

A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



there (it l ) found I ' avera ' (the carrying of 

 i load). 



Geoffrey himself holds LINLEI [Lilley]. 

 It is assessed at 5 hides. 8 There is land for 9 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 hides, and there 

 are 3 ploughs on it. There 19 villeins and 

 (cum) a priest have 5 ploughs, and a sixth 

 could be added. There are 6 bordars and 

 4 cottars and 6 serfs. Pasture is there suffi- 

 cient for the live stock, woodland to feed 6 

 swine. In all the value is and was 100 

 shillings ; T.R.E. 7 pounds. This manor 

 Leueva held of earl Harold ; and there I 

 sokemar., a man of Harold's, had 3^ virgates 

 of the same land and could sell, and he ren- 

 dered one 'avera' in Hiz [Hitchin] or else 

 3 pence and I half-penny. 



IN HERFORT [HERTFORD] HUNDRET 



Geoffrey himself holds HAILET [Hailey]. 

 It is assessed at 2 hides. There is land for 2 

 ploughs. In the demesne are i hide and 3 

 virgates, and on it is i plough, and a half- 

 plough could be added. There 2 villeins and 

 (cum) 2 bordars have a half-plough. There 

 are 3 cottars and I serf. Meadow is there 

 sufficient for I plough team, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock, woodland to feed 50 swine. 

 There (are received) 50 eels from the weir. 

 It is worth 30 shillings ; when received it 

 was worth 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. 

 Wlwin, one of earl Harold's men, held this 

 land. 



Of a certain wood Ralf de Limesi claims 

 that he ought to have as much as belongs to 

 (the) 3 hides of Emmewelle [Amwell] and 



fo. I40b 



he also claims 2 villeins of i virgate 3 and i 

 bordar of 10 acres, 8 and also 24 acres of land 

 which Ilbert of Hertford* took away and 

 attached to this manor, as the men of the 

 shire-moot (scira) attest ; and the canons of 

 Waltham claim that they ought to have as 

 much woodland as belongs to I hide. 



In BRICHENDONE [Brickendon] Isenbard 

 holds of Geoffrey 5 virgates as i manor. 

 There is land for i plough, and it is there. 

 There is meadow sufficient for i plough team, 

 woodland to feed 40 swine. It is and was 

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

 Leueron, one of archbishop Stigand's men, 

 held this land and could sell. 



1 The land. 



8 See Introduction, p. 273. 



3 i.e. who held that amount (J.H.R.) 



4 Formerly sheriff (J-H.R.). 



In BELINGEHOU [Bengeo] the same Geoffrey 

 holds 5 hides and i virgate as i manor. 

 There is land for 5 ploughs. In the demesne 

 are 3^ hides, and i plough is on it, and an- 

 other could be added. There 2 Frenchmen 

 and (cum) 2 villeins with 6 bordars have 3 

 ploughs. There are 34 cottars. Meadow is 

 there sufficient for 2 plough teams, pasture 

 sufficient for the live stock and (worth) 8 pence 

 (besides), wood sufficient for the fences. 

 In all its value is and was 100 shillings ; 

 T.R.E. 8 pounds. Anand, a house-carl of 

 king Edward's, held this manor, and there one 

 sokeman had a half-virgate and could sell. 



In the same vill the same Geoffrey holds 

 6 hides as one manor. There is land for 8 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 2^ hides. 

 There 4 knights (mi/ites), holding 4 hides, and 

 (cum) 2 villeins have 3 ploughs and a half- 

 plough (between them), and 4 ploughs and a 

 half-plough could be added. There are 10 

 bordars and 5 serfs. Meadow is there suffi- 

 cient for 3 plough teams, pasture sufficient for 

 the live stock, woodland to feed 30 swine. 

 In all the value is I oo shillings ; when re- 

 ceived it was 60 shillings ; T.R.E. 8 pounds. 

 Elaf, a thegn of king Edward's, held this 

 manor. 



In the same vill 3 knights (milites) hold of 

 Geoffrey I hide and i virgate and a half. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs, but there are no 

 ploughs except on the demesne (domlnicte 

 caructe). There are 4 bordars. Meadow is 

 there sufficient for 4 oxen, wood sufficient for 

 the fences. It is and was worth 20 shillings ; 

 T.R.E. 40 shillings. This land 3 sokemen 

 held. Two of these, Walcra and Lepsi, had 

 I hide belonging to (de) the King's soke and 

 gave 4 pence of dues ; 6 the third, Alestan, 

 held I virgate and a half belonging to (de) the 

 King's soke and paid 3 half-pence. 5 All 

 however (vero) could sell their lands. 



In the same vill Roger holds of Geoffrey 

 5 virgates and a half. There is land for 2 

 ploughs. One plough is there, and there could 

 be another. There are 4 villeins. It is and 

 was worth 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. 

 Four sokemen of king Edward's held this land 

 and could sell, and they paid the sheriff 6 

 pence yearly. 6 



In the same vill a priest and a Frenchman 

 hold of Geoffrey 3 virgates and a half. There 



> These were commutations for ' avera ' (carry- 

 ing service) as explained in the Introduction. 



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