THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



In the same vill William holds of the 

 bishop 4 hides and 2 thirds (paries) of I virgate 

 as one manor. There is land for 4 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and 7 villeins 

 with 6 bordars have 2 ploughs. There are 

 3 serfs, and i mill and a moiety (of a mill) 

 worth (di) 27 shillings and 250 eels, meadow 

 (sufficient) for 4 plough (teams) and woodland 

 (to feed) 60 swine. It is worth 60 shillings; 

 when received 2O shillings; T.R.E. 4 pounds. 

 This manor 8 thegns held. One of these Alii, 

 a man of King Edward, was senior over the 

 others (senior a/iorum). All could sell their 

 land. 



In the same vill Anschitil holds i hides 

 and 2 thirds (paries) of I virgate of the bishop. 

 There is land for i ploughs, and these are 

 there, and meadow for the like number 

 (similiter). There is woodland (to feed) 12 

 swine. It is worth 20 shillings ; when received 

 5 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 shillings. This land 

 Borgeret and Ulvric his man held and could 

 sell. 



In the same vill 3 sokemen hold i hide of 

 the bishop, and i virgate. There is land for 

 i plough. Half a plough is there and there 

 could be half a plough more. There are i 

 villein with 2 bordars, meadow (sufficient) 

 for 4 oxen, woodland (to feed) 8 swine. It 

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

 shillings. This land 2 thegns held, Borret 

 and Ulvric a man of Deus. 1 They could sell 

 (their land). 



IN MOLESOUESLAU HuNDRET a 



In CLYSTONE [Clifton (Reynes)] Morcar 

 holds i J hides of the bishop. There is land 

 for 2 ploughs, and these are there with 6 

 villeins and 4 bordars. There is i serf. 

 Meadow is there (sufficient) for 2 plough 

 (teams), and i mill. In all it is and was worth 

 20 shillings; T.R.E. 40 shillings. This 

 manor Alii, a thegn of King Edward, held and 

 could sell. This land was received in exchange 

 (est de excambio) for Bledone (Bleadon), 3 as the 

 bishop's men say. 



In the same vill Turbert holds of the bishop 



1 bo' d'f in MS. The reading is very doubtful 

 (J.H.R.) 



Now part of Newport Hundred. The name 

 of this Hundred is variously spelt, occurring also as 

 Moleslou, Moisselai, Moselai, Mosleie, Moslei and 

 Moslai. It is liable to be confused with Muselai, 

 which is one form of Mursalai (Mursley) ; the 

 name Molesoueslau, etc., is represented by the 

 modern Moulsoe (F.W.R.) 



3 In Somerset. See Introduction. 



i hide. There is land for i plough, and it 

 is there with i villein and 3 bordars. There 

 is i serf. Meadow is there (sufficient) for i 

 plough (team), woodland (to feed) 20 swine. 

 It is and was worth 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 

 shillings. This land Wlwin, a man of Deus,* 

 held and could sell. 



M. The bishop himself holds SERINTONE 

 [Sherington]. It is assessed at 10 hides. 

 There is land for 1 1 ploughs. In the demesne 

 are 3 hides, and on it are 4 ploughs. There 

 22 villeins with 6 bordars have 6 ploughs 

 and there could be a seventh. There are 8 

 serfs, and i mill worth (de) 26 shillings, mea- 

 dow (sufficient) for 4 plough (teams), and 

 woodland (to feed) 100 swine. In all it is 

 worth i o pounds ; when received 7 pounds ; 

 T.R.E. 10 pounds. Of this manor Edwin 

 son of Borret held 6 hides as one manor and 

 Alwin his man i hide as one manor, and Osulf, 

 a man of King Edward, had 3 hides as one 

 manor. These two could assign (dare) and 

 sell their land. 



In AMBRETONE [Emberton] two thegns 

 hold of the bishop 3 hides. There is land 

 for 2 ploughs, and (these) are there. Meadow 

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

 land (to feed) 50 swine. There are 2 villeins 

 and 2 bordars. It is and was worth 40 

 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. The same 

 men held it who now hold it. One of these, 

 Godric, had 4 hides ; the other, Ulvric, 2 

 hides as one manor ; and they could sell (their 

 land). 



[VII.] VI. THE LAND OF THE 

 BISHOP OF LISIEUX 



IN COTESLAU [COTTESLOE] HuNDRET B 



The Bishop of Lisieux holds in CROUSTONE 

 [Croftone] 8 2j hides. Robert de Nowers 

 holds them of him as one manor. There is 

 land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 

 2, and there could be a third ; and 4 villeins 

 with 4 bordars have 2 ploughs. It is and 

 was worth 60 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. 

 This manor Blacheman, a man of Earl 

 Tosti(g), held. He could not sell (the land) 

 without his leave. 



IN MOSLEI [MULSHOE] HUNDRET 7 

 In BRICHELL^: [Brickhill] Robert holds of 



4 See note I above. 



5 Now part of Cottesloe Hundred. Cottesloe 

 which gave its name to the Hundred is in Wing. 



8 Alias Crafton. In Wing. 

 7 Now part of Newport Hundred. For the 

 name of the Hundred see note 2 above. 



2 4 I 



