THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



In PELEHAM [Pelham] Ralf holds of the 

 Bishop i hide and i virgate. There is 

 land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, 

 and there could be a third. There 2 villeins 

 and 3 bordars have 2 ploughs between them. 

 There are 5 serfs and i cottar. Pasture is 

 there for the live stock, and woodland to feed 

 2O swine. Its value is and was 4 pounds; 

 T.R.E. 5 pounds. Two brothers, Asgar the 

 staller's men, held this, and they could sell. 



In PELEHAM [Pelham] Payn holds I hide 

 of the Bishop. There is land for 3 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 2, and i villein has a 

 half-plough, and there could be another half- 

 plough. There are 3 bordars and 3 cottars. 

 Woodland is there to feed 6 swine. Its value 

 is and was 40 shillings ; T.R.E. 50 shillings. 

 This manor was held by Alvred, a man of 

 Asgar the staller's, and he could sell. 



In PELEHAM [Pelham] Rannulf holds of the 

 Bishop i\ hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 2, and 7 villeins with 5 

 bordars have 6 between them. There are 6 

 cottars and 6 serfs. Meadow is there suffi- 

 cient for i plough team, pasture sufficient for 

 the live stock, and woodland to feed 30 swine. 

 Its value is and was 10 pounds ; T.R.E. 15 

 pounds. This manor 2 thegns held. One 

 of them was a man of Anschil of Ware 

 (Waras) ; the other was a man of Goduine 

 (of) Benefel [? Bendfield]. These could sell. 



In PELEHAM [Pelham] Gilbert and Rannulf 

 hold of the Bishop i hide and i virgate. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. On the 

 demesne is I, and i villein and 3 bordars 

 have i plough between them, and there could 

 be another. There are 7 cottars. Meadow 

 is there sufficient for a half-plough team, pas- 

 ture sufficient for the live stock, and woodland 

 to feed 100 swine. Its value is and was 40 

 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. Two brothers 

 held this land and could sell. One was a 

 man of Asgar the staller ; the other a man 

 of the abbot of Ely. 



In PELEHAM [Pelham] 2 knights (milites) 

 hold 3 hides and i virgate of the Bishop. 

 There is land for 7 ploughs. On the 

 demesne are 3, and a priest and (cum) 7 villeins 

 have 4 between them. There are 7 bordars 

 and 6 cottars and i serf. Meadow is there 

 sufficient for 2 plough teams and a half- 

 plough team, pasture sufficient for the live 

 stock, and woodland to feed 100 swine. Its 

 value is and was 5 pounds ; T.R.E. 6 pounds. 

 This manor 2 thegns held one a man of 



Aschi of Ware (Wara\ the other of Almar 

 of Belintone [Bennington]. Together with 

 these, 5 sokemen of king Edward's soke held 

 5 virgates and could sell. 



In MESDONE [Meesden] Payn holds I hide 

 of the Bishop. There is land for 5 ploughs. 



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On the demesne there could be 2, and 3 

 villeins and a priest have 3 between them. 

 There is i [ 1 ] and I serf. Meadow is 



there sufficient for 3 plough teams, pasture suffi- 

 cient for the live stock, woodland to feed 400 

 swine. Its value is and was 20 shillings ; 

 T.R.E. 6 pounds. This manor Alward, a 

 man of archbishop Stigand's, held and could 

 sell. 



In PELEHAM [Pelham] Eldred holds I hide 

 of the Bishop. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 I plough and a half-plough are there, and 

 there could be another half-plough. There 

 are 8 bordars and 2 serfs. Meadow is there 

 sufficient for i plough team, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock, and woodland to feed 20 

 swine. Its value is and was 20 shillings; 

 T.R.E. 40 shillings. This land Alwin, a 

 man of Godwine of Benefelle [? Bendfield], 

 held, and could sell. 



In PELEHAM [Pelham] Riculf holds 2 hides 

 of the Bishop. There is land for 4 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 2, and 4 villeins and 3 

 bordars have 2 ploughs between them. There 

 are 10 cottars and 3 serfs. Meadow is there 

 sufficient for i plough team, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock, woodland to feed 40 swine. 

 Its value is and was 100 shillings; T.R.E. 5 

 pounds and 10 shillings. This manor was 

 held by Wlwi, a man of Godwine of Bened- 

 felle [? Bendfield], and he could sell. 



In TEDRICESHAM [Tedresham s ] William 

 and Rannulf hold of the Bishop I hide and a 

 half. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the 

 demesne are 2, and 2 villeins with 3 bordars 

 have i plough between them. There are 

 I cottar and i serf ; woodland to feed 60 

 swine, pasture sufficient for the live stock. 

 Its value is and was 40 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 

 shillings. This land Wlwi, a man of Asgar 

 the staller, held and could sell. 



These 36 hides the bishop of London 

 holds, and his knights (milites) ; and he 

 claims (that there ought to be) with these 



1 Entry apparently defective. 



* A manor in (Furneaux ?) Pelham (J.H.R.). 



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