folio 375
List 5 Claims which there are in the South Riding of Lincolnshire and their
settlement by the jurors
LOUTHESK Wapentake
In TATHWELL hundred the Bishop of Bayeux's men claim 1 carucate of land against
Robert the bursar, and the men of the Wapentake say that the Bishop himself
ought rightly to have it.
In the same hundred TATHWELL the same Bishop of Bayeux's men claim 3 bovates of
land against Earl Hugh, and the Wapentake says that the Bishop himself ought to
have them.
In the same hundred TATHWELL the mill which was Aghmund son of Walraven's and
which after him Lambert and Jocelyn his son had, the Wapentake says that Robert
the bursar ought to have with his land.
In LOUTH hundred the Bishop of Lincoln claims 1 mill against Count Alan, and the
Wapentake testifies it ought to be the same Bishop's.
Those lands which Alsi son of Godram and Ulfgrim of Laughton had in Lindsey they
place among the lands of the Church of St Mary, Lincoln, and at Bishop Wulfwy's
discretion, and so Bishop Remigius claims them because they had £160 for the
lands themselves before 1066.
In BURWELL hundred the King's officers claim against Earl Hugh in HAUGHAM and
MAIDENWELL the lands of the two brothers Godric and Edric, and the men of the
Wapentake have adjudged them for the King's use.
In [Little] CARLTON hundred William of Percy claims 1/2 carucate of land against
Kolsveinn of Lincoln, and the Wapentake testifies in favour of the same William.
In SOMERCOTES hundred Alfred of Lincoln claims 1/2 carucate of land against the
King in YARBURGH, but the Riding says that he has nothing there except 9 1/2
acres and 1 plot, the jurisdiction of which lies in the King's manor of
Gayton-le-Wold.
In the same hundred SOMERCOTES Siward Buss claims 1 mill against Alfred of
Lincoln, and the men of the Riding say that Alfred of Lincoln has half in Rainer
of Brimeux's manor of Keddington and that the Bishop of Durham has the other
half as a jurisdiction of Keddington.
In SKIDBROOKE hundred Alfred of Lincoln claims 3 bovates of land in STEWTON
against Ilbert of Lacy. The men of the Riding say that Alfred of Lincoln ought
to have them himself.
In WITHCALL hundred Rainer of Brimeux claims the whole minster church, and the
men of the Riding say that it was his predecessor's, and so was the third part
of the jurisdiction, and that Ilbert of Lacy has 2 parts of the jurisdiction
over the church and the land which is an adjunct of it.
CALCEWATH Wapentake
In SWABY hundred Robert the bursar claims against Earl Hugh 1 carucate of land
in CLAYTHORPE. The men of the Riding say that the jurisdiction lies in Greetham
and was Wiglac son of Siward's and he himself left the land and forfeited it and
they say that Robert the bursar has nothing there.
In RIGSBY hundred Losoard of Rolleston claims against Gilbert of Ghent 1
carucate of land in WELL. The men of the Riding say that before 1066 Thorulf had
it with full jurisdiction and afterwards Tonni of Lusby had it, and that this
land was delivered to Bishop Odo by charter, but they have not seen the King's
writ for it, and he had it himself on the day he was taken, and later he was
dispossessed.
In the same hundred RIGSBY Rainer of Brimeux claims against Earl Hugh 2 bovates
of land in ULCEBY, and the men of the Riding say that he ought to have nothing
except the jurisdiction in Cumberworth, and the Earl ought to have the land.
In THEDDLETHORPE hundred the Bishop of Durham claims against Earl Hugh 2 bovates
in MABLETHORPE. The men of the Riding say that he has nothing except 1 bovate
which was Bergthorr's. and that the jurisdiction is Earl Hugh's in Greetham.
There also William Blunt has 3 bovates which were Sumarlithi son of Karli's,
Godric's and Siward's, and the jurisdiction is in Greetham, by witness of the
whole Riding.
In HUTTOFT hundred Alfred of Lincoln claims 2 bovates of land, and the men of
the Riding say that he ought to have one with full jurisdiction, and the other
likewise is his, but Earl Hugh has the jurisdiction in Greetham.
In the same hundred HUTTOFT the Riding says that the same Alfred of Lincoln
ought to have the jurisdiction of 1 bovate which Alfred of Lincoln claims
against Ketilbiorn of Nettleton in SUTTON-on-Sea.
In MUMBY hundred Count Alan claims 2 bovates of land against Gilbert of Ghent,
but the Riding says that Gilbert's predecessor had full jurisdiction over it
before 1066 and it ought to be his.
In WILLOUGHBY hundred the Bishop of Durham claims the land of Alnoth the priest
against Gilbert of Ghent, and the men of the Riding say that they never saw the
Bishop's predecessor put in possession of it, either by writ or officer, and
they testify it is for Gilbert's use.
In the same hundred WILLOUGHBY the men of the Riding testify that Ketilbiorn of
Nettleton ought to have 20 acres of woodland in HANBY, and Ivo Tallboys the
jurisdiction.
HORNCASTLE Wapentake
Concerning the claim disputed between the Bishop of Durham and Eudo son of
Spirewic, the men of Horncastle Wapentake have borne witness, with the agreement
of the whole Riding, that the three brothers, Harold, Guthfrithr and Aelfric,
divided their father's lordship land equally and jointly, and that only Harold
and Guthfrithr divided their father's jurisdiction, without the third brother,
and they held it equally and jointly before 1066.
WRAGGOE Wapentake
Concerning the jurisdiction of 6 bovates about which there is a claim disputed
between the Bishop of Durham and Eudo son of Spirewic in LANGTON-by-Wragby and
in TORP, the men of Wraggoe Wapentake say that the said two brothers had the
jurisdiction equally and jointly before 1066, but in 1066 Guthfrithr's sons had
the whole jurisdiction, but they do not know how they had it, whether by force
or by their uncle's gift.
Concerning the claim which Robert the bursar makes against Gilbert of Ghent
about the woodland which is in LANGTON-by-Wragby, Wraggoe Wapentake says, with
the agreement of the whole Riding, that Tonni of Lusby had it before 1066 with
full jurisdiction in Baumber, and therefore Gilbert of Ghent rightly has it.
Concerning the underwood which Robert the bursar claims against the King in
HAINTON and against Erneis of Buron in WRAGBY, by the witness of the Wapentake
he has nothing there. But over Earl Hugh's 12 acres and the Bishop of Bayeux's 8
acres he has jurisdiction according to the witness of the men of the Wapentake
and Riding.
In the claim which Rainer of Brimeux made against Alfred of Lincoln concerning
the jurisdiction of 3 1/2 bovates of land, he ought to have nothing there, as
the men of the Wapentake and Riding testify; but Roger of Poitou ought to have
it as belonging to the house of his predecessor Klak in Hainton.
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