THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



ploughs. In the demesne there are 13 hides, 

 and on it are 3 ploughs. There could be 3 

 more. There 38 villeins and (cum) a priest 

 and the reeve (preposito) of the vill and (cum) 

 3 Frenchmen and 2 Englishmen have 26 

 ploughs and a half-plough. 1 There are 27 

 bordars and 12 cottars and 9 serfs. Under 

 the Frenchmen and the Englishmen are 32 

 men between villeins and bordars. 8 There 

 are 2 mills worth (tie) 24 shillings, and 400 

 eels less 25 ; and other men have 3 mills 

 producing 10 shillings yearly. Meadow is 

 there sufficient for 2O plough teams, woodland 

 to feed 400 swine. There is an enclosure 

 for beasts of the chase (parcus bestiarum silvati- 

 carum) and 4 arpents of vineyard just planted. 

 The total value is 45 pounds ; when received 

 it was 50 pounds ; T.R.E. also 50. This 

 manor Anschil of Waras [Ware] held, and 



1 sokeman, his man, had there 2 hides, and 

 another sokeman, earl Guert's 8 man, held half 

 a hide. Either could sell. These two, after 

 king William came, were attached to this 

 manor. They did not belong to it in king 

 Edward's time so the shire-moot (scira) testi- 

 fies. 



XXVII. THE LAND OF HUGH DE 



BELCAMP 



Hugh de Beauchamp (Belcamp) holds in 

 BELINGEHOU [Bengeo] as i manor 6 hides, and 



2 knights (milites) hold them of him. There 

 is land for 8 ploughs. On the demesne are 

 2 ploughs, and 7 villeins with 6 bordars have 2 

 ploughs between them, and there could be 4 

 more. There are 2 serfs, and I mill worth 6 

 shillings and 8 pence. Meadow is there suffi- 

 cient for 3 plough teams, pasture sufficient for 

 the live stock of the vill, and woodland to 

 feed 20 swine. In all the value is and was 3 

 pounds ; T.R.E. 6 pounds. This manor 

 Brand, a house-carl of king Edward, held. 



XXVIII. THE LAND OF WILLIAM 



DE OW 



William de Ow (holds) in GRAVELAI* 

 [Graveley] I virgates and Peter 5 holds these 

 of him. There is land for half a plough, 

 but it is not (there). There are 2 villeins. 



1 There would seem to be an omission here of 

 a clause stating that 5^ more ploughs were re- 

 quired for the complement (J.H.R.). 



* I.e. counting them together (J.H.R.). 



Harold's brother Gyrth (J.H.R.). 



4 The manors in Broadwater Hundred begin 

 , 6 

 here. 



5 Peter de Valognes, the sheriff (J.H.R.). 



This land is worth 3 shillings ; when received 

 it was worth 4 shillings ; and 4 shillings also 

 T.R.E. Alestan of Boscumbe [Boscombe] 6 

 held i virgate of this land, and it belonged to 

 (jacebat in) Westone [Weston], and Lepsi, a 

 sokeman of king Edward, (held) a half-virgate 

 which he could sell, and of custom he gave 

 to the sheriff a half-penny. Of this half-hide 

 (sic) 8 acres and I toft ' lay ' (jacebant) in 

 Stigenace [Stevenage]. These king Edward 

 gave to St. Peter of Westminster. Roger, 

 bailiff (minister) of Peter de Valongies, now 

 holds them. 



In WILGA [Welwyn] William de Ow holds 

 half a hide. There is land for a half-plough, 

 but it is not there. This land was always 

 worth 3 shillings. Alestan of Boscombe 

 held it, and it belonged to (jacebat in) Westone 

 [Weston]. 



In the same vill William de Mara holds 2 

 hides of William de Ow. There is land for 3 

 ploughs. On the demesne is i,and 5 villeins 

 have another, and a third could be added. 

 There are 2 cottars. Pasture is there sufficient 

 for the live stock. This land is and was 

 worth 32 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. Alestan 

 of Boscumbe [Boscombe] held i hide of it. 

 It belonged to (jacebat in) Weston. And 

 Alviet, his man, held I hide. Either could 

 sell. 



William de Ow himself holds WESTONE 

 [Weston]. It is assessed at 10 hides. There 

 is land for 23 ploughs. In the demesne are 

 5 hides, and there are 5 ploughs on it, and 

 there could be a sixth. There 33 villeins 

 and (cum) 2 priests and I knight (miles) and 2 

 Frenchmen have 16 ploughs (between them), 

 and there could be another (plough). There 

 are 15 bordars and 12 cottars and 10 serfs, 

 and I mill worth 10 shillings. Meadow is 

 there sufficient for 3 plough teams, pasture 

 sufficient for the live stock, woodland (silva) 

 to feed 500 swine. From wood (bosco) and 

 pasture (come) 13 shillings and 4 pence. Its 

 value in all is 2O pounds ; when received it 

 was 25 pounds ; T.R.E. 30 pounds. This 

 manor Alestan, a thegn of king Edward, held. 



In BOXE [Boxbury] 7 Peter holds of William 

 de Ow 2 hides and 3 virgates. There is 

 land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, 

 and there could be a third. There 2 villeins 

 with 4 bordars have 2 ploughs between them. 



8 In Wiltshire. See Introduction, p. 277. 

 7 In Stevenage. 



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