THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



26 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for 

 i plough team and a half-plough team, pasture 

 sufficient for the live stock, and woodland to 

 feed 300 swine. Its total value is 30 pounds ; 

 when received it was 15 pounds; T.R.E. 16 

 pounds. This manor belonged and belongs to 

 the church of St. Alban. Archbishop Stigand 

 held it at the time king Edward died, but he 

 could not alienate it from that church. 



The Abbot himself holds ABSA [Apsbury 

 in St. Peter's]. 1 It was assessed at 3 hides ; 

 it is now assessed at half a hide. There is 

 land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne are l\ 

 hides, and there are 2 ploughs on it ; and 2 

 villeins with 4 bordars have 2 ploughs between 

 them. There are 2 serfs, and i mill worth 

 10 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for 

 i plough team, pasture sufficient for the live 

 stock, woodland to feed 300 swine. This 

 manor is worth 60 shillings ; when received 

 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. This manor 

 Godric, a man of archbishop Stigand's, held. 

 He could not alienate it from St. Alban's 

 church. 



In WENRIGE [Windrige in St. Michael's] 

 Geoffrey de Bech holds of the Abbot \\ hides. 

 There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne 

 is one, and 5 villeins with 2 bordars have i 

 between them. Pasture is there sufficient for 

 the live stock, and woodland to feed 300 

 swine. It is worth 40 shillings ; when re- 

 ceived [ ]; T.R.E. 50 shillings. 

 This land Osbern a monk held, and Coding 

 his man. They could not alienate it from the 

 church so the hundred (court) testifies. 



In TITEBERSTH [Titeberst 3 ] Geoffrey 

 holds of the Abbot half a hide. It has always 

 been worth 6 shillings. A sokeman held it 

 T.R.E., one of the men of the abbot of St. 

 Albans. He could not sell to alienate it from 

 (extra) that church. 



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In REDBORNE [Redbourn] Amelger holds of 

 the Abbot 3^ virgates. There is land for 2 

 ploughs, and these are there, with 2 villeins 

 and 2 cottars. There is woodland to feed 

 2OO swine. It is worth 30 shillings ; when 



1 Corruptly ' Napsbury ' (cf. Naldwick, which = 

 Aldwick, now in Tring, once in Masworth). It is 

 now represented by a farm just east of Park Street 

 Junction. 



3 MS. defective. 



3 See p. 308, note 4. 



received 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. 

 St. Alban held and holds this land. 



IN ALBANESTOU [CASHIO] HUNDRET 



The Abbot himself holds PRICHEMARE- 

 WORDE [Rickmansworth]. It is assessed at 

 1 5 hides. There is land for 20 ploughs. In 

 the demesne are 5 hides, and on it are 3 

 ploughs, and there could be 2 more. There 

 4 Frenchmen and 22 villeins with 9 bordars 

 have 14 ploughs between them, and there 

 could be i plough more. There are 5 cot- 

 tars and 5 serfs, and i mill worth 5 shillings 

 and 4 pence. Meadow is there sufficient for 

 4 plough teams, there is revenue from fishes 

 4 shillings, pasture is there sufficient for the 

 live stock, woodland to feed 1,200 swine. In 

 all the value is 2O pounds and 10 shillings ; 

 when received 12 pounds ; T.R.E. 2O pounds. 

 This manor St. Alban held and holds in 

 demesne. 



The Abbot himself holds CAISSOU [Cassio- 

 (bury)]. It is assessed at 20 hides. Of these 

 the Abbot holds 19. There is land for 22 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 6 hides, and on 

 it are 5 ploughs, and there could be a sixth. 

 There 3 Frenchmen and 36 villeins with 8 

 bordars hold 15 ploughs between them, and 

 there could be I more. There are 3 bordars 

 besides and 2 serfs, and 4 mills worth 26 

 shillings and 8 pence. Meadow is there suffi- 

 cient for 22 plough teams, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock, and woodland to feed 

 1,000 swine. In all it is worth 28 pounds ; 

 when received it was worth 24 ; T.R.E. 30 

 pounds. This manor St. Alban held and holds 

 in demesne. 



In ELDEHAM [Aldenham] Geoffrey de Bech 

 holds under the Abbot i hide. There is land 

 for i plough, but the plough is wanting. 

 There are 2 cottars, and there is woodland 

 to feed 100 swine. Its value is and was 12 

 shillings; T.R.E. 2O shillings. This land 

 was held by Blache, a man of St. Alban. 

 He could not sell. 



IN ODESEI [ODSEY] HUNDRET 



The Abbot himself holds NEUHAM [Newn- 

 ham]. It is assessed at 3 hides and 3 vir- 

 gates. There is land for 8 ploughs. In the 

 demesne are i hide and 3 virgates, and there 

 are 2 ploughs on it. There 10 villeins and 

 (cum) 8 bordars have 4 ploughs between them, 

 and there could be (employed) 2 more. 

 There are 3 cottars. Meadow is there suffi- 

 cient for I plough team, pasture sufficient for 



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