Rotherby - LEI ENG

OS Grid Reference: 52°45'N 1°00'W

Name Origin: Old Norse Redebi Hreiðar's village or homestead.

LAND OF EARL HUGH

In GUTHLAXTON Wapentake

Earl Hugh holds Barrow from the King. 15 carucates of land. In lordship he has 4½ ploughs; 2 male with 1 female slaves. 40 villagers with 13 smallholders have 11 ploughs. 3 mills at 30s; woodland 1 league long and 4 furlongs wide which pays 5s.
Earl Harold held this manor with the dependencies written below.

In Donington 5 carucates of land. Meadow 3 furlongs long and 1 furlong wide.
In Cossington 6 carucates of land.
In Hoton 6 carucates of land.
In Seagrave 2 carucates of land. Meadow, 10 acres.
In Sileby 1 carucate of land.
In Rearsby 2 carucates of land less 1 bovate. Meadow 8 acres.
In Brooksby 2 carucates of land. Meadow 7 acres, A mill 5s.
In Frisby 1½ carucates of land. Meadow 4 acres.
In Prestwold 2 carucates of land. Meadow 3 furlongs long and 1 furlong wide; woodland 6 furlongs long and 5 furlongs wide.
In Charley 4 carucates of land. Waste.
In Gaddesby 1 carucate of land. Meadow, 4 actres; a mill, 3 s.
In REDEBI 3 carucates of land less 2 bovates. Meadow, 3 acres.
In Frisby 1½ carucates of land. Meadow, 4 acres; a mill, 28d.

4 of the Earl's men-at-arms hold 12 carucates of land from these lands. In these the Earl himself has in lordship 4½ ploughs and 30 Freemen, 25 villagers and 13 smallholders who have 15½ ploughs with 1 slave.
His men-at-arms have in lordship 3 ploughs and 12 villagers with 1 Freeman and 2 smallholders who have 3 ploughs.

A Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis, 1831:

ROTHERBY, a parish in the eastern division of the hundred of GOSCOTE, county of LEICESTER, 5½ miles (W.S.W.) from Melton-Mowbray, containing 143 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the kings's books at £8. 8. 4., and in the patronage of the Rev. Mr. Browne. The church is dedicated to All Saints.

The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, ed J.H.F.Brabner, 1895:

Rotherby, a village and a parish in Leicestershire, on the river Wreake and on the Syston and Peterborough branch of the M.R., half a mile NE of Brooksby railway station, and 5½ WSW of Melton Mowbray. There is a post office under Leicester; money order office, Eearsby; telegraph office, Brooksby railway station. Acreage, 792; population, 138. The manor, with the manor house, belongs to the Goodchild family. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Hoby, in the diocese of Peterborough; joint gross value, £600 with residence. The church, which dates from the reign of King John, is an edifice of stone in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, S aisle, S porch, and,an embattled tower. It was restored in 1882 at a cost of about £2000: There is an endowed school.

Associated Family: Wain

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