A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



In ORDWELLE [Horwell(bury)] l Osbern 

 holds of the Bishop half a hide. There is 

 land for i plough, and this is there, and 2 

 villeins. It has always been worth 15 shillings. 

 This land 3 of archbishop Stigand's men 

 held and could sell. 



In RETTH [Reed] Osbern holds of the 

 Bishop i hide. There is land for 3 ploughs. 

 On the demesne is i, and another could be 

 added. Six bordars there have i plough between 

 them. It is worth 40 shillings ; when re- 

 ceived it was 60 shillings ; and 60 shillings 

 T.R.E. This land Eddeva the maiden (puella) 

 held so the hundred court testifies. She was 

 archbishop Stigand's 'man ' (homo) and could 

 sell. 



In RADEWELLE [Radwell] Adam holds 

 under the Bishop 4 hides. There is land for 

 7 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, and there 

 could be 2 more. There 8 villeins with 4 

 bordars have 3 ploughs between them. There 

 are 4 serfs, and i mill worth 8 shillings. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for a half-plough 

 team, and pasture sufficient for the live stock. 

 It is worth 100 shillings; when received 40 

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

 Alnod, a man of archbishop Stigand's, held 

 and could sell. 



IN EDWINESTREU [EDWINSTREE] HUNDRET 



In BERLAI [Barley] Adam holds of the 

 Bishop i hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 One plough is there, and there could be another. 

 There are 3 villeins and 2 serfs. It is worth 

 2O shillings ; when received it was worth 

 12 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. This land 

 he held of archbishop Stigand and could sell.* 



In HASLEHANGRA [ ] Adam holds 



of the Bishop hide. There is land for a 

 half-plough. It is worth 4 shillings ; when 

 received 2 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 shillings. 

 This land Leflet held of archbishop Stigand 

 and could sell. 



1 This manor was held as a quarter of a 

 knight's fee in 1303 and 1428 (Feudal Aidt, 

 ii. 433, 447), but has not been located. But its 

 tenure in the fifteenth century by the Paston family 

 enables us to do this, for it is frequently men- 

 tioned in the Paiton Letters, and in one of them 

 it is spoken of by William Paston (1480) as 'my 

 Maner of Hartwelbury, in Kelsall, besides Roy- 

 ston.' Gairdner's ed. Paston Letters, iii. 275 

 (J.H.R.). 



8 So in the text. But Domesday has probably 

 omitted the name of the Archbishop's 'man' here, 

 as he was almost certainly not this Adam (J.H.R.). 



Osbern holds of the Bishop BOCHELANDE 

 [Buckland]. It is assessed at 3 hides and 3 

 virgates. There is land for 6 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 2, and a third could be added. 

 A priest there and 8 villeins and 6 bordars 

 have 3 ploughs between them. There are 

 8 cottars and 4 serfs. Meadow is there 

 sufficient for i plough team, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock, woodland to feed 40 swine, 

 and from pasture and woodland 10 shillings 

 (revenue). Altogether it is worth 6 pounds ; 

 when received 8 pounds; T.R.E. 10 pounds. 

 Sailt, a man of earl Lewin's, held this manor 

 and could sell. 



In ODENHOU [Hodenhoe 3 ] Osbern holds 

 of the Bishop I hide and a virgate. There 

 is land for 2 ploughs and a half-plough, and 

 these are there, with 3 villeins and 6 bordars 

 and i Frenchman. It is worth 40 shillings ; 

 when received 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shil- 

 lings. This land 4 sokemen held. Three 

 of these were archbishop Stigand's men and 

 the fourth earl Algar's, and they could sell. 



In TROCHINGE [Throcking] Osbern holds 

 of the Bishop 1 2 acres. There is land for i 

 ox (to plough). It has always been worth 2 

 shillings. Alvric Scoua held it and could sell. 



In ICHETONE [Layston*] Osbern holds of 

 the Bishop i hide. There is land for 2^ 

 ploughs. On the demesne is I (plough), 

 and 2 villeins with 2 bordars have I plough 

 between them, and a half-plough could 

 be added. There are i cottar and 4 serfs. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, 

 pasture sufficient for the live stock, and wood- 

 land to feed 10 swine. It is worth 40 shil- 

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

 60 shillings. This land 4 sokemen held. 

 One of these was a man of archbishop 

 Stigand's, and 2 were king Edward's men 

 and paid by custom 2 pence. The fourth 

 was a man of earl Harold's. All these could 

 sell their land. 



IN THE HALF-HUNDRET OF Hiz [HITCHIN] 



Ralf holds K.AMINTONE [Kimpton] of the 

 Bishop. It is assessed at 4 hides. There is 

 land for 10 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, 

 and there could be a third. There 2 French- 

 men and 12 villeins with 2 bordars have 7 

 ploughs between them. There are 3 cottars 



In Buckland. 



4 ' Ichetone ' was a manor in Layston, which 

 latter name does not occur in Domesday, being of 

 later origin (J.H.R.). 



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