THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



for 10 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 hides, 

 and 2 ploughs are on it, and there could be a 

 third. There 12 villeins have 7 ploughs. 

 There are 6 bordars and 2 cottars and 4 serfs. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for 2 oxen, pasture 

 sufficient for the live stock, and woodland to 

 feed 200 swine. In all the value is and was 

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

 belonged and belongs (jacuit et jacet in) to the 

 church of St. Paul. 



In LUFENELLE [Luffenhall] the Canons hold 

 2 hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. In 

 the demesne is I hide and a half, and on it is 

 i plough ; and i villein and (cum) 2 bordars 

 have a half-plough (between them), and there 

 could be another half-plough. There is I 

 serf. Pasture is there sufficient for the live 

 stock, wood sufficient for the fences. It is 

 and was worth 2O shillings ; T.R.E. 40 

 shillings. This manor St. Paul held T.R.E. 



The Canons themselves hold SANDONE [San- 

 don]. It is assessed at 10 hides. There is 

 land for 20 ploughs. In the demesne are 5 

 hides, and on it are 6 ploughs. A priest there 

 and (cum) 24 villeins have 1 2 ploughs between 

 them, and there could be another. 1 There 

 are 12 bordars and 16 cottars and n serfs. 

 Meadow is there for 2 plough teams, pasture 

 sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 

 150 swine. In all the value is and was 22 

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

 belongs and belonged (jacuit et jacet in) to the 

 church of St. Paul. 



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XIV. THE LAND OF THE CANONS 

 OF WALTHAM 



IN HERTFORD HUNDRET 



The canons of the Holy Cross of Waltham 

 hold WERMELAI [Wormley]. It is assessed 

 at 5 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. In 

 the demesne are 3 hides 2 virgates and a half. 

 There is I plough on it, and there could be 

 another. There 5 villeins have 2 ploughs 

 between them. There are 4 bordars and 3 

 cottars and 2 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient 

 for 4 plough teams, pasture sufficient for the 

 live stock, and woodland to feed 300 swine. 

 Its total value is and was 4 pounds ; T.R.E. 

 100 shillings. This manor belonged and 

 belongs (jacuit et jacet in) to the church of 

 the Holy Cross of Waltham. 



1 It should be observed that the figures do not 

 here tally. The details only amount to 19 as 

 against the estimated 20 (J.H.R.). 



The Canons themselves hold BRICHENDONE 

 [Brickendon(bury)]. It is assessed at 5 hides. 

 There is land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne 

 are 3^ hides, and on it are 2 ploughs, and there 

 could be a third. There 9 villeins have 4 

 ploughs between them, and there could be a 

 fifth. There are 9 bordars and 24 cottars 

 and 2 serfs, and i mill worth (de) 8 shillings. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for 2 plough teams, 

 pasture sufficient for the live stock of the vill 

 and (worth) 2 shillings (besides), woodland 

 to feed 200 swine. In all its value is and 

 was 100 shillings ; T.R.E. 8 pounds. This 

 manor belonged and belongs (jacuit et jacet in) 

 to the church of the Holy Cross of Waltham. 



XV. THE LAND OF THE COUNT 

 OF MORTAIN 



IN TREUNG [TRiNG] 2 HUNDRET 



The count of Mortain holds BERCHEHAM- 

 STEDE [Gt. Berkhampstead]. It is assessed at 

 13 hides. There is land for 26 ploughs. In 

 the demesne are 6 hides, and on it are 3 ploughs, 

 and there could be other 3. A priest there 

 and (cum) 14 villeins and 15 bordars have 12 

 ploughs, and there could be 8 ploughs more. 

 There 6 serfs and a certain ditcher (fossarius) 

 have a half-hide, and Rannulf, a Serjeant 

 of the Count (serviens comitis), I virgate. In 

 the borough (burbio) of this vill are 52 bur- 

 gesses 3 who render from toll 4 pounds and 

 have half a hide, and 2 mills worth (de) 20 

 shillings. There are 2 arpents of vineyard. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for 8 plough teams, 

 pasture for the live stock of the vill, and 

 woodland to feed 1,000 swine and (worth) 

 5 shillings (besides). In all the value is 16 

 pounds ; when received it was 2O pounds ; 

 T.R.E. 24 pounds. This manor Edmar, 

 a thegn of earl Harold, 4 held. 



Ranulf holds of the Count SCENLAI [Shen- 

 ley]. It is assessed at i hide. There is land 

 for 2 ploughs. One is there, and there could 

 be another. There are 2 bordars. Pasture 

 is there sufficient for the live stock, and wood- 

 land worth 100 shillings (si/va c sol'). 6 Alto- 

 gether it is worth 5 shillings ; 6 when received 

 3 pounds ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. This land 2 



3 Now part of Dacorum Hundred. 



8 See Introduction, p. 280. 



* See Introduction, p. 281. 



6 This is probably a slip of the scribe for si/va 

 c fore' (as at Wigginton below), i.e. ' woodland to 

 feed 100 swine' (J.H.R.). 



B So the MS. ; ? pounds. 



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