THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



and on it are 6 ploughs. There 40 villeins 

 with 1 6 bordars have 14 ploughs and 

 there could be i o more. There are 1 5 serfs, 

 and 2 mills worth (de) 20 shillings, and meadow 

 (sufficient) for 6 plough (teams), pasture for the 

 live stock (pecuniam) and for the 'ferm' of the 

 archbishop 8 days' hay (per viii' s dies fenum). In 

 all (toils valentiis) it is worth 40 pounds. When 

 received 20 pounds; T.R.E. 40 pounds. Of 

 this land Gilbert the priest holds of the arch- 

 bishop 3 hides and I church with its tithes ; 

 there is land for i plough, and this is there 

 with i villein and 3 bordars ; it is and was 

 worth T.R.E. and after (valuit semper) 60 

 shillings. This manor Earl Tosti(g) held. 



M. The archbishop himself holds HALTONE 

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

 is land for 7 ploughs. In the demesne are 

 2\ hides, and on it are 2 ploughs. There 10 

 villeins with 15 bordars have 5 ploughs. 

 There is I mill worth (de) 15 shillings ; 

 meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough (teams), wood- 

 land (to feed) 100 swine and (worth) 2 shil- 

 lings (besides). In all (In toils valentih} 

 it is and was worth T.R.E. and after (valuit 

 semper) 8 pounds. This manor Earl Leofwine 

 (Lewinus) held. 



IN RISEBERG [RISBOROUGH] HuNDRET 1 



M. The archbishop himself holds RISE- 

 BERGE [(Monks) Risborough]. It is assessed 

 at 30 hides. There is land for 14 ploughs. 

 In the demesne are 16 hides, and on it are 2 

 ploughs. There 32 villeins with 8 bor- 

 dars have 12 ploughs. There are 4 serfs, 

 meadow (sufficient) for 6 plough (teams), wood- 

 land (to feed) 300 swine. In all (totis valen- 

 tiis) it is worth 1 6 pounds ; when received 

 100 shillings ; T.R.E. 16 pounds. This 

 manor Asgar the staller held of Christ 

 Church, Canterbury, but with the condition 

 that (ita quod] he could not alienate it from 

 that church, T.R.E. 



III. THE LAND OF THE BISHOP 

 OF WINCHESTER 3 



M. Walchelin Bishop of Winchester holds 

 WICUMBE [(West) Wycombe]. It is assessed 

 at 19 hides. There is land for 23 ploughs. 

 In the demesne are 5 hides, and on it are 3 

 ploughs. There 27 villeins with 8 bor- 

 dars have 19 ploughs. There are 7 serfs, and 

 3 mills worth (de) 20 shillings, and I fishery 

 of I,OOO eels, meadow (sufficient) for 7 plough 

 (teams), woodland (to feed) 1,000 swine. In 

 all (totis valentiis) it is worth 1 5 pounds ; when 



1 Now part of Aylesbury Hundred. 

 3 The Hundred is not noted. It should be 

 Dustenberge [Desborough] (F.W.R.) 



received 10 pounds; T.R.E. 12 pounds. 

 This manor was and is for the support (de 

 victu) of the monks of the church at Win- 

 chester. Stigand held it T.R.E. 



IN ERLAI [YARDLEY] HUNDRET a 



M. The Bishop of Winchester himself 

 holds EVINGHEHOU [Ivinghoe]. It is assessed 

 at 20 hides. There is land for 25 ploughs. 

 In the demesne are 5 hides, and on it are 3 

 ploughs and there could be a fourth. There 

 28 villeins with 4 bordars have 20 ploughs, 

 and there could be i more. There 

 are 6 serfs, meadow (sufficient) for 5 plough 

 (teams), woodland (to feed) 600 swine and 

 (worth) 10 shillings (besides). In all (totis 

 valentiis) it is worth 1 8 pounds ; when received 

 10 pounds; T.R.E. 15 pounds. This manor 

 belonged and belongs to (jacuit et jacet in) the 

 demesne of the church of St. Peter of Win- 

 chester. 



[IIII.] THE LAND OF THE BISHOP 

 OF LINCOLN 



IN ELESBERIE [AYLESBURY] HUNDRET 4 



M. Remigius Bishop of Lincoln holds 

 STOCHES [Stoke (Mandeville)]. It is assessed 

 at 8 hides. There is land for 21 ploughs. 

 In the demesne are 3 hides, and on it are 6 

 ploughs. There 20 villeins with 4 bor- 

 dars have 15 ploughs. There are 3 serfs, and 

 I mill worth (de) 10 shillings, woodland (to 

 feed) 30 swine, meadow (sufficient) for 3 

 plough (teams). This manor belongs to (jacet 

 ad) the church of Elesberie [Aylesbury]. 

 There are 18 bordars who pay 20 shillings 

 yearly. In all (totis valentiis) it is worth 20 

 pounds ; when received 1 2 pounds ; T.R.E. 1 8 

 pounds. This manor with the church Bishop 

 Wlwi 6 held T.R.E. From the 8 Hundreds 

 which lie round (in circuitu) Elesberie [Ayles- 

 bury] each sokeman having I hide or more 

 renders (redd ') I load of grain (summam annonee) 

 to this church. Besides this also I acre of 

 grain (annone) or 4 pence used to be con- 

 tributed by each sokeman to this church 

 T.R.E., but after the coming of King 

 William this payment was not made. 



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M. Walter holds BOCHELAND [Buckland] of 

 Bishop Remigius. It is assessed at 10 hides. 



3 Now part of Cottesloe Hundred. Yardley 

 which gave its name to the Hundred is now repre- 

 sented by Yardley Farm in Pitstone parish 

 (F.W.R.) 



* Now part of Aylesbury Hundred. 



Wulfwig, Bishop of Lincoln (J.H.R.) 



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