THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



is there sufficient for 100 swine. There is a 

 park for beasts of the chase (parcus silvaticarum 

 bestiarum). Altogether it is worth 1 2 pounds ; 

 when received it was worth 6 pounds ; 

 T.R.E. 14 pounds. .(Elmer of Belintone 

 held this manor. 



In STUTEREHELE [Libury *] 2 sokemen 

 hold of Peter I hide and 3 virgates. There 

 is land for 2 ploughs, and these are there, with 

 i bordar. Meadow is there sufficient for a 

 half-plough team, pasture sufficient for the live 

 stock. Altogether it is and was worth 20 

 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. One hide of 

 this land was held by Leueron, a man of 

 Elmer of Belintone. He could not sell except 

 by Elmer's consent. And Alwin held 3 vir- 

 gates ; he was the same ./Elma^r's man, but 

 belonged to king Edward's soke and could 

 sell. He found 3 parts of i ' avera ' (f of i 

 carrying load) or else 3 pence for the sheriff. 



In STUTEREHELE [Libury *] Peter holds 

 half a virgate and 10 acres. There is land 

 for 3 oxen (to plough). One bordar is there. 

 Woodland is there to feed 4 swine. This land 

 is worth 2 shillings ; T.R.E. 8 . A 



sokeman of king Edward's held it and could 

 sell. Of custom he rendered the fourth part 

 of i ' avera ' (service of carrying \ of a load) 

 or else gave the King's sheriff i penny yearly. 



The aforesaid land Peter the sheriff took 

 from this sokeman of king William into 

 the same King's hands as forfeit for his not 

 having discharged the King's geld. So his 

 men say, but the men of the shire-moot (scira) 

 do not bear out the evidence of the sheriff 

 (nan portant testimonium vicecomiti) because it 

 was always free (quieta) of geld and other (dues) 

 to the King (erga regem), as long as (the soke- 

 man) held it, according to the testimony of 

 the hundred(-moot). 



In the same vill Alward holds of Peter 

 half a virgate. There is land for i ox to 

 plough. Its value has always been 16 pence. 

 This land a certain woman held of Almar. 



In SEUECHAMPE [Sacomb] Peter holds 9 

 hides less i virgate. There is land for 

 7 ploughs. In the demesne are 6 hides, and 

 there are 3 ploughs there, and there could be 

 a fourth. There 5 villeins and (cum) 6 bor- 

 dars and i cleric have 3 ploughs. There are 

 6 cottars and 4 serfs, and i mill worth (de) 

 2O shillings. Woodland is there to feed 60 



swine. In all the value is and was 6 pounds ; 

 T.R.E. 8 pounds. Four hides of this manor 

 Elmasr held as I manor, according to the 

 witness of the hundred (court), and Lewin 

 held 2 hides less i virgate as i manor. He 

 was a man of earl Harold and could sell. 

 In the manor which Elmer held were 4 

 sokemen. One of these held hide and 

 could sell ; another held i virgate, but could 

 not sell without the consent of Elmaer, his 

 lord. The third and fourth held hide all 

 but 6 acres and could sell. Over these two 

 king Edward held sake and soke, and each 

 rendered to the sheriff ^ of an 'avera' 

 (carrying of \ of a load) yearly or I penny. 

 These 4 were men of ./Elmer of Belintone. 

 In the same manor a certain woman held 

 5 virgates under Anschil of Waras [Ware], 

 and could sell all except i virgate, which she 

 mortgaged (posuit in vadimonid) with Aimer 

 of Belintone for 10 shillings ; and she used 

 to provide i ' avera ' and of another or 5 

 pence. 



IN EDWINESTREU [DWINSTREE] HUNDRET 



In ICHETONE [Layston] B Humfrey holds 

 of Peter hide. There is land for i plough, 

 and this is there, with 2 bordars. Meadow is 

 there sufficient for 2 oxen. This land is worth 

 15 shillings ; when received it was worth 10 

 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 shillings. Elmer of 

 Belintone [Bennington] held this land and 

 could sell. 



Peter himself holds STAKES [? Stone(bury)]. 4 

 It is assessed at i hide and a half. There is land 

 for a plough and a half-plough. One plough is 

 there, and a half-plough could be added. 

 There are i villein and (cum] 4 bordars. It 

 is worth 15 shillings ; when received it was 

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

 Four sokemen held this land ; I of these, 

 the King's reeve (prepositus), had half a hide 

 and took possession of the lands of the other 

 three to the injury of king William, according 

 to the testimony of the whole shire. He used 

 to give of custom yearly 4 pence and i half- 

 penny. Peter the sheriff 5 now holds it. 



IN ODESEI [ODSEY] HUNDRET 



In ESCEWELLE [Ashwell] Peter holds 2 

 hides as i manor. There is land for 6 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 virgates, and 

 there are on it 2 ploughs ; and 8 villeins and 



A manor in Little Munden. 

 MS. defective (?). 



337 



3 See p. 310, note 4. 



* Between Layston and Braughing (J.H.R.). 



8 Peter de Valognes. 



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