THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. In the 

 demesne are 3 hides, and there are 2 ploughs 

 on it, and a third could be added. Six villeins 

 there and 5 bordars have 4 ploughs, and a 

 fifth could be added. There are 6 cottars 

 and i serf. Meadow is there sufficient for 

 3 plough teams, woodland to feed 50 swine. 

 In all it is worth 100 shillings ; when received 

 it was worth 50 shillings ; T.R.E. 100 shil- 

 lings. Two hides of this manor Semar a 

 priest held, and a widow, Leuefa, held 2 

 hides. Wlfric Werden' held i hide. These 

 lands belonged to the ' alms ' (faerunt de tie- 

 mosina) of king Edward and all the Kings his 

 predecessors, as the shire-moot (scira) testifies. 



Harduin himself holds BRANDEFELLE 

 [Bramfield]. It is assessed at 5 hides. There 

 is land for 6 ploughs. In the demesne are 4 

 hides, and there are on it i plough and a half- 

 plough, and another half-plough could be 

 added. Ten villeins there have 2 ploughs 

 and a half-plough, and there could be another 

 plough and half-plough. There is i serf. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, 

 pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland 

 to feed 100 swine and from it is (also) a 

 revenue of 12 pence. In all it is worth 4 

 pounds ; when received it was worth 40 

 shillings; T.R.E. 100 shillings. Achi, one 

 of earl Harold's thegns, held this manor and 

 could sell. 



In BRICEWOLD [ ] Baldwin holds 



of Harduin 3 virgates. There is land for 2 

 ploughs. One is there, and there could be 

 another. There are 2 villeins and 3 bordars. 

 Meadow is there sufficient for 4 oxen, wood- 

 land to feed 15 swine. This land is worth 

 5 shillings ; when received it was worth 10 

 shillings ; and 10 shillings also T.R.E. 



XXXVIII. THE LAND OF EDGAR 

 ADELING 



IN EDWINESTREU [EDWINSTREE] HUNDRET 



Edgar the ./Etheling \Adeling\ l holds in 

 BERCHEWEI [Barkway] and Goduin holds of 

 him i hide and a half. There is land for 2 

 ploughs. On the demesne is one plough, and 4 

 bordars and (cum) 4 cottars have I. There is 

 I serf. Pasture is there sufficient for the live 

 stock, woodland to feed 15 swine. This 

 land is worth 40 shillings ; when received I o 

 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. Two soke- 

 men, Asgar the staller's men, held this and 

 could sell. 



1 See Introduction for Edgar and for Godwine. 



The same Goduin holds HOREMEDE [Hor- 

 mead] of Edgar. It is assessed at 6 hides and 

 3 virgates. There is land for 10 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 4, and there could be a 

 fifth. There 6 villeins and (cum) 1 5 bordars 

 have 5 ploughs between them. There are 2 

 cottars and 6 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient 

 for i plough team, pasture sufficient for the 

 live stock, woodland to feed 24 swine. In all 

 it is worth 8 pounds ; when received it was 

 worth 6 pounds ; T.R.E. 1 2 pounds. Of 

 this manor Alnod, a thegn of archbishop 

 Stigand's, held i hide and a half as i manor, 

 and Ulwin, one of Asgar the staller's men, 

 had i hide, and Alward, a man of Almar 

 of Belintone, i hide, and 7 sokemen of king 

 Edward's held 3 hides and i virgate and paid 

 the sheriff 13 pence yearly. All these could 

 sell their land. These 7 sokemen and Ulwin 

 and Alward were attached (apposuit) by Ilbert 

 the sheriff to this manor in king William's 

 time. They did not belong to it (non fuerunt 

 Hi) in king Edward's time so the hundred 

 (court) testifies. 



XXXIX. THE LAND OF MANNO 

 THE BRETON 



IN TREDUNGE [TRING] HUNDRET * 



Maino the Breton holds in DENESLAI 

 [Dunsley in Tring] a third part of I hide. 

 There is land for I ox (to plough). It has 

 always been worth 12 pence. Engelric held 

 this T.R.E., and it belonged to (Jacuit in) 

 Tredunge (Tring), and is part of the 7 hides 

 which the count of Mortain took (assumpsit). 



XL. THE LAND OF GILBERT SON 

 OF SALOMON 



Gilbert son of Salomon holds MAPERTE- 

 SHALE [Meppershall]. 3 It is assessed at 3 

 hides and i virgate. There are 3 villeins and 

 4 cottars there. This land is appraised (est 

 appreciata) in Bedefordshire with (his) other 

 land. Lewin,* a thegn of king Edward's, 

 held this land. 



9 Now part of Dacorum Hundred. 



8 In Bedfordshire. But part of it was, includ- 

 ing St. Thomas' Chapel, a detached portion of 

 Hertfordshire. It remained to our own times 

 assessed for land tax and income tax in Hertford- 

 shire, though for all other purposes in Beds 



G.H.R.). 



* This was Leofwine Cilt. See Introduction, 

 p. 281. 



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