A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



plough there, and another could be added. 

 There 3 villeins have I plough between them. 

 There are i cottar and i serf. Pasture is 

 there sufficient for the live stock, underwood 1 

 (rispalia) for the fences. It is worth 40 shil- 

 lings ; when received 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 

 40 shillings. Swen, one of earl Harold's 

 men, held this manor and could sell. 



IN ODESEI [ODSEY] HUNDRET 



In WALLINGTONE [Wallington] Fulco holds 

 of Goisbert 3 hides and 40 acres of land. 

 There is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne 

 are 2 ; and 4 villeins and (cum) 3 bordars have 

 2, and a third could be added. One cottar is 

 there and 2 serfs. Pasture is there sufficient 

 for the live stock, wood sufficient for the 

 fences. In all the value is 50 shillings ; 

 when received 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 100 

 shillings. Ederic, one of earl Algar's men, 

 held this manor and could sell. A sokeman, 

 one of the men of Eddeva the fair, held 24 

 acres of the same land and could sell. Of 

 these earl Ralph had been seized, but he was 

 not seized of them on the day of his forfeiture 

 (die qua forisfecit)* according to the testimony 

 of the hundred (court). 



XXXVI. THE LAND OF PETER DE 

 VALONGIES 



IN BRADEWATRE [BROADWATER] HUNDRET 



Peter de Valognes (Valongies) 8 holds half 

 a virgate in DACEWORDE [Datchworth] and 

 Robert holds it of him. There is land for 2 

 oxen (to plough), but they are not there. 

 This land is and always was worth 6 shillings. 

 Alstan, a man of Almar of Belintone [Ben- 

 nington], held this land and could sell. 



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In DICHELESWELLE [Digswell] Roger holds 

 of Peter i hide. There is land for 3 ploughs. 

 On the demesne is I, and 5 villeins and (cum] 

 3 bordars have 2 ploughs. There are 8 

 cottars, and a moiety of a mill (dimidium 

 malena") worth (de) 40 pence. Meadow is 

 there sufficient for 2 oxen, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock, woodland to feed 50 swine. 

 In all the value is 35 shillings ; when received 

 it was 2O shillings ; T.R.E. 50 shillings. 

 Topi, one of Almar's men, held this land and 

 could sell. 



1 This is probably what is meant, but the word 

 ' rispalia ' is difficult (J.H.R.). 



* Ralf earl of Norfolk. See the Introduction 

 (p. 296) for his forfeiture (J.H.R.). 



3 Sheriff of the shire at the time of Domesday 

 (J.H.R.). 



In GRAVELAI [Graveley] Godfrey holds of 

 Peter 2 hides and i virgate and a half. There 

 is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, 

 and 3 villeins and (cum) 4 bordars have i 

 plough. There are 2 cottars and 2 serfs. 

 There is pasture sufficient for the live stock, 

 and wood for fences and buildings. It is 

 worth 40 shillings ; when received it was 

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

 Lemar held this manor of ./Elmar of Belin- 

 tone [Bennington] and could sell. 



In ESCELVEIA [? Chells] 4 Godfrey holds of 

 Peter i hide and a half. There is land for 

 i plough, and it is there, with 2 bordars and i 

 serf. It is worth 30 shillings ; when received 

 it was worth 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shil- 

 lings. Of this land Alwin held i hide and 

 a half all but 10 acres and i toft, which 

 Alwin Dode, a man of Alvric the little, held. 

 They used to belong to (jacebant in) Wilga 

 [Welwyn]. He could not sell this land so 

 as to separate it thence (extra). 



In WLWENEWICHE [Wollenwick 8 ] Roger 

 holds of Peter I virgate and a half. There 

 is land for a half-plough, but this is not there. 

 There are 5 cottars. Meadow is there suffi- 

 cient for 2 oxen, woodland to feed 10 swine. 

 It is and was worth 3 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 

 shillings. Alwin, a man of ./Elmer of Belin- 

 tone [Bennington], held this land and could 

 sell. 



In BOXE [Boxbury] 6 Peter holds I hide 

 and 3 virgates. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 There is i bordar. This land belongs to 

 Belintone [Bennington] and is appraised (ap- 

 preciata est) there, and is worked (colitur) by 

 his own ploughs. 7 



Peter himself holds BELINTONE [Benning- 

 ton]. It is assessed at 10 hides. There is 

 land for 1 1 ploughs. In the demesne are 6 

 hides, and on it are 3 ploughs, and there could 

 be 2 more. 8 There 16 villeins and (cum) 

 a priest and 17 bordars have 8 ploughs. 

 There are I cottar and 5 serfs. Woodland 



' In Stevenage (see p. 333, note 2). 



6 See Introduction (p. 297) for this lost name. 

 In Stevenage. 



7 l.e. those belonging to Peter at Bennington. 



8 Here is, apparently, a contradiction, for the 

 1 1 ploughs existing there are as many as there are 

 said to be land for. But perhaps the excess of 

 demesne ploughs was required for the cultivation 

 of ' Boxe ' (see preceding entry), where exactly 

 that excess would be needed (J.H.R.). 



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