sum amount to 6 carucates it is probable that ' Heletone ' above must be taken to include Black- fordby and ' Culvertebia ' which are not entered separately in Domesday. 4 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 ploughs and 4 serfs; and 15 villeins with i knight and 4 bordars have 8 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering (de) 2 shillings and 4 acres of meadow. Wood(land) i league in length and half a league in breadth. It was worth I o shillings ; now (it is worth) 60 shillings. The same holds 2 carucates of land of Hugh in STANTONE [Staunton Harold]. There is land for I plough. In demesne there is i (plough) ; and 6 villeins with i bordar have I plough. Wood(Iand) 5 furlongs in length and 3 furlongs in breadth and on the other side (ex altera parte) (there are) 4 acres of wood(land). It was worth 2 shillings ; now (it is worth) 10 shillings. These two lands of Ernald's belong to (sunt de) the fee of Earl W(altheof). 33 Suain held them both freely in King Edward's time. Hugh holds of Hugh half a carucate of land in WITEWIC [Whitwick]. There is land for half a plough. There is I bordar. Wood(land) 1 furlong in length and half a furlong in breadth. It is worth 2 shillings. Walter holds of Hugh i6 carucates of land in WALTHAM [Waltham on the Wolds]. There is land for 1 1 ploughs. In demesne there are 2 ploughs ; and 24 sochmen with I villein and I bordar have 6 ploughs. There i knight with 7 bordars and 3 serfs and i bondwoman (and //a) has i^ ploughs. There (are) 100 acres of meadow. It was worth 3 pounds ; now (it is worth) 6 pounds. The same holds of Hugh in TORP [Thorpe Arnold] 34 15 carucates of land. There is land for 10 ploughs. In demesne there are 5 ploughs and 2 serfs; and 1 6 villeins with n sochmen and 8 bordars have 7 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering (de) 5 shillings and 4 pence. Meadow 4 furlongs in length and the same in breadth. It was worth 20 shillings ; now (it is worth) 7 pounds. The same holds of Hugh 3 carucates of land in the same vill. There is land for 2 ploughs, 8 villeins with 3 bordars have these (ploughs) there. It was worth 3 shillings ; now (it is worth) 20 shillings. 13 The phrase ' comes W ' is ambiguous, for it may refer either to Earl Waltheof or to Earl William (fitz Osbern) of Hereford. The former is perhaps the more probable, as Waltheof had land elsewhere in the shire, but the matter must be left open. The phrase de feoJo Willelmi comitls occurs in the Oxon Survey. " This and the following entry attribute a sum of 1 8 carucates to Thorpe Arnold. From the Leicester- shire Survey it appears that Thorpe Arnold alone was assessed at 12 carucates, the remaining 6 carucates belonging to Brentingby, which is not entered by name in Domesday.
