A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



of Ware, but under Bedfordshire we find, on the fief of Hu.h de 

 Beauchamp several estates, of which we read that Ralf TaTlX sc ' 

 held them 'in exchange for Ware' ffos 217 21^ Th* 

 in all at 22 | hides as against the a 4 Ues* ?t whl fig^e*^ 

 m Domesday By this means we discover that Wa^e had orie nail v 

 been obtained by that Ralf Taillebois of whom we heard above I 

 acting with Peter de Valognes on the king's behalf at Hitch n (0277* 



on fo. an* where Hugh de Beauchamp claims a Bedfordshire manor 



it had never formed part of her dower. Now this estate 



SELttrtft f . S r f l d ' ^^ H ^ h had --e 

 ^Aschn a the ft,* 1 * 1 ' Wh must therefore be identical with 

 Aschl a thegn of king Edward,' the former holder of Stotfold 



this brings me to my conclusion from the whole of the 

 above evidence, which is that Aschil,' the Bedfordshire th'gn who had 

 "ht 'ArS r*<\* Edward the Confessor, w'as no other 



fe^^s^^l^ 



were ongmally granted to Ralf Taillebois, who parted with Ware i, elf 



bu^fTrn "^ 'V 86 ^^ 811 '" ; 2nd th > on Ralf ' s d 'h he 

 bulk of them passed to Hugh de Beauchamp (of whom Aschil ' is 



wirr^T^v' 116 P A deC , eSS r " f0 ' "%. "e res, .o Ch Ralf 

 widow. The position of the latter is slightly complicated bv her hold 



iJUEfrfSijSS ^ b ^ nged l > -t P BedfordIre thegt 

 vyultmar ot fcaton(-Socon), whose successor was Eudo Dapifer but 



mfitI 



to E 







I0 " " i ' '!' b~h=, of Ilg,,' i 



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