A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



sokemen held. One was a house-carl of king 

 Edward's, the other a man of earl Lewin, 

 and they could sell. 



The Count himself holds AIDEBERIE [Aid- 

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

 land for 7 ploughs. In the demesne are 6 

 hides, and on it are 3 ploughs ; and 8 villeins 

 and (cum) i sokeman and i Frenchman have 

 4 ploughs. There is I bordar and there are 

 4 serfs. Meadow is there of half a hide, 1 

 woodland to feed 500 swine. Its total value 

 is 1 10 shillings; when received it was 8 pounds ; 

 and 8 pounds also T.R.E. This manor 

 Alwin, a thegn of king Edward, held. 



In PENTLAI [Pendley] the Count himself 

 holds 2 hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 There i villein and (cum) 6 bordars have i 

 plough, and there could be another. Meadow 

 is there sufficient for a plough team and a 

 half-plough team. It is worth 30 shillings ; 

 when received it was 2O shillings ; T.R.E. 

 40 shillings. This land Eddeva the nun held 

 of Ingelric and could not assign it (dare). 

 These 2 hides are part of the 7 hides which 

 the count of Mortain took from (sumpsit in) 

 Treunge [Tring]. 



Humfrey holds of the Count WIGENTONE 

 [Wigginton]. It is assessed at 7! hides and 

 of a half-hide. There is land for 5 ploughs. 

 On the demesne is i, and there could be 

 another. There 5 villeins have 2 ploughs, and 

 there could be a third. There are 6 cottars 

 and i serf, and i mill worth (de) 5 shillings. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, 

 woodland to feed 100 swine. Its total value 

 is 4 pounds ; when received it was 40 shil- 

 lings ; T.R.E. 6 pounds. Of this manor 3^ 

 hides were held by Brictric, one of queen 

 Eddid's men ; and Goduin, one of Engelric's 

 men, held 3 hides and of a half-hide. They 

 could not assign (dare) or sell their land to 

 separate it from (extra) Tredung [Tring]. 

 These are (part) of the 7 hides which the count 

 of Mortain took out of (de) Treung [Tring]. 

 And Leuric, Osulf 's man, held a half-hide and 

 could sell. The other half-hide belonged to 

 (jacuit in) Berchamstede. 



Fulcold holds BUBLECOTE [Gubblecote] of 

 the Count. It is assessed at i hide and a half. 

 There is land for i plough and a half-plough. 



1 Pratum dim' hid" in the text. The meadow 

 formula is so regular that this must be another slip 

 of the Domesday scribe, who has written hid' for 

 car'. The meaning therefore must be ' meadow 

 for half a plough team' (J.H.R.). 



On the demesne is i plough, and 3 villeins 

 have a half-plough between them. There 

 are 2 bordars, and i mill worth (de) 12 shillings 

 and 4 pence. Meadow is there sufficient for 

 2 plough teams. Its value is and was 30 

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

 Eddeva held of Ingelric. She could not put it 

 (mittere) out of Tredung [Tring]. This land 

 is (part) of the 7 hides which the count of 

 Mortain took out of (de) Tredung [Tring]. 



In MISSEWELLE [Miswell in Tring] Ralf 

 holds of the Count a half-hide. There is land 

 for a half-plough, 2 and meadow sufficient for a 

 half-plough team. It is and was worth 4 

 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 shillings. This land 

 Wiga, a man of Osulf son of Frane, held, 

 and he could sell. 



Lewin holds of the Count BURE [? Boors- 

 croft farm]. It is assessed at i hide and a half. 

 There is land for i plough, and the plough is 

 there on the demesne, and 4 cottars. Meadow 

 is there sufficient for a half-plough team. It is 

 worth 20 shillings and 9 pence ; when received 

 it was 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 shillings and 

 9 pence. This land the same Lewin held of 

 king Edward and could sell. He holds it now 

 of the Count 'at ferm ' (ad firmam). 3 



In DANESLAI [Dunsley in Tring] a widow 

 holds of the Count part of a half-hide. 

 There is land for i ox (to plough). It has 

 always been worth 12 pence. This land 

 Ingelric held, being part of the land of 7 hides 

 of Tredung [Tring] which the Count took 

 (therefrom). 



The Count himself holds HAMELAMESTEDE 

 [Hemel Hempstead]. It is assessed at 10 

 hides. There is land for 30 ploughs. In the 

 demesne are 3 hides, and on it are 4 ploughs, 

 and there could be 2 more. There 2 French- 

 men and (cum) 13 bordars have 20 ploughs 

 (between them), and there could be 4 more 

 ploughs. There are 8 serfs, and 4 mills 

 worth 37 shillings and 4 pence, and the yield 

 of eels is 300 less 25. Meadow is there 

 sufficient for 4 plough teams, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock and (worth) 2 shillings (be- 

 sides), woodland to feed 1,200 swine. In all 

 its value is 22 pounds ; when received it was 

 25 pounds; and 25 also T.R.E. This manor 

 2 brothers held ; they were earl Lewin's 

 men. 



* The record omits to state whether the oxen 

 were there (J.H.R.). 



8 i.e. as a rent-paying tenant. 



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