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A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE and 2 serfs and a bondwoman ; and 22 vil- leins and 6 bordars, have 12 ploughs. There (are) 2 mills rendering {di) 32 pence. It was worth 10 pounds when he received it ; now (it is worth) 100 shillings. Leveno(t) held (it). XL. THE LAND OF WINEMAR ' WiNEMAR holds of the King half a hide and the fifth part of I virgate of land in CovESGRAVE [Cosgrave]. There is land for i^ ploughs. In demesne there is I (plough), with 3 bordars. There (is) a mill rendering {de) 13 shillings, and 5 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 3 furlongs in length and 2 fur- longs in breadth. It was worth 10 shillings ; now (it is worth) 20 shillings. Alden held (it) freely. In Hecham Hundret The same (Winemar) holds 2 hides and 3 virgates^ of land. There is land for 5 ploughs. In demesne there are 3 ploughs, and 4 serfs ; and 10 villeins, with the priest and i bordar and I Frenchman {francigena), have 2 ploughs. There (is) a mill rendering 8 pence, and 20 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 4 furlongs in length and 2 furlongs in breadth. It was worth 30 shillings ; now (it is worth) 60 shil- lings. 6 freemen held it in king Edward's time. One of them was called Osgot, whose part of the land is claimed by the Countess Judith. The same (Winemar) holds 3 virgates of land in Hantone [ ].' There is land for i^ ploughs. In demesne there is half a plough ; and 4 villeins with 5 bordars have I plough. There (are) 3 acres of mea- dow. It was and is worth lo shillings. In CLAistUND Hundret Dodin holds of Winemar i hide and 4 fifths of I virgate in AscE [Ashton].* There is land for 3 ploughs. In demesne there is I (plough), with I serf; and 5 villeins and 5 bordars have 2 ploughs. There (are) 5 acres ' Winemar the Fleming, otherwise Wine- mar de Anslepe (Hamslape).

  • Probably in Easton Mauduit and Strix-

ton ; as we learn from the 12th cent. ' North- amptonshire Survey ' that an estate was then held there by Michael de Hanslepe, the suc- cessor of this Winemar. ' The name is now lost. ■* This identification can be proved by its descent to Mauduit. of meadow. Wood(land) 6 furlongs in length and 4 furlongs in breadth. It was worth 8 shillings; now (it is worth) 12 shillings. Alden held (it) freely in king Edward's time. Dodin has only the tenth part of this land. Bondi holds of Winemar 4 fifths of half a hide in the same vill. There is land for I plough. There is I bordar. It is worth 4 shillings. The same Alden held (it) freely in king Edward's time. Maiulf holds of Winemar 2^ virgates of land.* There is land for I plough. This is there in demesne ; and (there are) 6 villeins with half a plough. It was worth 10 shil- lings ; now (it is worth) 20 shillings. Alric and Siuerd held (it) freely in king Edward's time. XLI. THE LAND OF GUY DE REINB[UED]CURT In Neveslund Hundret Guy de Reinbuedcurt holds of the King 8^ hides in Burtone [Burton Latimer]. There, in king Edward's time, were 14 ploughs. Of this land 3 hides are in demesne, and there are 3 ploughs with I serf ; and 21 villeins and 18 bordars have 9 ploughs. There (are) 2 mills rendering (^^f) 16 shillings, and 20 acres of meadow, and half an acre of wood. It was worth 40 shillings ; now (it is worth) 6 pounds. In Waredone Hundret The same (Guy) holds 2 hides and 3 vir- gates of land.^ There is land for 6^ ploughs. Of this land i hide is in demesne, and there are 3 ploughs; and 15 villeins, with the priest and 2 bordars, have 5 ploughs. There (are) 2 mills rendering {de) 26 shillings, and 20 acres of meadow. It was worth 100 shil- lings ; now (it is worth) 8 pounds. Tosti held (it) freely. [Earl Ralf^ held Burton (Burton Latimer)].* In Gisleburg Hundret and a half The same (Guy) holds 2 hides, less half a virgate, in Stanford [Stanford], and Abbot Benedict * bought (it) of him. There is land

  • In Easton Neston. See Baker, II. 139.

« In Wardon. See Baker, I. 521. Probably Ralf, earl of Hereford under Edward.

  • This is an addition which apparently re-

fers to the preceding entry. ' Benedict, abbot of Selby. See Intro- duction. 342