A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



mold l holds of the Count 2 hides. There is 

 land for 2 ploughs, and these are there, and 

 (cum) 7 bordars and 2 serfs. There is i mill 

 worth 2 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient 

 for 2 oxen, pasture sufficient for the live stock, 

 woodland to feed 20 swine. It is worth 20 

 shillings ; when received it was worth 40 

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

 ' Godid,' 2 a ' man ' of Asgar, held and could 

 sell. 



In HOREMEDE [Hormead] 2 Englishmen 

 hold of the Count 3 hides and i virgate. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs and a half-plough. 

 On the demesne are 2, and a priest and (cum) 

 2 cottars have between them I plough and a 

 half-plough. Meadow is there sufficient for 

 I plough team, woodland to feed 12 swine. 

 Its total value is 3 pounds ; when received 

 4 pounds ; T.R.E. 100 shillings. This 

 manor Wlward, one of Asgar the staller's men, 

 held and could sell. 



In BORDESDENE [Boreson] 8 the Count holds 

 i hide and i virgate and 4 acres. There 

 is land for 3 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 

 virgates, and there is I plough on it ; and 1 1 

 villeins and (cum) a priest have 2 ploughs be- 

 tween them. There are 2 serfs. Meadow is 

 there sufficient for a half-plough team, pas- 

 ture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to 

 feed 20 swine. Its total value is and was 3 

 pounds ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. This land 9 

 sokemen of Asgar the staller's held and could 

 sell. 



The Count himself holds COCHEHAMME- 

 STEDE [Cockhamstead]. It is assessed at 2 hides. 

 There is land for 6 ploughs. In the demesne 

 are 3 virgates, and there is i plough on it. 

 There 5 villeins and (cum) 3 bordars have 5 

 ploughs between them. One cottar is there 

 and 4 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for 

 i plough team, pasture sufficient for the live 

 stock, and woodland to feed 10 swine. 

 Its total value has always been 7 pounds. 

 This manor Gouti, one of earl Harold's thegns, 

 (held) and could sell. 



In HODESDONE [Hoddesdon] the canons 

 of St. Martin,* London, hold i hide of the 

 Count. There is land for i plough, and this 

 is there, with 3 bordars. Meadow is there 



1 See Mr. Round's Commune of London and other 

 Studies, p. 1 20. 



8 ' Godid ' is a woman's name. 



3 In Braughing, formerly in Little Hormead. 



* St. Martin's le Grand, founded by his pre- 

 decessor Engelric (J.H.R.). 



sufficient for i plough team, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock, woodland to feed 50 

 swine. From the weir (are received) 21 

 eels. The value is 15 shillings ; when re- 

 ceived it was 5 shillings ; T.R.E. it was 40 

 shillings. This land 'Godid,' 6 a 'man' of 

 Asgar the staller, held and could sell. 



IN BRACHINGES [BRAUGHING] HUNDRET 



The Count himself holds BRACHINGES 

 [Braughing]. It is assessed at 5 hides. There 

 is land for 1 1 ploughs. In the demesne are 

 3 hides, and there are 3 ploughs on it. There 

 10 villeins and (cum) a priest and 9 bordars 

 have 8 ploughs between them. There are 3 

 cottars and 6 serfs, and i mill worth 1 2 pence. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for 3 plough teams, 

 pasture sufficient for the live stock of the 

 vill, woodland to feed 6 swine. Its total 

 value is and was 16 pounds ; T.R.E. 2O 

 pounds. This manor 2 thegns held. Of 

 these one, king Edward's man, held 4 hides ; 

 the other, Asgar the staller's man, held i hide. 

 They could not sell because the holdings were 

 always in ' almoin ' (jacuerunt in elemosina] in 

 king Edward's time and the times of all his 

 predecessors, as the shire-moot (scyra) attests. 



XVIII. THE LAND OF EARL 

 ROGER 6 



IN ODESEI [ODSEY] HUNDRET 

 Earl Roger holds in BRADEFELLE [Broad- 

 field] a half-hide. There is land for half a 

 plough, but this is not there. There is wood- 

 land to feed 40 swine. It is and was worth 

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

 Gode held of queen Eddid and could sell. 



XIX. THE LAND OF ROBERT DE 

 OLGI 



Robert de Oilgi holds THEISESCOTE 7 [Tis- 

 cote] and Ralf Basset holds it of him. It was 

 assessed at 4 hides T.R.E., and it is now 

 assessed at 2. There is land for 4 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 2, and 3 villeins and 'a 

 half ' 8 and (cum) 2 sokemen, who hold one hide 

 (de una hida), and 5 bordars have 2 (between 

 them). There is I cottar and I serf, and i 

 mill worth (de) 10 shillings. Meadow is there 

 sufficient for 3 plough teams. In all its value 

 is 70 shillings ; when received it was 4 



6 ' Godid ' is a woman's name. 



6 Roger de Montgomery, of Arundel and 

 Shrewsbury (J.H.R.). 



7 Now in Dacorum Hundred. 



8 So the MS. 



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