A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



plough team, pasture sufficient for the live 

 stock, woodland sufficient for 4 swine. In 

 all the value is 45 shillings ; when received 

 it was 40 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. Tur- 

 chil, one of Asgar the staller's men, held this 

 manor and could sell. 



IN BRACHINGS [BRAUGHING] HUNDRET 



In STANESTEDE [Stanstead] a sokeman holds 

 of Geoffrey i half-virgate. There is land for 2 

 oxen to plough, and these are there. Meadow 

 is there sufficient to feed 6 oxen, woodland to 

 feed i pig. It has always been worth 2 shil- 

 lings. The same man held it T.R.E. He 

 was Asgar's man and could sell. 



Geoffrey himself holds SABRIXTEWORDE 

 [Sawbridgworth] as 24^ hides. There is 

 land for 40 ploughs. In the demesne are 1 5 

 hides, and on it are 10 ploughs, and there 

 could be 2 more. There 50 villeins and 

 4 sokemenand (cum) a priest have 28 ploughs. 

 The reeve (prepositui) has a half-hide, a priest 

 I hide. Of the villeins 14 have each i vir- 

 gate and 35 each a virgate ; and these 

 villeins hold (in common) i virgate and a 

 half and 9 acres, from which they render 

 dues of 17 shillings and 4 pence yearly. 

 There 46 bordars have each 8 acres ; and 

 there are 2 bordars 'of 10 acres' 1 and 20 

 cottars 'of 26 acres,' l and there are 30 (other) 

 cottars and 30 serfs. Under the sokemen are 

 7 cottars. Asgar has 2 hides. Under him 

 are 2 villeins and 7 bordars and 3 cottars and 

 4 serfs. Kip has half a hide, and i mill worth 

 (de) 2O shillings ; and another sokeman (there 

 is) 'of 5 shillings and 4 pence.' 8 Meadow is 

 there for 20 plough teams, pasture for the live 

 stock, woodland to feed 300 swine, and there 

 is a revenue from these 8 of 4 shillings. Alto- 

 gether the value is 50 pounds ; when received 

 it was 60 pounds ; and 60 also T.R.E. This 



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manor Asgar the staller held, and there were 

 there 4 sokemen. Two of these, men of the 

 same Asgar, had half a hide and could sell, 

 except the soke (prefer socam) ; the third, one 

 of earl Harold's men, had i virgate ; the 

 fourth, a man of Alwin of Godtone, had I 

 virgate. These could part with their land 

 or sell. The soke was Asgar the staller's. 

 Besides these (adbuc) i sokeman of Asgar's 

 had 2 hides, but he could not sell. 



1 Ijt. holding that amount between them 

 (J.H.R.). 



* i.e. paying that amount (J.H.R.). 

 8 (earum) i.e. pasture and woodland. 



Geoffrey himself holds TORLEI [Thorley]. 

 It is assessed at 4 hides. There is land for 8 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 hides, and 

 there are 4 ploughs on it. There 5 villeins 

 and a knight (quodam mi/ite) 4 and (cum) a 

 priest and 9 bordars have 3 ploughs and a half- 

 plough, and another half-plough could be 

 added. There are 1 1 serfs, and i mill worth 

 10 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for 

 2 plough teams, woodland to feed 40 swine, 

 pasture sufficient for the live stock. In 

 all its value is 8 pounds ; when received it 

 was 100 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 pounds. This 

 manor Godid, 6 a ' man ' of Asgar the staller, 

 held and could sell. William, bishop of Lon- 

 don, bought this manor of king William by 

 the concession (per concessionem) of the same 

 Godid, and now the bishop of London claims 

 it back (reclamat). 



In WICHEHAM [Wickham] 6 i sokeman 

 holds of Geoffrey 8 acres. There is land for 

 2 oxen (to plough), woodland to feed 2 swine. 

 It has always been worth 16 pence. The 

 same man held it T.R.E. He was Godid's 

 man and could sell. He was of the King's 

 soke. This belonged to (jacuit in) Wiche- 

 ham T.R.E. This sokeman Geoffrey attached 

 to Torlei, where the soke did not belong 

 T.R.E. 



In WICHEHAM [Wickham] 2 knights 

 (milites) hold of Geoffrey i hide and 3 acres. 

 There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne 

 is i, and there could be another. Meadow 

 is there sufficient for i plough team, woodland 

 to feed 14 swine. In all its value is 10 shil- 

 lings ; when received it was 20 shillings ; 

 T.R.E. 40 shillings. Two sokemen, men 

 of Asgar's, held this land and could sell. 



XXXIV. THE LAND OF GEOFFREY 

 DE BECH 



IN DANEIS [DACORUM] HUNDRET 



Geoffrey de Bech holds in WENRIGA 

 [Windridge] and Ralf holds of him i hide 

 and a half. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 I is there, and there could be another. There 

 are 3 bordars. Woodland is there to feed 

 300 swine, pasture sufficient for the live 

 stock. This land is and was worth 20 shil- 

 lings ; T.R.E. 50 shillings, JEilmzr, one of 

 earl Lewin's men, held this land and could 

 sell. 



4 This should be quldam miles. 



6 ' Godid ' is a woman's name (J.H.R.). 



6 Wickham Hall in Little Hadham. 



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