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A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE Ralf holds of the count 9 carucates of land in BAGEWORDE [Bagworth]. 7 ploughs were there. Now in demesne there are 2 (ploughs) with I serf; and 24 villeins and 3 sochmen with 7 bordars have 5 ploughs. Wood(land) I league in length and half a league in breadth. It was worth 40 shillings ; now (it is worth) 4 pounds. Saxi held it freely. Ingenulf holds of the count 6 carucates of land in IBESTOCHE [Ibstock]. 4 ploughs were there. Now in demesne (there is) I plough ; and 10 sochmen with n bordars have 3 ploughs. It was worth 5 shillings ; now (it is worth) 40 shillings. The soc belongs (taut) to" the above vill of Bagworth. Ralf holds of the count 2 carucates of land in CHIVLESWORDE [Kilworth]. 2 ploughs were there. Now (there is) i plough in demesne, with I serf ; and 2 villeins with 5 bordars have I plough. There (are) 8 acres of meadow. It was and is worth 20 shillings. Ulchetel held it freely. The same holds of the count 2 carucates of land and 2 bovates in the same vill. Half a plough was there and so much (tantum) is there in demesne ; with I sochman and 2 bordars and i bondwoman (ancilla). There (is) a mill rendering (de] 2 shillings and 4 acres of meadow. It was worth 2 shillings ; now (it is worth) 10 shillings. The same Ulchetel held it. THE LEICESTER WAPENTAKES Domesday Form 1. Gutlacistan 2. Gerchewes^j Geretreu > Gertreu J 3. Gosencote Gosecote Gosecot 4. Franland Frandone Franelund V Franlund I Franelun / Modern Form j Guthlaxton (Sparkenhoe . Gartree I East Gosecote 1 West Gosecote Framland Guthlaxton and Gosecote wapentakes were divided in 1346 ; with this exception the Leicester wapentakes seem to have continued substantially unchanged. The hints given by the Domesday rubrication are, as far as it goes, borne out by the fuller evidence of the Leicester Survey ; thus the curious way in which Gartree, Gosecote, and Framland wapentakes are inter- mingled along the Rutland border appears in Domesday as well as in the later survey. There can also be traced a distinct system in the rubri- cation, by which the wapentakes referred to in each fief tend to follow each other in the order. Guthlaxton, Gartree, Gosecote, Framland. No hint is given of the series of ' hundreds ' whose existence is revealed in the later Leicester Survey. 338