A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



(hides) 4 hides which the abbot of Ely holds 

 in Hadam [Hadham]. 1 



IN BRACHINGS [BRAUGHING] HUNDRET 



The same Bishop holds STORTEFORD [Bishop 

 Stortford]. It is assessed at 6 hides. There 

 is land for 10 ploughs. In the demesne are 

 4! hides, and on it are 2 ploughs, and there 

 could be a third. There 6 villeins with 8 

 bordars have 4 ploughs between them, and 

 there could be 3 more. A priest, 2 knights 

 and 12 cottars are there, and 2 mills worth 

 30 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient 

 for i plough team, and woodland to feed 

 300 swine. Its total value is and was 8 

 pounds; T.R.E. 10 pounds. This manor 

 Eddeva the fair (pulchra) held, and it is part 

 of the ' fee ' which bishop William bought. 



In TORLEI [Thorley] Roderi holds half a 

 hide of the Bishop. There is land for i plough, 

 and the plough is there, with 2 serfs. Meadow 

 is there sufficient for a half-plough team, and 

 woodland to feed 2 swine. It is and was 

 worth 2O shillings ; T.R.E. 30 shillings. 

 This land Edzi, a man of Godeed, held, and 

 could sell ; and he used to pay 2 pence to the 

 sheriff. 



In WICHEHAM [Wickham] 2 Humfrey holds 

 2 hides and 20 acres as one manor of the Bishop. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne 

 are 2, and 4 villeins and 2 bordars have i be- 

 tween them. There are 8 cottars and i serf. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for a half-plough 

 team, woodland to feed 30 swine. It is and 

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

 This land 4 sokemen held and could sell. 



In WICHEHAM [Wickham] 2 2 knights 

 (milites) hold of the Bishop I virgate and a 

 half. There is land for a half-plough, but 

 this is not there. Woodland is there to 

 feed 2O swine, and there is i villein. It was 

 and is worth 8 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 shillings. 

 This land 3 sokemen held and could sell. One 

 of these was a man of bishop William, an- 

 other of Asgar the staller, and the third of 

 Eddeva the fair (pulchrie). This land belongs 

 to the ' fee ' of bishop William. 



V. THE LAND OF THE BISHOP 

 OF BAYEUX 



IN TREUNGA [TRING] HUNDRET 3 

 The bishop of Bayeux holds PUTEHAM 



1 See p. 3 1 2 below. 



Wickham Hall, in Hadham. 



* Now part of Dacorum Hundred. 



[Puttenham]. It is assessed at 4 hides. Roger 

 holds (it) of the Bishop. There is land for 

 4 ploughs. On the demesne there is i, and 

 there could be another. There 4 villeins 

 with 2 bordars have 2 ploughs between them. 

 There are 4 cottars and 2 serfs, and 2 mills 

 worth 10 shillings and 8 pence. Meadow is 

 there sufficient for 4 plough teams and worth 

 4 shillings besides ; pasture is there sufficient 

 for the live stock. It is worth 60 shillings ; 

 when received 40 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. 

 Earl Lewin held this manor. 



IN DANAIS [DACORUM] HUNDRET 



In TITEBERST [Titeberst 4 ] Adam 5 holds 

 of the Bishop half a hide. There is land for 

 2 oxen (to plough). There is i bordar. 

 Woodland is there to feed 20 swine. It is 

 worth 10 shillings; when received 5 shillings; 

 and 5 shillings also T.R.E. This land Alward 

 held of the abbot of St. Albans and could not 

 sell except by his consent. 



IN ALBANESTOU [CASHIO] HUNDRET 



The same Adam holds of the Bishop LAM- 

 PETH [ ] for a hide. There 



is land for i plough, but it is not there. 

 Woodland is there for 50 swine. It is worth 

 I O shillings ; when received 5 shillings ; T.R.E. 

 20 shillings. This land Alnod Grutt held 

 and could sell. 



IN BRADEWATRE [BROADWATER] HUNDRET 



In GRAVELAI [Graveley] Adam holds of the 

 Bishop i hides and 10 acres. There is land 

 for 3 ploughs. On the demesne is i, and there 

 could be another. There 4 villeins and 3 

 bordars have i plough between them. There 

 are 2 serfs. Wood is there sufficient for the 

 fences, and pasture sufficient for the live stock. 

 It is worth 20 shillings ; when received 50 

 shillings ; and 50 also T.R.E. Alnod held I 

 hide and a half of this land, and Bruning 10 

 acres. Both could sell. Yet Bruning (hie) 

 used to render as dues to the sheriff i half- 

 penny (yearly). 



In ALMESHOU [Almeshoe in Ippolitts] 

 Adam holds of the Bishop i hide. There is 

 land for i plough, and the plough is there, 

 with 3 bordars. There is woodland for 60 

 swine. It is worth 2O shillings ; when re- 



4 A manor in Aldenham, now represented by 

 Kendalls, so named from a family which held part 

 of the manor. 



This was Adam, son of Hubert de Rye and 

 brother of Eudo ' dapifer ' (J.H.R.). 



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