THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



Ralf l holds LANGELEI [King's Langley] of 

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

 There is land for 1 6 ploughs. On the demesne 

 is no plough, but there could be 2. There i 

 Frenchman and (cum) 4 villeins and 5 bordars 

 have 2 ploughs between them, and there could 

 be 12 more. There are 2 mills worth 16 

 shillings, and 2 serfs. Meadow is there suffi- 

 cient for 3 plough teams, pasture sufficient for 

 the live stock, woodland to feed 240 swine. 

 Its total value is 40 shillings ; when received 

 it was 4 pounds ; T.R.E. 8 pounds. This 

 manor two of earl Lewin's men held, Thuri 

 and Seric. 



Humphrey holds of the Count GATESDENE 

 [Little Gaddesdenj. It is assessed at 5 hides. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne 

 is i, and 5 villeins with 2 bordars have 2 

 ploughs. There is I serf. Pasture is there 

 sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 

 50 swine. In all its value is 40 shillings. 

 When received it was 60 shillings ; T.R.E. 

 4 pounds. This manor Edmer Attile held. 

 It was a ' berewiche ' of (in) Berchamstede. 2 



In REDBORNE [Redbourn] Rannulf holds of 

 the Count half a hide. There is land for i 

 plough, but there is no plough. There are 2 

 bordars only. Meadow is there sufficient for 

 I plough team, pasture sufficient for the live 

 stock. It is worth 1 7 shillings and 4 pence ; 

 when received it was 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 

 40 shillings. Siward, a sokeman of king 

 Edward's, held it and could sell. 



XVI. THE LAND OF COUNT ALAN 

 IN BRADEWATRE [BROADWATER] HUNDRET 



Count Alan holds in WATONE [Watton] I 

 hide and a half, and Goduin holds of him. 

 There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne 

 there could be 2. There 3 bordars and 2 cottars 

 have 2 ploughs. Meadow is there sufficient 

 for 2 oxen, pasture sufficient for the live stock. 

 It is and was worth 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 30 

 shillings. This land Goduin held of the 

 church of St. Peter but could not sell, and 

 after his death it ought to have reverted to 



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that church, as the hundred (court) testifies. 



1 This under-tenant of the Count was suc- 

 ceeded here as in Northamptonshire by the family 

 of Chenduit, which, indeed, was probably his own 

 name. From it this manor was sometimes styled 

 Langley Cheynduht, and the name is preserved 

 there in Shendish (J.H.R.). 



2 i.e. a dependency of that manor. See Intro- 

 duction, p. 280. 



But his wife put herself and this land by force 

 (vertit se per vim) under Eddeva the fair, and 

 was in possession on the day when king Ed- 

 ward was living and died. From this land 19 

 acres were taken after the coming of king 

 William, which now Anschitill de Ros 8 holds 

 under the Archbishop. And yet count Alan 

 discharges the King's geld due from them. 



The Count himself holds MUNDENE [Mun- 

 den]. It was assessed at 7 hides and half a vir- 

 gate T.R.E. There is land for 14 ploughs. 

 In the demesne are 4 hides and i virgate, 

 and on it are 4 ploughs. There 16 villeins 

 and 6 bordars have 10 ploughs. There 

 is I cottar, and there are 2 serfs, and a mill 

 worth i o shillings. Woodland is there to feed 

 150 swine. And a second piece of woodland 

 (altera siha) on which 20O swine might feed 

 Roger de Mucelgros took away from this 

 manor after earl Ralf's forfeiture (forisfecit)* 

 so the whole shire-moot (scyra) testifies. The 

 value of this manor is altogether 1 6 pounds ; 

 when received it was 12 ; T.R.E. 16 pounds. 

 This manor Eddeva the fair held. 



IN ODESEI [ODSEY] HUNDRET 



In CLADHELE [Clothall] Leuiet holds of the 

 Count I virgate. There is land for i plough, 

 and the plough is there. It has always been 

 worth 20 shillings. It was held by Osgot, 

 one of Eddeva's men, and he could sell. It is 

 now attached to (jacet in) Mundene, to which 

 it did not belong T.R.E. 



In WALLINGTONE [Wallington] Wimund 

 holds of the Count 2 hides less 10 acres. 

 There is land for 2 ploughs. One plough is 

 there, and there could be another. There are 

 I villein, 2 cottars and 2 serfs. Pasture is 

 there sufficient for the live stock. It is worth 

 30 shillings; when received it was worth 10; 

 T.R.E. worth 60 shillings. This land 2 

 sokemen, Eddeva's men, held and could sell. 



In RETE [Reed] Hard(win) 6 holds of the 

 Count i hide. There is land for 3 ploughs. 

 One is there, and there could be 2 others. 

 There is I villein, and wood sufficient for the 

 fences. It is worth 20 shillings ; when re- 

 ceived 10 shillings; T.R.E. 60 shillings. 

 This land Leuing a priest, one of Eddeva's 

 men, held and could sell. 



In RETTH [Reed] Alward holds of the 



3 See p. 305, note i above. 



4 See Introduction, p. 296. 



5 This was Hardwin 'de Sealers,' for whom 

 see p. 338 below (J.H.R.). 



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