A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



XLI. THE LAND OF SIGAR DE 

 CIOCHES 



IN ODESEI [ODSEY] HUNDRET 



Sigar de Cioches holds RISENDENE [Rush- 

 den]. It is assessed at 5 hides. There is 

 land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 

 hides, and 2 ploughs are on it, and there could 

 be a third. There 8 villeins with 3 bordars 

 have 5 ploughs. One sokeman is there and 3 

 cottars and 4 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient 

 for a half-plough team, pasture sufficient for 

 the live stock, woodland to feed 50 swine. 

 In all it is and was worth no shillings ; 

 T.R.E. 10 shillings. 1 Two sokemen, arch- 

 bishop Stigand's men, held this manor and 

 could sell. 



In BRADEFELLE [Broadfield] Sigar holds i 

 hide and 3 quarters (partes) of i virgate. 

 There is land for 2 plough teams. One is 

 there, and another could be added. There 

 are 4 villeins and (cum) 2 bordars. Meadow 

 is there sufficient for a half-plough team, 

 pasture for the live stock, woodland to feed 

 50 swine. Altogether it is and was worth 

 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. Ansgot, 

 a man of archbishop Stigand's, held this land 

 and could sell. 



XLII. THE LAND BELONGING TO 

 THE KING'S THEGNS 



IN BRADEWATRE [BROADWATER] HUNDRET 



Derman and Alward hold WODTONE 

 [Walton] of the King. It is assessed at 5 

 hides. There is land for 7 ploughs. In the 

 demesne are 3^ hides, and 2 ploughs are on it, 

 and a half-plough could be added. There 10 

 villeins with 4 bordars have 4 ploughs and a 

 half-plough. There are 4 serfs, and i mill 

 worth 13 shillings and 4 pence. Meadow 

 is there sufficient for i plough team, pasture 

 sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 

 100 swine. Its total value is and was 100 

 shillings ; T.R.E. 7 pounds. Alwin Home, 

 a thegn of king Edward's, held this and 

 could sell. 



Derman himself holds WALCHRA [Walk- 

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

 land for 12 ploughs. In the demesne are 5 

 hides, and there are 2 ploughs on it, and there 

 could be 2 others. There 14 villeins and 



1 So in MS., but the figures are abnormal 

 and therefore suspicious. Probably to/' is a scribal 

 error as on p. 317 (J.H.R.). 



(cum) I priest and 6 bordars have 8 ploughs. 

 There are 8 cottars and 4 serfs. Pasture is 

 there sufficient for the live stock, woodland 

 to feed 200 swine. Its total value is 10 

 pounds ; when received it was worth 8 

 pounds; T.R.E. 1 6 pounds. Alwin Home, 

 a thegn of king Edward's, held this manor 

 and could sell. 



In STUTEREHELA [Libury 8 ] Derman holds 

 3 virgates. There is land for i plough, but 

 the plough is not there. This land is appraised 

 (appreciata est) in Watone [Walton], Derman's 

 manor. 



In the same vill Derman holds 3 acres. 

 They have always been worth 3 pence. 



In SUEUECHAMP [Sacomb] Derman holds a 

 half-virgale. There is land for 2 oxen to 

 plough. It has always been worth 12 pence. 

 This land and the others aforesaid Alwin 

 Home, a thegn of king Edward's, held and 

 could sell. 



IN HERFORD [HERTFORD] HUNDRET 



In WERMELAI [Wormley] Alwin Dode- 

 sone holds 2^ hides of the King. There is 

 land for 2 ploughs, and these are there, with 

 6 villeins and I serf. Meadow is ihere suffi- 

 cient for 2 plough teams, pasture sufficient 

 for the live stock, woodland to feed 150 

 swine. Its total value is 40 shillings ; when 

 received it was 50 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 

 shillings. This manor Wlward, one of 

 Asgar the staller's men, held and could sell. 

 This manor was sold for 3 marks of gold s 

 after king William came. 



Peler, a burgess, holds 2 hides of ihe King 

 in DODESDONE [Hoddesdon ? 4 ]. There is 

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

 are there, wilh i villein and 3 collars and 2 

 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 plough 

 leams, paslure sufficient for the live stock, 

 woodland to feed 10 swine. Its value in all 

 is 20 shillings; when received 10 shillings; 

 T.R.E. 30 shillings. Goda, 6 a 'man' of 

 queen Eddid's, held this manor and could sell. 



Baldwin, a certain Serjeant of the King 

 (serviens), holds 3 virgates in BRICHEDONE 

 [Brickendon], There is land for I plough, 



8 In Little Munden. 

 <> ,8 (J.H.R.). 



4 The abundance of meadow implies that the 

 place was on a stream (J.H.R.). 

 6 Goda is a woman's name (J.H.R.). 



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