THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



ceived 10 shillings; T.R.E. 30 shillings. 

 Edmund, a man of earl Harold's, held this land 

 and could sell. 



InWiMUNDESLAi[Wymondley] Adam holds 

 of the Bishop I hide and I virgate. There is 

 land for I plough, and the plough is there, with 

 3 bordars. Meadow is there sufficient for a 

 half-plough team. It is and was worth 10 

 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 shillings. This land 

 Alflet held of Robert fitz Wimarc and could 

 not sell without (obtaining) his leave, as the 

 shire-moot (scira) testifies. 



In BOXE [Boxbury in Stevenage] Osbern 

 holds of the Bishop half a hide. There 

 is land for i plough, and there is i bordar. It 

 has always been worth 10 shillings. Samar, 

 a man of Alnod's, held it and could sell. 



The Bishop himself holds ESTONE [Aston]. 

 It is assessed at 10 hides. There is land for 

 15 ploughs. In the demesne are 4 hides, and 

 there are on it 4 ploughs, and there could be 

 a fifth. A priest there and 1 1 villeins with 

 5 bordars have 5 ploughs between them, and 

 there could be other 5. There are 6 cottars 

 and 4 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 

 plough teams, pasture sufficient for the live 

 stock, woodland to feed 200 swine. The 

 total value is 18 pounds; when received 14 

 pounds ; T.R.E. 20 pounds. This manor 3 

 of archbishop Stigand's men held and could 

 sell. 



In SUTRESHELE [Libury *] Peter holds of 

 the Bishop I hide and i virgate and 10 acres. 

 There is land for i plough, and the plough is 

 there, and 2 villeins and a Frenchman. There 

 is woodland for 30 swine. It is worth 10 

 shillings ; when received 7 shillings ; T.R.E. 

 2O shillings. This land 2 sokemen held, earl 

 Lewin's men. They were of king Edward's 

 soke and they could sell. They used to fur- 

 nish to the King's sheriff i ' avera ' (the 

 carrying service of I load) or 5 pence and i 

 farthing yearly. 



In the same vill the Bishop holds 2 hides 

 and i virgate and 9 acres. There is land for 



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2 ploughs, but no plough is there. In the 

 demesne are 2 hides and 9 acres, and 3 bor- 

 dars, and i mill worth 1 6 pence. Meadow is 

 there sufficient for 2 oxen, woodland to feed 



1 In Little Mundon. 



55 swine. It is and was worth 20 shillings ; 

 T.R.E. 40 shillings. This land 3 of arch- 

 bishop Stigand's men held and could sell ; and 

 a man of Leuuin Scoua had half a hide and 

 could sell. He rendered half an 'avera' (carry- 

 ing service of half a load) or 2 pence to the 

 sheriff. 



In the same vill Turstin holds 2 hides of 

 the Bishop. There is land for 2 ploughs, but 

 there is nothing there (nun sunt ibt) except 2 

 cottars and I mill worth 4 shillings. Meadow 

 is there sufficient for 2 oxen, woodland to feed 

 IOO swine. It is and was worth 30 shillings; 

 T.R.E. 60 shillings. This land was held by 

 Almar of the King's soke. He was a man of 

 Asgar the staller's and could sell. He used to 

 render to the sheriff 2 ' averae ' (the carrying 

 service of 2 loads) or 8 pence. 



In the same vill the Bishop himself holds 

 II acres. They have always been worth 

 1 1 pence. Alward held them of archbishop 

 Stigand. 



IN ODESEI fOosEv] HUNDRET 



In LUFENHATE [Luffenhall] Osbern holds 

 of the Bishop 2^ hides. There is land for 5 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 3 ploughs, 

 and 3 bordars with 3 villeins have 2 between 

 them. There are 4 cottars and 4 serfs. There 

 is wood sufficient for the fences. It is and 

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

 This land 3 sokemen held. Two of these, 

 archbishop Stigand's men, held i hides and 

 could sell ; the third, a man of Almar of 

 Belintone [Bennington], held i hide and 

 could sell. He rendered I 'avera' or 4 pence. 



In CLADHELE [Clothall] Osbern holds of 

 the Bishop 7 hides and 3^ virgates. There 

 is land for i o ploughs. On the demesne are 

 2, and there could be a third. Eight villeins 

 with 12 bordars have 7 ploughs between them. 

 There are 3 cottars and 4 serfs. Wood is 

 there sufficient for the fences, pasture suffi- 

 cient for the live stock. Its value in all is 

 7 pounds ; when received it was 5 pounds ; 

 T.R.E. it was 10. This manor Alnod Grud, 

 a man of archbishop Stigand's, held and could 

 sell. Of this land 3 sokemen, archbishop Sti- 

 gand's men, held 2 hides and 3 virgates. They 

 were not there in king Edward's time, but 

 after his death they were attached to (appositi) 

 this manor and could sell their land. They 

 used to render as dues to the sheriff 1 1 pence 

 yearly. Two other sokemen, archbishop 

 Stigand's men, hold and held half a virgate and 

 could assign (dare] and sell. 



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