THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



and this is there. Woodland is there to feed 

 40 swine. This land is and was worth 10 

 shillings ; T.R.E. 1 5 shillings. Three bro- 

 thers held this land and could sell. 



In BRICEWOLDE [ ] a priest 



and his sister hold of the King 3 virgates. 

 There is land for 2 ploughs. One is there, 

 and there could be another. There are I 

 villein and I cottar. Meadow is there suffi- 

 cient for 4 oxen, woodland for 15 swine. 

 This land is worth 5 shillings ; when received 

 it was worth loshillings; and as much T.R.E. 

 The same persons held it T.R.E. They 

 were of the King's soke and could sell. 



In THEPECAMPE [Epcombe ? x ] a priest 

 holds of the King's ' alms ' half a hide. There 

 is land for I plough, and the plough is there, 

 with 2 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for 

 I plough team, and i mill is there worth (de) 

 12 pence. This land is and was worth 15 

 shillings ; T.R.E. 2O shillings. The same 

 man held it T.R.E. and still holds it in 

 almoin. 



IN BRADEWATRE [BROADWATER] HUNDRET 



In WELGE [Welwyn] a priest holds I hide 

 in ' alms ' of the King. There is land for 3 

 ploughs. On the demesne is I, and another 

 could be added. Six bordars there have I 

 plough. There are 2 cottars. Meadow is 

 there sufficient for I plough team, pasture 

 sufficient for the live stock, woodland for 50 

 swine. Its total value has always been 25 

 shillings. The same man held it of king 

 Edward in almoin and it belongs to the church 



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of the vill. Twelve acres of this almoin 

 William Blach, a man of the bishop of Bayeux, 

 occupied (invasit) to the King's injury (super 

 regem] y as the hundred (court) attests. 



In AIETE [Ayot] the reeve (prepositus) of 

 this hundred holds 9 acres of the King. There 

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

 been worth 9 pence. This land Siward, a 

 man of Alwin of Godtone, held and could sell. 



Merdelai [Mardleybury] s holds 3 virgates of 

 the King. There is land for I plough, but 

 it is not there, and only nisi i cottar. Wood- 

 land is there to feed 24 swine. This land has 

 always been worth 5 shillings. The same 

 man held it T.R.E. and could assign (dare) 

 it to whom he wished. He paid 3 pence 

 yearly to the sheriff. 



In SUEUECHAMP [Sacomb] a King's soke- 

 man holds a half-virgate. There is land for 



2 oxen (to plough). It has always been worth 

 15 pence. The same man held it T.R.E. 

 He was one of earl Lewin's men. He paid 

 of custom I half-penny yearly. 



IN BRACHINGES [BRAUGHING] HUNDRET 



In STANESTEDE [Stanstead] Godmund holds 



3 virgates of the King. There is land for 6 

 oxen (to plough), and these are there, with 4 

 bordars. Meadow is there sufficient for I 

 plough team, woodland to feed 8 swine. This 

 land has always been worth i o shillings. The 

 same man held it of king Edward and could 

 sell. 



In RODENEHANGRE [ 



XLII. THE LAND OF RICHARD 

 FITZ GILBERT'S WIFE 



IN BRACHINGES [BRAUGHING] HUNDRET 



Rothais, wife of Richard son of count 

 Gilbert, 4 holds STANDONE [Standon]. It is 

 assessed at 1 1 hides. There is land for 24 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 6 hides, and on 

 it are 5 ploughs. There 29 villeins with 

 a priest and 15 bordars and 2 sokemen 

 and a Frenchman have 12 ploughs (between 

 them), and there could be 7 more ploughs. 

 There are 9 cottars and 8 serfs, and 5 mills 

 worth (de) 45 shillings. Meadow is there 

 sufficient for 24 plough teams, pasture suffi- 

 cient for the live stock, woodland to feed 

 600 swine. There are 2 arpents of vine- 

 yard. Its total value is 34 pounds ; when 

 received it was 16 pounds; T.R.E. 34 

 pounds. Archbishop Stigand held this manor. 

 In this manor were 6 sokemen, men of the 

 same Archbishop, and each had i hide and 

 *] Alward of could sell (the land) but not the soke. One 

 of them however could also sell his soke with 

 the land. 



1 On the stream, just to the north of Herting- 

 fordbury. Mr. Page has suggested this identi- 

 fication to me, and the sufficiency of meadow 

 favours it (J.H.R.). 



* See p. 333, note 3 above. 



3 See p. 323, note 3 above. 



* Alias Richard, ' de Tonbridge ' or ' de Clare ' 



G.H.R.). 



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