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Peters and Little Marland, Devon, from the Domesday Book (1086)

Transcription and interpretation after  History from the Sources - Domesday Book: Devon (Phillimore 1986); and Domesday Book a complete translation (Alecto Historical Editions):

 

  Devonshire xxxv The Land of Roald Dubbed

 

Rainald [Reginald] holds Mirland [Peters Marland] from Ru [Roald]. Elric [Alric] held it in the time of King Edward and it paid geld for three virgates of land. Land for nine ploughs. There are six ploughs and four slaves and seven villagers and  ten acres of meadow and six acres  of scrubland. Pasture two furlongs long and one furlong wide. Formerly twenty shillings; value now thirty shillings


  Devonshire xxxvi The Land of Theobald fitzBerner

 

The same Gosbert holds Merland [Little Marland] from Theobald. Leofgar held it in the time of King Edward and it paid geld for one virgate of land and one furlong. Land for three ploughs. There are three villagers with one slave and ten acres of meadow, and twenty acres of pasture. Scrubland three furlongs long and one furlong broad. Formerly five shillings; value now ten shillings.

 

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