A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



Count i hide. There is land for 3 ploughs. 

 One plough is there, and there could be 2 

 others. There are 6 cottars. It is and was 

 worth 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. 

 This land Turbern, one of Eddeva's men, 

 held and could sell. 



IN EDWINESTREU [EDWINSTREE] HUNDRET 



In WACHELEI [Wakeley (Farm)] 1 Ralf 

 holds of the Count 40 acres of land. There 

 is land for i plough. One sokeman is there 

 and one serf. Meadow is there sufficient for 

 2 oxen. It is and was worth 10 shillings ; 

 T.R.E. 20 shillings. This manor was held 

 by Eddeva the fair. 



In LANGEPORT [ ] Roger holds of 



the Count a half-hide. There is land for half 

 a plough, and this is there, with i cottar and 

 2 serfs. It is worth 10 shillings; when re- 

 ceived it was 5 shillings ; T.R.E. 13 shillings. 

 This land Alric, a man of archbishop Stigand, 

 held and could sell. 



IN HERFORT [HERTFORD] HUNDRET 



The Count himself holds CESTREHUNT 

 [Cheshunt]. It is assessed at 20 hides. 

 There is land for 33 ploughs. 8 In the demesne 

 are 10 hides, and on it there are 4 ploughs, and 

 there could be 2 more. There 41 villeins 

 and (cum) a priest and 12 bordars have 17 

 ploughs, and 10 chapmen (menatores) pay 10 

 shillings of dues. There are 8 cottars and 6 

 serfs, and i mill worth 10 shillings. From the 

 weir (is received) 1 6 pence. Meadow is there 

 sufficient for 23 plough teams and for the 

 horses of the demesne, pasture sufficient for 

 the live stock, and woodland to feed 1,200 

 swine and worth (besides) 40 pence. 



The Count himself holds HODESDONE [Hod- 

 desdon]. It is assessed at 2 hides and 3 vir- 

 gates. It is a berewick of Cestrehont [Ches- 

 hunt]. There is land for 4 ploughs. In the 

 demesne there are 2 hides, and on it are 2 

 ploughs, and 2 villeins and (cum) 8 bordars 

 have 2 ploughs. There is i serf. Meadow 

 is there sufficient for 4 plough teams, pasture 

 sufficient for the live stock, and woodland to 

 feed 260 swine. From the weir (come) 

 loo eels. The total value of this manor and 

 its berewick 8 is 24 pounds ; when received it 



1 Had a church of its own and was subsequently 

 extra-parochial. 



8 So in MS. But the details of the plough 

 teams and the entry of the meadow-land show 

 that 'xxxiii.' should be 'xxiii.' (J.H.R.). 



3 i.e. Cheshunt with Hoddesdon (J.H.R.). 



was 22 pounds ; T.R.E. 30 pounds. This 

 manor Eddeva the fair held. There was and 

 is still i sokeman there holding a half-hide 

 which he could sell T.R.E. 



Wimund holds WERMELAI [Wormley] of 

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

 There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne 

 is I, and 6 bordars and (cum) i cottar have I 

 plough between them. Meadow is there 

 sufficient for 2 plough teams, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock, woodland to feed 150 swine. 

 From the half of a weir (come) 50 eels. 

 It is and was worth 40 shillings ; T.R.E. 

 60 shillings. This manor Alsi, one of 

 Eddeva's men, held, and he could sell. This 

 land belongs to (jacet in) Cestrehont [Ches- 

 hunt]. 



In BELINGEHOU [Bengeo] the Count holds i 

 virgate. There is land for half a plough, and 

 meadow for 2 oxen. It has always been worth 

 5 shillings. This land Snerri, one of the men 

 of Eddeva the fair, held and could sell. 



XVII. THE LAND OF COUNT 

 EUSTACE 4 



Count Eustace holds TREUNGA [Tring]. 8 

 It was assessed at 39 hides T.R.E., and now 

 (is assessed) at 5 hides and i virgate. There is 

 land for 20 ploughs. In the demesne are 12 

 hides. There are 3 ploughs on it, and there 

 could be 2 more. There 21 villeins and 

 (cum) 6 bordars and 16 cottars and 3 sokemen 

 have 9 ploughs between them, and there could 

 be 6 more. There are 8 serfs, and 2 mills 

 worth (de) 9 shillings. Meadow is there suffi- 

 cient for 10 plough teams, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock of the vill and (worth) 3 

 shillings (besides), and woodland to feed 1,000 

 swine. In this vill is a berewick where are 

 settled (sedeni) 8 villeins having 2 ploughs, 

 and there could be a third. Its total value 

 is 22 pounds of ' white pennies ' weighed by 

 the Count (ad pensum hujus comitis) 6 ; when 

 received it was worth 20 pounds; T.R.E. 25 

 pounds. This manor Engelric held T.R.E., 

 and there were there 2 sokemen, men of 

 Osulf son of Frane, who held 2 hides and 

 could sell ; these sokemen were attached 

 to this manor by Engelric himself after 

 king William came so the men of the hun- 

 dred testify. One of the men of the abbot of 

 Ramesyg [Ramsey] held 5 hides of this manor 



4 The count of Boulogne (J.H.R.). 

 B Now in Dacorum Hundred. 

 6 i.e. silver pennies assayed by fire and weighed 

 by the Count's own standard (J.H.R.). 



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