THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



II. THE LAND OF THE ARCH- 

 BISHOP OF CANTERBURY 



IN BRADEWATRE [BROADWATER] HUNDRET 



Archbishop Lanfranc holds i hide in 

 DACEWORDE [Datchworth], and Anschitil l 

 (holds it) of him. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 On the demesne is I plough, and 3 villeins 

 and 2 bordars have I plough between them. 

 The pasture is half enough for I ox (dim\tdlo\ 

 btmi). Woodland is there to feed 50 swine. 

 It is worth 30 shillings ; when received, 20 

 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. Alvric Blac 

 held this land of the abbot of Westminster 

 T.R.E. He could not alienate it from that 

 church. So the hundred (court) testifies. But 

 in regard to other lands he was archbishop 

 Stigand's man. 



In WATONE [Watton] Anschitil holds of 

 the Archbishop 2^ hides. There is land for 

 6 ploughs. On the demesne is i, and there 

 could be another. There 3 villeins with a 

 priest and 2 bordars have 2 ploughs between 

 them, and there could be 2 more. Meadow 

 is there sufficient for a half-plough team, 

 woodland to feed 100 swine, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock. There are 2 mills worth 

 17 shillings. It is and was worth 50 shillings ; 

 T.R.E. 4 pounds. Of this land Alvric 

 Blac held 2 hides of the abbot of West- 

 minster ; he could not alienate them from 

 that church ; and Almar, a man of the same 

 Alvric's, held i half-hide and could sell. 



In ESCEPEHALA [Sheephall] Anschitil holds 

 of the Archbishop 2 hides. There is land 

 for 5 ploughs. On the demesne is i, and 

 there could be another. And 3 villeins have 

 2 ploughs between them, and there could be a 

 third. Meadow is there sufficient for a half- 

 plough team ; woodland to feed 20 swine. 

 It is worth 3 pounds ; when received 40 shil- 

 lings; T.R.E. 4 pounds. This land Alvric, 

 a man of archbishop Stigand's, held. It be- 

 longed to the demesne of the church of St. 

 Alban 8 T.R.E., and he could not sell nor 

 alienate it from that church. 



In STUTEREHEIA [Libury 3 ] an Englishman 

 holds 2 acres of land of the Archbishop. It 

 has always been worth 2 shillings. The same 

 man held it T.R.E. in mortgage (in vadi- 

 monio). He could sell. 



In STUOCHAMPE [? Sacomb] Anschitil holds 

 of the Archbishop half a virgate. There is 

 land for 2 oxen (to plough). Its value always 

 has been 1 5 pence. Alvric Blac, a man of 

 archbishop Stigand's, held this land and could 

 sell. 



III. THE LAND OF THE BISHOP 

 OF WINCHESTER 



IN ODESEI [ODSEY] HUNDRET 



Bishop Walchelin of Winchester holds 

 CHODREI [Cottered]. It is assessed at 5 

 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. In the 

 demesne is i hide and a half. There is I 

 plough on it ; and 1 3 villeins with 6 bordars 

 have 5 ploughs between them. There is I 

 serf. Pasture is there sufficient for the live 

 stock, woodland to feed 100 swine and worth 

 12 pence besides. In all its value is 60 shil- 

 lings ; when received 40 shillings ; T.R.E. 

 6 pounds. This manor belonged and belongs 

 to (jacuit et jacet in dominio) the demesne of 

 St. Peter of Winchester. 4 



fo. 



IV. 



THE LAND OF THE BISHOP 

 OF LONDON 



The bishop of London holds I hide and a 

 half in TROCHINGE 8 [Throcking], and Hum- 

 frey (holds them) of him. There is land for a 

 plough and a half-plough, and these are there, 

 and 2 villeins and i bordar and i cottar. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, 

 pasture sufficient for the live stock, and wood 

 sufficient for the fences. It is worth 52 

 shillings ; when received 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 

 40 shillings. This land was held by two 

 brothers, bishop William's men. It belonged 

 to the King's soke and they could sell. Of 

 dues they gave 6 pence to the sheriff or 

 else did carrying service of i load and a half 

 (una avera et dim"). Of this land I virgate was 

 and is in mortgage (in vadimonio). Humfrey 

 discharges the King's geld on it, and yet 

 he is not in possession. This land is (part) 

 of the purchase of bishop William, as the 

 Bishop's men say, but the men of the shire- 

 moot (icira) do not support them in this. 



The Bishop himself holds HADAM [Had- 

 ham]. It is assessed at 7^ hides. There is 

 land for 22 ploughs and a half-plough. In the 



1 This was Anschitel de Ros. See Intro- 

 duction. 



a St. Alban's Abbey. 



3 A manor in Little Mundon, now a farm. 



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4 i.e. the ' Old Minster,' now the cathedral 

 (J.H.R.). 



5 The manors in Edwinstree Hundred begin 

 here. 



