THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



is land for I plough. A half-plough is there, 

 and there could be another half-plough. It is 

 and was worth 5 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 shil- 

 lings. Two sokemen of king Edward's held 

 this land and could sell ; they paid 2 pence 

 yearly to the sheriff. 1 



In SELA [Sele] * Goduin holds of Geoffrey 

 half a hide. There is land for i plough, and 

 it is there, with 2 serfs, and i mill worth 2 

 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for i 

 plough team, there is wood sufficient for the 

 fences, and pasture for the live stock. It has 

 always been worth 10 shillings. The same 

 man held it T.R.E. and could sell. 



In ROCHESFORDE [Roxford near Herting- 

 fordbury] Guy the priest holds of Geoffrey 

 half a hide. There is land for I plough and 

 a half-plough. On the demesne is I plough, 

 and a half-plough could be added. There are 

 3 bordars, and I mill worth 5 shillings. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for I plough 

 team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, 

 woodland to feed 50 swine. The total value 

 is and was 15 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 shillings. 

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

 land and could sell. 



In BLACHEMENE [Panshanger] 3 Geoffrey 

 Runevile holds of Geoffrey i hide. There 

 is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is i, 

 and there could be another. There are I 

 villein and 2 bordars. Meadow is there suf- 

 ficient for 2 plough teams, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock, woodland to feed 40 swine. 

 This land is and was worth 15 shillings ; 

 T.R.E. 40 shillings. Two thegns of king 

 Edward's held this land and could sell. 



IN BRACHINGES [BRAUGHING] HUNDRET 



In STANSTEDE [Stanstead (Abbots)] Geoffrey 

 holds of Geoffrey de Bech half a hide. 

 There is land for a half-plough, and this is 

 there, with I cottar. Meadow is there suffi- 

 cient for a half-plough team. This land is 

 worth i o shillings ; when received it was 

 worth 5 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 shillings. 

 Bettice, a man of Wlwin of Estewiche 



1 See note 5 above, p. 334. 



2 A manor now represented by St. Andrews on 

 the west of Hertford. 



3 The manors of Blackmere (the above ' Blache- 

 mene ') and Panshanger were originally distinct. 



[Eastwick], 4 held this land and could sell, and 

 paid 2 pence. 5 



In ESTEWICHE [Eastwick] Rainald holds 

 of Geoffrey 2 hides. There is land for 4 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 3, and 4 

 villeins and (cum) a priest and 2 bordars have 

 2 ploughs. 6 There are 5 serfs, and i mill 

 worth (de) 5 shillings. Meadow is there 

 sufficient for 5 plough teams, 7 woodland to feed 

 20 swine. In all the value is 60 shillings ; 

 when received it was 40 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 

 pounds. Wlwin, a thegn of earl Harold's, 

 held this land and could sell. 



In WICHEHAM [Wickham] 8 Roger and 

 Osbert hold of Geoffrey 3 virgates and 5 

 acres. There is land for I plough and a half- 

 plough, and these are there, with 8 bordars. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for a half-plough 

 team, woodland to feed 8 swine. Its value is 

 and was 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. 

 Three sokemen of king Edward's held this 

 land and could sell, and they paid to the 

 sheriff 3 pence yearly. 



XXXV. THE LAND OF GOISBERT 

 DE BELVACO 



Goisbert de Beauvais (Belvaco) holds Wi- 

 MUNDESLAI 9 [Wymondley]. It is assessed at 



3 hides and I virgate. There is land for 4 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 hides and 2 

 virgates and a half, and on it there are 2 

 ploughs, and a third could be added. There 



4 villeins and (cum) 3 bordars have i plough. 

 There are 4 cottars and 2 serfs. Meadow is 

 there sufficient for i plough team, pasture 

 sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 

 10 swine. In all the value is 60 shillings; 

 when received it was 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 

 60 shillings. Swen, one of earl Harold's 

 men, held this manor and could sell. 



In GRAVELAI [Graveley] the same Goisbert 

 holds 2 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. 

 In the demesne are 5^ virgates, and there is i 



4 See next entry (J.H.R.). 



5 Evidently to the sheriff as commutation for 

 ' avera ' on half a hide (J.H.R.). 



6 There is thus one more plough (team) than 

 there was land for (J.H.R.). 



7 Here again the number is 5, which suggests 

 that the ' 4 ' ploughlands should be ' 5 ' (J.H.R.). 



8 Wickham Hall in Little Hadham, which was 

 in Edwinstree Hundred (J.H.R.). , . 



9 The manors in Broadwater Hundred begin 

 here. 



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