THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



EDINTONE [Addington] 6 hides. There is 

 land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne are 

 2 ; and 8 villeins with 2 bordars have 3 

 ploughs and there could be a fourth. There 

 are 4 serfs, and meadow (sufficient) for 6 

 plough (teams). It is and was worth 60 shil- 

 lings ; T.R.E. 100 shillings. This manor 

 Goduin, a man of Earl * Leofwine (Lewini), 

 held and could sell. 



IN BONESTOU HUNDRET a 

 In LATESBERIE [Lathbury] 3 the Bishop of 

 Lisieux holds of the Bishop of Bayeux i hide 

 all but 5 feet. There is land for i plough, 

 and it is there with 3 villeins and meadow 

 (sufficient) for I plough (team). It is and 

 was worth 10 shillings; T.R.E. 20 shillings. 

 This land Siric, a man of Earl Leofwine 

 (Lewini), held and could sell. 



GATEHERST [Gayhurst] the Bishop of Li- 

 sieux holds of the Bishop of Bayeux, and 

 Robert de Nowers (holds) of him. It is assessed 

 at 5 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and 10 villeins 

 have 2 ploughs. There are 2 serfs, and I mill 

 worth (de) 13 shillings and 4 pence, meadow 

 (sufficient) for 4 plough (teams), woodland (to 

 feed) 4 score swine. In all it is and was 

 worth 100 shillings ; T.R.E. 8 pounds. 

 This manor Siric, a man of Earl * Leofwine 

 (Lewini), held and could sell. 



6 In BRICHELLA[(? Little) Brickhill] Turstin 

 holds of the bishop i hide. There is land 

 for i plough, but there is no plough there and 

 only 3 villeins (sed non est ibi caruca nisi 3 

 villani) with 2 bordars. It is and was worth 

 14 shillings; T.R.E. 20 shillings. This 

 manor Alwin, a man of Estan, held. He 

 could not assign (dare) or sell it so as to 

 alienate it from (extra) Brichelle [Brickhill], 

 Estan's manor. 8 



[VI.] V. THE LAND OF THE BISHOP 



OF COUTANCES 



IN TICHESSELE HUNDRET 7 



The Bishop of Coutances holds WERMELLE 



[Worminghall] and Robert holds of him. It 



is and was assessed T.R.E. and after (se de- 



fendit semper) at 5 hides. There is land for 



1 ' Earl ' interlined. 



2 Now part of Newport Hundred. 



3 Near Newport Pagnel. 



4 ' Earl ' interlined. 



6 The Hundred is not noted. It should be 

 Moleslou [Mulshoe] (F.W.R.) 



6 This is a manorial puzzle, for we do not 

 find any manor at Brickhill which had been held 

 by ' Estan ' (J.H.R.) 



7 Now part of Ashendon Hundred. 



5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ; and 16 

 villeins with 6 bordars have 3 ploughs. There 

 are 4 serfs, meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough 

 (teams), woodland (to feed) 200 swine. It 

 is and was worth 6 pounds ; T.R.E. 7 

 pounds. This manor Eddeva wife of Wl- 

 ward held under Queen Eddid and could sell. 



IN ESSEDENE [ASHENDON] HUNDRET 7 



The bishop himself holds LOTEGARSER 

 [Ludgershall]. It is assessed at 9 hides. 

 There is land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne 

 are 4 hides, and on it are 2 ploughs and 

 there could be a third. There 13 villeins 

 with 4 bordars have 5 ploughs. There are 

 5 serfs, meadow (sufficient) for 8 plough 

 (teams), woodland (to feed) 40 swine. In all 

 (totis valentlh) it is and was worth 100 

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

 Eddeva held of Queen Eddid and could sell. 



Two knights (milites) hold of the bishop 

 OLVONGE [Oving]. It is assessed at 10 hides. 

 There is land for 9 ploughs. On the demesne 

 are 4, and there could be a fifth. There 18 

 villeins have 3 ploughs, and there could be a 

 fourth. There are 8 bordars, meadow (suffi- 

 cient) for 4 plough (teams), woodland (to feed) 

 2OO swine. In all (totis valentiis) it is worth 

 10 pounds; when received 100 shillings; 

 T.R.E. 7 pounds. This manor Edwin, a 

 thegn of King Edward, held and could sell. 



IN VOTESDON [WADDESDON] HUNDRET 7 



In MERSTONE [(? North) Marston] Rannulf 

 holds under the bishop i virgate. There is 

 land for half a plough, and there are 2 oxen 8 

 there. It is and was worth T.R.E. and after 

 (valuit semper) 40 pence. This land Levric, 

 a man of Edduin, held and could sell. 



IN MUSELAI [MURSLEY] HuNDRET * 



In STIVELAI [Stewkley] William holds 3^ 

 hides as I manor. There is land for 9 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 2 ploughs. There 10 

 villeins with 10 bordars have 6J ploughs 

 and there could be half a plough more. 

 There are 5 serfs and meadow (sufficient) for 

 8 plough (teams). It is and was worth T.R.E. 

 and after (valuit semper) 4 pounds. This 

 manor Wlward cild, a thegn of King Edward, 

 held. 



IN SIGELAI HUNDRET l 



The bishop himself holds SEVINESTONE 

 [Simpson] as 8 hides and 3 virgates, (and) as I 



8 i.e. a quarter of a plough-team. 

 8 Now part of Cottesloe Hundred. 

 10 Now part of Newport Hundred. 



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