A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



there could be a seventh. One serf is there, 

 and I mill worth (de) 3 shillings, meadow 

 (sufficient) for 2 plough (teams) and wood- 

 land (to feed) 300 swine. In all (totis valentiii) 

 it is worth 6 pounds ; when received 40 shil- 

 lings ; T.R.E. 6 pounds. This manor Earl 

 Leofwine (Lewinus) held in demesne. 



M. Roger holds of the bishop THAPESLAU 

 [Taplow]. It is assessed at 8 hides and I 

 virgate. There is land feu iu ploughs. On 

 the demesne is i ; and 18 vi'leins with 

 4 bordars have 15 ploughs. There are 2 

 serfs. From fisheries (come) 1,000 eels. 

 Meadow is there (sufficient) for I plough 

 (team), woodland (to feed) 700 swine. In all 

 [tttil vahntns) it is worth 8 pounds ; when re- 

 ceived 60 shillings ; T.R.E. 9 pounds. This 

 manor Asgot, a man of Earl 1 Harold, held, 

 and there i man of Archbishop S(tigand) had 



1 hide and could sell it. 



fo. 144!) 



IN DUSTENBERG [DESBOROUGHJ 3 HuNDRET 



M. William son of Oger 3 holds of 

 the bishop HUCHEDENE [Hughenden]. It 

 is assessed at 10 hides. There is land for 

 10 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ; and 15 

 villeins with 3 bordars have 8 ploughs. 

 There are 5 serfs, meadpw (sufficient) for 



2 plough (teams), woodland (to feed) 600 

 swine. In all (totis va/entiis) it is worth 10 

 pounds; when received 6 pounds ; T.R.E. 

 7 pounds. This manor Queen Eddid held. 



In WICUMBE [Wycombe] Roger holds of 

 the bishop half a hide. There is land for i 

 plough, and it is there with i bordar. It is 

 and was worth 7 shillings; T.R.E. 10 shil- 

 lings. This land a man of Archbishop S(ti- 

 gand) held ; he could not sell or assign 

 (dare) it away from (extra) Wicumbe, (the 

 archbishop's) (suum) manor, as the Hundred 

 (court) testifies. 4 



In BERLAUE[( 'Little) Marlow] Tedald holds 

 of the bishop 5 hides. There is land for 4 

 ploughs. In the demesne are i hides, and 

 on it are I J ploughs. There 6 villeins with 



1 ' Earl ' interlined. 



2 For Desborough see note above under Bishop 

 of Lincoln's land. 



3 He was a tenant of the bishop also in Kent, 

 where his holdings included a religious house in 

 Dover itself (J.H.R.) 



4 Compare the precisely similar Wycombe entry 

 on p. 243 below. The words ' manerium suum ' 

 must mean Stigand's, and West Wycombe is en- 

 tered above as having been held by Stigand, 

 though he must have obtained it as Bishop of 

 Winchester (J.H.R.) 



4 bordars have 2j ploughs. There is i serf, 

 and there is a mill worth (de) 20 shillings. 

 From fisheries (come) 500 eels. Meadow is 

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

 land (to feed) 50 swine. In all (totis va/entiis) 

 it is worth 7 pounds ; when received 4 pounds 

 and as much T.R.E. This manor Queen 5 

 Eddid held. 



In SANTESDONE [Saunderton] Roger holds 

 of the bishop 5 hides. There is land for 5 

 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ; and 13 

 villeins with 3 bordars have 3 ploughs. There 

 are 2 serfs, and i mill, and meadow (suffi- 

 cient) for I plough (team), and woodland (to 

 feed) 50 swine. It is and was worth 100 

 shillings ; T.R.E. 6 pounds. This manor a 

 man of Earl 6 Leofwine (Lewini) held and 

 could sell. 



In HANECHEDENE [ ? Whinch (Bottom)] 7 

 Taedald' held (tenuit) of the bishop 3 hides. 

 Now it is (assigned to) the king's ferm (nunc est 

 ad firmam regis). There is land for 7 ploughs. 

 In the demesne is half a hide, and on it are 2 

 ploughs. There 6 villeins with 3 bordars 8 

 and 5 serfs have 5 ploughs. In all (totis valentiii) 

 it is and was worth 100 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 

 pounds. Of this manor Fridebert, a man 

 of Earl 9 Leofwine (Lewinf), held 2j hides, 

 and Alric Gangemere and his sister half a 

 hide which T.R.E. was unjustly taken from 

 them. 



IN TICHESELA HUNDRET 10 

 In WADRUGE [Waldrige 11 ] Helto 13 holds of 

 the bishop 2 hides and I virgate. There is 

 land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is I ; 

 and 2 villeins have I plough. There is I 

 serf, and meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough 

 (teams). It is and was worth 20 shillings ; 

 T.R.E. 40 shillings. This land 2 sokemen 

 held : one a man of Avelin, the other a 

 man of Alveva, sister of Earl 13 Harold." They 

 could sell (their land). 



In IMERE [Ilmer] Robert holds of the 

 bishop 4 hides. There is land for 5 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 2 ; and 8 villeins with 



6 ' Queen ' interlined. 



6 Earl ' interlined. 



7 In High Wycombe and Little Marlow. 



8 Cum Hi btr<F is interlined. 



9 Earl ' interlined. 



10 Now part of Ashendon Hundred. 



11 In Dinton. 



" See p. 234, note 6, above. 



" ' Earl ' interlined. 



" This is believed to be the only mention of 

 this ^Elfgifu, sister of Harold and daughter of 

 Godwine (J.H.R.) 



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