THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



semper) 6 pounds. This manor belonged and 

 belongs to (jacuit et jacet in) the church of 

 Berchinges (Barking). 



[XL] X. THE LAND OF THE 



CANONS OF OXFORD 

 IN ESSEDEN [ASHENDON] HUNDRET ' 



The canons of Oxeneford [Oxford] hold of 

 the king WiTCHENDE[(Over)Winchendon]. It 

 is assessed at 10 hides. There is land for 9 

 ploughs. In the demesne are ij hides, 

 and on it are 2 ploughs ; and 1 8 villeins 

 with i bordar have 7 ploughs. There 

 is I serf, and meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough 

 (teams). In all (totis va/entiis) it is and was 

 worth 6 pounds ; T.R.E. 8 pounds. This 

 manor belonged and belongs to the demesne 

 (jacuit et jacet in dominio) of the church of 

 the canons of Oxeneford [Oxford], 



[XII.] XL THE LAND OF REINBALD 

 THE PRIEST 



IN BURNEHAM [BURNHAM] HuNDRET 



Rainbald the priest holds of the king i 

 hide in BOVENIJE [Boveney] which belongs to 

 (jacet in) the church of Cocheham [Cookham 2 ]. 

 There is land for i plough, and (this) is there 

 with i villein. There is meadow (sufficient) 

 for i plough (team). It is and was worth 

 T.R.E. and after (va/uit semper) 10 shillings. 

 The same man (htemet) held it in almoin 

 (in elemosina) of King Edward. 



[XIII.] XII. THE LAND OF THE 

 COUNT OF MORTAIN 3 



IN STANES [STONE 4 ] HUNDRET 



The Count of Mortain holds in MISSEDENE 

 [(? Little) Missenden] I hide, and Wigot holds 

 of him. There is land for i^ ploughs. 

 There is I plough and there could be (also) half 

 a plough. There are 4 bordars, and meadow 

 (sufficient) for i plough (team), and woodland 

 (to feed) 100 swine. It is and was worth 100 

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

 was held by Alwin, a man of Syred son of 

 Sybi, and he could sell it. 



IN RISEBERG [RISBOROUGH] HUNDRET* 



In HORSEDENE [Horsenden] Ralf holds of 

 the count 6 hides and 3 virgates. There is 



1 Now part of Ashendon Hundred. 



2 In Berks. 



a The count's tenants in this county, Ralf, Alan, 

 Alvred (his butler) and Humfrey were probably 

 his great tenants of those names in the adjoining 

 county of Northants (J.H.R.) 



4 Now part of Aylesbury Hundred. 



land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne is I ; 

 and 7 villeins with I bordar have 3 

 ploughs. There are 2 serfs, and i mill of no 

 value (nil reddens), and meadow (sufficient) for 



1 plough (team). It is and was worth 50 shil- 

 lings ; T.R.E. 100 shillings. This manor 3 

 sokemen held ; two of these, men of Earl 

 Harold, had 2 hides, and the third, a man of 

 Ingold, had 4 hides and 3 virgates ; all could 

 sell (their land). 



M. The count himself holds BLEDELAI 

 [Bledlow]. It is assessed at 30 hides. There 

 is land for 18 ploughs. In the demesne are 

 1 6 hides, and on it are 4 ploughs; and 32 

 villeins with 3 bordars have 14 ploughs. 

 There are 8 serfs, and i mill yielding 24 

 loads 8 of malt (summas brasii), woodland 

 (to feed) i ,000 swine and producing in rents a 

 sufficient supply of shares for the ploughs (et 

 de redditu silv<s ferra carrucis sufficienter).' 

 Meadow is there (sufficient) for 18 plough 

 (teams). In all (totis valentiis) it is worth 22 

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

 2O pounds. This manor Edmer Atule, 7 a 

 thegn of King Edward, held and could sell. 



IN BURNEHAM [BURNHAM] HUNDRET 

 In ELMODESHAM [Amersham] Almar holds 

 of the count half a hide. There is land for 



2 ploughs, and these are there with I villein 

 and i bordar. Meadow is there (sufficient) 

 for 2 plough (teams), woodland (to feed) 20 

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

 (va/uit semper) 2O shillings. This land Siward, 

 a man of Aldeva, held and could sell. 



IN DUSTENBERG [DESBOROUGH 8 ] HuNDRET 



In WICUMBE [Wycombe] William holds 

 of the count half a hide. There is land for 

 half a plough, and this is there with i bordar. 

 It is and was worth T.R.E. and after (va/uit 

 semper) i o shillings. This land i sokeman held, 

 a man of S(tigand) the archbishop. He could 

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

 from the manor (extra manerium)of Wicumbe, 9 

 ' on the day on which King Edward was 

 living and died,'as the Hundred (court) testifies. 



IN TICHESSELE [ ] HUNDRET to 



In IFORDE [Ickford] the monks of Greisten 

 [Grestain 11 ] hold 6 hides of the count. There is 



B Horse-loads. 



See Introduction, p. 222. Ibid. p. 212. 



8 For Desborough see p. 234, under Bishop of 

 Lincoln's land. 



West Wycombe (see p. 236, note 4, above). 

 (J.H.R.) 



10 Now part of Ashendon Hundred. 

 In the Department of Eure, Normandy. 



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