A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



land is worth 10 shillings ; when received it 

 was worth 5 shillings ; T.R.E. 2O shillings. 

 Ordmer, a man of the abbot of Ramesy 

 [Ramsey], held this land and could sell. 



Harduin himself holds WIDIHALE [Widiall]. 

 It is assessed at 5^ hides. There is land for 

 8 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 hides less 

 2O acres, and on it there are 3 ploughs. 

 Eleven villeins and (cum) a priest and 5 bor- 

 dars have 5 ploughs. There are 4 cottars 

 and 6 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for a 

 half-plough team, pasture sufficient for the 

 live stock, wood for the fences. In all it is 

 worth 9 pounds ; when received it was worth 

 6 pounds; T.R.E. 10 pounds. Nine soke- 

 men held this manor. One of these, Sired, 

 a man of earl Harold's, had i hide and 3 

 virgates as I manor, and Alward, one of earl 

 Algar's men, held i hide and a half as I 

 manor. The other 7, king Edward's soke- 

 men, held 2 hides and i virgate. These 

 found for the sheriff yearly 9 pence or the 

 carrying service of 2 loads (// averas) and the 

 fourth part of I load (/ averse). 



In ODENHOU [Hodenhoe] l Tetbald holds 

 of Harduin I hide and i virgate. There is land 

 for r plough, and it is there, with i bordar. 

 There is wood for the fences. This land 

 is worth 20 shillings ; when received it was 

 worth 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 25 shillings. 

 This land 2 sokemen, men of earl Algar's, 

 held and could sell. 



In TROCHINGE [Throcking] Tetbald holds 

 I hide and i virgate of Harduin. There is 

 land for i plough and a half-plough, and these 

 are there, with 2 bordars and i sokeman ' of 

 3 virgates.' * There are 6 cottars and 2 serfs. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for 6 oxen, pas- 

 ture sufficient for the live stock, wood for 

 the fences. In all it is worth 25 shillings ; 

 when received it was worth 10 shillings; 

 T.R.E. 25 shillings. Two sokemen held 

 this land, archbishop Stigand's men, and they 

 could sell. 



In ICHETONE [Layston] 8 Tetbald holds of 

 Harduin 3 virgates and 6 acres. There is 

 land for i plough, and this is there, with i 

 villein and 6 bordars and i cottar. Meadow 

 is there sufficient for 5 oxen, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock. It is worth 1 5 shillings ; 

 when received 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 



1 In Buckland. 



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



3 See p. 310, note 4. 



shillings. Two sokemen of king Edward's 

 held this land and could sell, and they paid to 

 the sheriff 3 pence yearly. 



In WACHELEI [Wakeley Farm] Tetbald 

 holds of Harduin 40 acres. There is land for 

 i plough, and this is there, with 7 cottars. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for 2 oxen, wood 

 for the fences. This land is worth 15 

 shillings ; when received it was worth 7 

 shillings; T.R.E. 15 shillings. Edric, one 

 of earl Algar's men, held this land and could 

 sell. 



In BERCHEDENE [Barksdon (Green)]* Peter 

 and Tetbald hold of Harduin i virgate. 

 There is land for i plough, and this is there, 

 with 2 bordars. Meadow is there sufficient 

 for 2 oxen. It has always been worth 10 

 shillings. Three sokemen held this land. One 

 of these, a man of Eddeva the fair, had a 

 quarter of a virgate ; another, a man of 

 Algar, had a fourth part (of a virgate) in like 

 manner ; the third, a man of Guerd's, 6 had a 

 half-virgate and could sell. Three-quarters 

 (paries) of this virgate count Alan claims as 

 his rightful possession, for he was seized of it 

 when last he crossed the sea, as the men of 

 the hundred testify in support of his claim 

 (sibi portant testimonium). But Harduin claims 

 Peter the sheriff as warrantor (protectortm) and 

 as having given him seisin (liberatorem) by 

 order of the bishop of Bayeux (claiming) that 

 (quod) he gave him livery of it in exchange 

 for Suterehele. 



fo. 149 



In ANESTEI [Anstey] Payn holds of 

 Harduin half a hide. There is land for i 

 plough and a half-plough, and these are there, 

 and (cum) 4 bordars and 4 cottars and i serf. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for a half-plough, 

 pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland 

 to feed 12 swine. This land is worth 20 

 shillings; when received it was worth 10 

 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 shillings. Alward, one 

 of earl Algar's men, held this and could sell. 



IN HERFORD [HERTFORD] HUNDRET 



Harduin himself holds BERCHEHAMSTEDE 

 [Little Berkhampstead]. It is assessed at 5 



* In Aspenden. 



5 There can be no doubt, on comparing the 

 Barley entry above, that these lords were earl 

 jElfgar and earl Gyrth of the rival houses of 

 Mercia and Wessex, though the scribe has omitted 

 to interline 'comfes]' above them respectively 

 (J.H.R.). 



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