THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



lings. Meadow is there sufficient for a half- 

 plough team, pasture sufficient for the live 

 stock of the vill, woodland to feed 1,000 

 swine. In all its value is 10 pounds ; when 

 received it was 100 shillings ; T.R.E. 12 

 pounds. This manor was held by Aschil, 

 one of king Edward's thegns, and one of his 

 men held i hide and i virgate and could sell. 

 Of dues he found I 'avera' (the carrying of I 

 load) when the King came into the shire. If 

 the King did not come he paid 5 pence. 



IN ODESEI [ODSEY] HUNDRET 



In RETTH [Reed] Eudo holds i virgate. 

 There is land for 2 oxen to plough. It has 

 always been worth 2 shillings. This land 

 Sinod, one of the men of St. Mary of Cetriz 

 (Chatteris), held and could sell. 



IN EDWINESTREU [DWINSTREE] HUNDRET 



In BERLAI [Barley] Eudo holds 2 hides and 

 2O acres. There is land for 2 ploughs. In 

 the demesne are i^ hides and 20 acres, and 

 he works it with the ploughs that belong to 

 him at Nuesselle (laborat cum propriis carucis de 

 Neuesselle) [Newsellsbury]. There 4 villeins 

 have i plough between them. There are 2 

 serfs. This land is worth 30 shillings ; when 

 received 10 shillings; T.R.E. 40 shillings. 

 Two brothers held this land. One of them was 

 a sokeman of king Edward's and had i hide 

 and 10 acres; the other, a man of Tochi's, 

 had i hide and 10 acres. Either could sell. 



In BERCHEWEIG [Barkway] Eudo holds 

 Neusela [Newsellsbury]. It is assessed at 4 

 hides and a half-virgate. 1 



In ICHETONE [Layston] * Walter holds of 

 Eudo 6 acres. There is land for i ox (to 

 plough). It has always been worth 12 pence. 

 Aldred, one of king Edward's thegns, held it 

 and could sell. 



Richard de Sachanuilla holds of Eudo 

 ABSESDENE [Aspenden]. It is assessed at i^ 

 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 2. A priest and (cum) 6 

 bordars have i plough. There are 3 serfs. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, 

 and woodland to feed 20 swine. Altogether 



its value is 4 pounds ; when received it was 

 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. This 

 manor Aldred, one of king Edward's thegns, 

 held. 



Eudo himself holds NEUSELA [Newsells- 

 bury]. It is assessed at 5 hides and half a 

 virgate. There is land for 14 ploughs. In 

 the demesne are 3 hides and a virgate, and 

 on it are 5 ploughs. Ten villeins there and 

 (cum) 6 bordars have 9 ploughs. There are 

 7 cottars and 21 serfs. 3 Meadow is there 

 sufficient for i plough team, woodland to 

 feed 100 swine, pasture sufficient for the 

 live stock of the vill. Its whole value is 

 1 8 pounds ; when received it was 6 pounds ; 

 T.R.E. 12 pounds. Of this manor 4 hides 

 and a virgate were held by Aldred, a thegn 

 of king Edward's ; and there i sokeman, 

 earl Algar's man, held 3 virgates, and another 

 sokeman, the aforesaid Aldred's man, had i 

 virgate. This man paid i penny yearly to 

 the sheriff. All these could sell their land. 



IN HERTFORD HUNDRET 



Humfrey * holds of Eudo half a hide 

 [ ']. There is land for 2 ploughs. 



On the demesne is one, and 4 bordars have one 

 plough. Seven cottars are there, and i mill 

 worth (de) 6 shillings and 8 pence. Woodland 

 is there to feed 50 swine. Its total value has 

 always been 60 shillings. This land Lefsi, 

 king Edward's bailiff (prepositus), held and 

 could sell. The bishop of Bayeux took it 

 from Lefsi and gave it to Eudo, and it was 

 taken possession of to the wrong of the King 

 (occupata est super regem). With this land when 

 Humphrey took it from Eudo he got 68 oxen 

 and 350 sheep and 150 swine and 50 goats 

 and i mare, and 13 shillings and 4 pence of 

 the King's rent (de censu regis), and between 

 cloths and vessels (inter pannoi et vend) 20 

 shillings. 



XXXII. THE LAND OF EDWARD 

 THE SHERIFF 



IN DANAIS [DACORUM] HUNDRET 



Edward de Sarisberie 6 holds GATESDENE 

 [Great Gaddesden]. It was assessed at 6 

 hides T.R.E., and now is assessed at 3 hides, 

 but I of these is assessed in Treunge Hundret 



1 This entry seems to be incomplete and super- 

 seded by the one below. Kudo's entire holding 

 there was 5^ hides, but this entry may refer only 

 to what Aldred had held (J.H.R.). 



2 See p. 310, note 4. 



3 Servus (as usual) in MS. 



4 See note 7 above, p. 3z8. 



5 MS. possibly defective. 



6 Edward of Salisbury, sheriff of Wiltshire 

 (J.H.R.). 



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