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LEICESTERSHIRE
The City of LEICESTER paid to the King £30 a year before 1066 at face value, at
20 pence to the ora, and 15 sesters of honey.
Whenever the King went on campaign by land, 12 burgesses from this Borough went
with him; but if he went against the enemy by sea, they sent him 4 horses from
this Borough as far as London, for carrying weapons or other things which might
be needed.
Now King William has £42 10s, by weight, for all the payments of the City and
County.
For a hawk, £10 at face value; for a packhorse, 20s.
From the moneyers, £20 a year at 20 pence to the ora; of these £20 Hugh of
Grandmesnil has the third penny.
The King has 39 houses in LEICESTER.
The Archbishop of York, 2 houses, with full jurisdiction; they belong to Tur
Langton.
Earl Hugh has 10 houses which belong to Barrow-upon-Soar; 6 houses which belong
to Kegworth; and 1 house which belongs to Loughborough.
The Abbey of Coventry has 10 houses.
The Abbey of Crowland has 3 houses. From all of these the King has his tax.
Hugh of Grandmesnil has 110 houses and 2 churches. Besides these he has 24
houses in this Borough shared with the King. Apart from these, Hugh also has in
Leicester 24 burgesses who belong to Anstey and 13 burgesses who belong to
Sileby; and 3 houses which belong to [Old] Ingarsby,
10 houses which belong to Belgrave
4 houses which belong to Broughton [Astley]
9 houses which belong to Stockerston
4 houses which belong to Wigston [Magna]
7 houses which belong to Enderby
3 houses which belong to [Earl] Shilton
10 houses which belong to Birstall
3 houses which belong to Burton [Overy]
- house which belongs to Bromkinsthorpe
- houses which belong to Desford
- houses which he bought from Osbern, which belong to Legham
- house which belongs to Letitone
- house which belongs to Thurcaston
In this Borough Hugh of Grandmesnil also has 2 churches and 2 houses, and 4
unoccupied houses. Hugh of Gouville holds 5 houses from Hugh of Grandmesnil
himself with full jurisdiction. These are in exchange for Watford.
Robert of Vessey has 6 houses with full jurisdiction which belong to Newton
[Harcourt], and 3 others with full jurisdiction which belong to Kibworth
[Harcourt].
Geoffrey of la Guerche, 1 house which belongs to [Little] Dalby, and another
which belongs to Pickwell.
In Leicester there are 4 houses which belong to Shepshed, 1 which belongs to
Saddington, and 1 which belongs to Thorpe [Acre].
In the Borough itself Henry of Ferrers and Robert the bursar have 1 burgess.
Also in the Borough Countess Judith has 28 houses and 5s 4d from half a mill.
Outside the Borough she has 6 carucates of land which belong to the Borough; she
has 1 plough there and her men 3 ploughs. Meadow, 8 acres; woodland 6 furlongs
long and 3 furlongs wide. Value of the whole, 40s.
The woodland of the whole sheriffdom, called HERESWODE, has 4 leagues in length
and 1 league in width.
List 1
List of landholders in Leicestershire
- King William
- The Archbishop of York
- The Bishop of Lincoln
- The Bishop of Coutances
- Peterborough Abbey
- Coventry Abbey
- Crowland Abbey
- Godwin the priest and other almsmen
- The Count of Meulan
- Earl Aubrey
- Countess Godiva
- Countess Aelfeva
- Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Henry of Ferrers
- Robert of Tosny
- Robert of Vessey
- Robert of Bucy
- Roger of Bully
- Robert the bursar
- Robert the usher
- Ralph of Mortimer
- Ralph son of Hubert
- Guy of Raimbeaucourt
- Guy of Craon
- William Peverel
- William Bonvallet
- William Lovet
- Geoffrey Alselin
- Geoffrey of la Guerche
- Godfrey of Cambrai
- Gunfrid of Chocques
- Humphrey the chamberlain
- Gilbert of Ghent
- Gerbert
- Durand Malet
- Drogo of la Beuvrière
- Mainou the Breton
- Oger the Breton
- Nigel of Aubigny
- Countess Judith
- Adeliza, wife of Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Herbert and others of the King's servants
- Earl Hugh
- The Count of Meulan's men
The Land of the King
In FRAMLAND Wapentake
The King holds CROXTON [Kerrial]. 24 carucates of land. In lordship 2 ploughs; 5
slaves. 22 villagers with 2 smallholders have 2 1/2 ploughs. 30 Freemen have 8
ploughs. Meadow, 30 acres; 2 mills at 8s.
KNIPTON belongs to this manor Croxton [Kerrial]. 8 carucates of land and 6
bovates. In lordship 2 ploughs; 4 slaves. 10 villagers with 4 smallholders and
10 Freemen have 4 ploughs. 6 mills at 13s 4d; meadow, 13 acres.
HARSTON belongs to the same manor Croxton [Kerrial]. 12 carucates of land. 20
Freemen with 5 villagers and 1 smallholder have 6 1/2 ploughs. Meadow, 17 acres.
Value of the whole was £10; now £17.
The King holds [Nether] BROUGHTON. 12 carucates of land. In lordship 1 plough.
24 Freemen with 9 villagers and 4 smallholders have 12 ploughs. Meadow, 100
acres. The value was £3; now £8. Earl Morcar held these 2 manors. Hugh son of
Baldric now holds them at a revenue from the King.
In GOSCOTE Wapentake
The King holds ROTHLEY. King Edward held it. 5 carucates of land. In lordship 2
of them; 2 ploughs there. 29 villagers with a priest and 18 smallholders have 6
ploughs. A mill at 4s; meadow, 37 acres; the lord's woodland 1 league long and
1/2 league wide; the villagers woodland 4 furlongs long and 3 furlongs wide.
Value of this village, 62s a year. The following members belong to this manor.
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