THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



In TITEBERST [Titeberst] l Lovet holds of 

 Geoffrey a half-hide. There is land for 6 

 oxen to plough, and there is i villein. Wood- 

 land is there to feed 24 swine. It has always 

 been worth 5 shillings. This land a sokeman, 

 one of the men of the abbot of St. Alban, 

 held and could sell. 



IN BRADEWATRE [BROADWATER] HUNDRET 



In DACEWORDE [Datchworth] 2 knights 

 (milites) hold of Geoffrey 2^ virgates. There 

 is land for i plough, and the plough is there, 

 with 3 villeins. It is and was worth 12 shil- 

 lings and 8 pence ; T.R.E. 2O shillings. 

 Three sokemen, men of king Edward's, held 

 this land and could sell. 



In WELGE [Welwyn] Roger holds of Geof- 

 frey 2 hides. There is land for 7 ploughs. 

 On the demesne is i, and there could be an- 

 other. There 6 villeins and (cum) 4 bordars 

 have 4 ploughs, and a fifth could be added. 

 There are 4 cottars and i serf, and I mill 

 worth 8 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient 

 for 2 plough teams, pasture sufficient for the 

 live stock, woodland to feed 20 swine. In 

 all the value is 50 shillings ; when received it 

 was 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 6 pounds. Gode 

 and his son held this land of queen Eddid and 

 could sell. 



In LANGELEI [Langley] Otbert holds of 

 Geoffrey i hide and a half. There is land 

 for 3 ploughs. One plough is there, and there 

 could be 2 others. There are 2 villeins 

 and 4 cottars. There is i serf. Meadow is 

 there sufficient for i ox, woodland to feed 1 50 

 swine. It is worth 30 shillings ; when re- 

 ceived it was worth 25 shillings ; T.R.E. 30 

 shillings. Swen, one of earl Harold's men, 

 held this manor and could sell. 



In SCELVK [PChells] 2 Alvric Busch holds 

 of Geoffrey virgate. There is land for 2 

 oxen (to plough), and these are there. This 

 land has always been worth 5 shillings. The 

 same man held it T.R.E. ; he was one of 

 Swen's men (and) of king Edward's soke. 

 Of custom he gave to the sheriff i half- 

 penny yearly. 



In WILIE [Willian] Geoffrey de Bech 

 himself holds 5 hides and I virgate. There 

 is land for 9 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 

 hides, and on it are 2 ploughs, and there could 

 be 2 more. There 10 villeins with i knight 



1 See p. 308, note 4. 



8 In Stevenage. See Introduction, p. 298. 



(milite) and 4 bordars have 5 ploughs. Meadow 

 is there sufficient for a half-plough team, 

 pasture sufficient for the live stock, wood for 

 the fences. Altogether it is worth i o pounds 

 and 14 shillings ; when received it was worth 

 4 pounds; T.R.E. 12 pounds. This manor 

 Leuric, a house-carl of earl Lewin, held and 

 could sell ; and there i sokeman, a man of 

 Elmar of Benintone [Bennington], had a 

 half-hide and could sell ; and a widow had a 

 half-hide all but 10 acres. She could not sell 

 except by leave of Goduin of Laceworde 

 [Letch worth]. 



In RODEHANGRE [ 3 ] Lovet holds 



of Geoffrey i virgate. There is land for 2 

 oxen (to plough). It has always been worth 

 44 pence. Alwin, a sokeman of king Ed- 

 ward's, held this land and could sell, and he 

 gave of custom to the sheriff i penny. 



IN EDWINESTREU [DWINSTREE] HUNDRET 



In BERLAI [Barley] Ansfrid holds of Geof- 

 frey 20 acres. There is land for 2 oxen (to 

 plough). It has always been worth 3 shillings. 

 This land Algar, one of Wigar's men, held 

 and could sell. 



In COCHENAC [Cockenhatch in Barkway] 

 Ansfrid holds of Geoffrey i hide and 12 

 acres. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the 

 demesne are 2, and there I villein and (cum) 8 

 bordars have 2 ploughs between them. There 

 are 6 cottars and i serf. Meadow is there suf- 

 ficient for i plough team, woodland to feed 50 

 swine. This manor is worth 60 shillings ; 

 when received it was worth 40 shillings ; 

 T.R.E. i oo shillings. Algar, one of Wigar's 

 men, held this land and could sell. 



IN THE HALF-HUNDRET OF Hiz [HITCHIN] 



In HEGESTANESTONE [Hexton] Ralf holds 

 of Geoffrey i hide. 4 There is land for i 

 plough and a half-plough. A half-plough is 

 there, and another plough could be added. 

 There are 2 bordars. Meadow is there suffi- 

 cient for a half-plough team, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock. There are 2 cottars, and i 

 mill worth (de) 40 pence. This land is worth 

 30 shillings; when received IO shillings; 

 T.R.E. 40 shillings. Alric, one of Asgar the 

 staller's men, held this land and could sell. 

 The soke remained in Hiz [Hitchin], and 



8 See, for this place and its probable locality, 

 Anecdote Oxoniensa (Mediaeval and Modern Series), 



vii. 133-4- 



4 See Introduction, p. 273. 



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