A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



demesne are 2 hides, and there are 6 ploughs on 

 it. A priest with 35 villeins and i knight 

 (miles) have 15 ploughs between them. 

 There are 6 bordars and 2 cottars and 12 

 serfs, and I mill worth 4 shillings. Meadow 

 is there sufficient for 4 plough teams ; pasture 

 sufficient for the live stock, and woodland to 

 feed 200 swine. Its total value is and was 

 20 pounds ; T.R.E. 24 pounds. This manor 

 belonged and belongs to the bishopric of 

 London. 



The Bishop himself holds WIDEFORD * 

 [Widford], It is assessed at 3 hides. There 

 is land for 5 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 

 hides, and on it are 2 ploughs. Five villeins 

 with 8 bordars have 3 ploughs between them. 

 There is i cottar and there are 3 serfs, and i 

 mill worth 5 shillings. Meadow is there 

 sufficient for 2 plough teams, woodland to feed 

 50 swine. Its value is and was 100 shillings; 

 T.R.E. 8 pounds. Eldred, a thegn of king 

 Edward's, held this manor and could sell. 



IN WIDEFORDE [Widford] Tedbert holds 

 of the Bishop I hide. There is land for 2 

 ploughs. One is there, and there could be 

 another. There are 8 bordars. Meadow is 

 there sufficient for a half-plough team, and 

 woodland to feed 30 swine. Its value is and 

 was 40 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. 

 Alward, a man of archbishop Stigand's, held 

 this land and could sell. 



In CELGDENE [Chaldean 2 ] Roderi holds of 

 the Bishop half a hide. There is land for 2 

 ploughs. One is there, and there could be 

 another. There is I bordar and there are 4 

 serfs. Woodland is there to feed 50 swine, 

 meadow sufficient for i plough team. Its 

 value is and was 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 

 shillings. This land ^Eldred, a thegn of king 

 Edward's, held and could sell. 



William holds PARVA HADAM 3 [Little 

 Hadham] of the Bishop. It is assessed at 2 

 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the 

 demesne are 2, and 4 bordars are there with 

 I plough. There are 4 cottars and 3 serfs. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for 2 oxen, pasture 

 sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 

 30 swine. Its value always has been 4 

 pounds. This manor 3 sokemen held. One 

 of these, a man of archbishop Stigand's, held 



1 The manors in Braughing Hundred begin 

 here. 



8 A farm in Much Hadham (J.H.R.). 



3 The manors in Edwinstree Hundred begin 

 here. 



I hide all but half a virgate ; another, a man 

 of Robert fitz Wimarc's, had 3^ virgates ; 

 and the third, a sokeman of king Edward's, 

 held i virgate. This last paid i penny to 

 the sheriff. These could sell. 



In HADAM [Much Hadham] William holds 

 a half-hide of the Bishop. There is land for 



1 plough. A half-plough is there, and there 

 could be another. There is I cottar. Its 

 value is and was 15 shillings. Edric, a man 

 of Asgar the staller's, held this land and could 

 sell. 



In LEWAREWICHE [ ] William 



holds of the Bishop i hide and a half. There is 

 land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, and 

 there could be a third. Three villeins there 

 have i plough between them. There are 2 

 cottars and 4 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient 

 for 2 oxen, and pasture for the live stock of 

 the vill, and wood for the fences. Its value 

 is and was 50 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. 

 This manor Leware held of bishop William. 

 Half a hide of it he could sell, but i hide he 

 could not sell without the Bishop's leave. 



In HADAM [Much Hadham] Osbern holds 

 of the Bishop I hide. There is land for 2 

 ploughs. On the demesne are I plough and 

 a half-plough ; i villein has a half-plough. 

 There are 6 cottars and i serf. Its value 

 always has been 40 shillings. This land 2 

 sokemen held. One of these, a man of earl 

 Algar's, had half a hide ; the other had a half- 

 hide belonging to the King's soke, and he paid 



2 pence to the sheriff. Either could sell. 



In PATEMERE [Patmore Hall in Albury] 

 Baldwin holds of the Bishop I hide and 3 

 virgates. There is land for 4 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 2, and 2 villeins have i 

 plough between them, and there could be 

 another. There are 2 bordars and 6 cottars 

 and 3 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for 

 2 oxen, woodland to feed 60 swine. Its 

 value has always been 4 pounds. This land 

 Alward, a man of earl Algar's, held and could 

 sell. 



Ralf holds ELDEBERIE [Albury] of the 

 Bishop. It is assessed at 2^ hides. There 

 is land for 9 ploughs. On the demesne are 

 2, and 6 villeins and 9 bordars have 6 be- 

 tween them, and there could be a seventh. 

 There are 3 cottars and 3 serfs. Meadow 

 is there sufficient for 2 oxen, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock, woodland to feed 30 swine. 

 Its value is and was 7 pounds ; T.R.E. 8 

 pounds. Siward, a man of archbishop Stigand's, 

 held this manor and he could sell. 



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