A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



There is land for 10 ploughs. In the de- 

 mesne are ( *) hides, and on it are I \ ploughs, 

 and there could be another and a half. There 



1 6 villeins with 8 bordars have 7 ploughs. 

 There are 5 serfs, and I mill worth (de) 8 

 shillings and 75 eels, meadow (sufficient) for 

 9 plough (teams), woodland (to feed) 300 

 swine. It is and was worth 6 pounds ; 

 T.R.E. 7 pounds. This manor Countess 

 Guet'h 2 held. 



M. Drogo holds of William STOCHES [Stoke 

 (Goldington)] 3 hides and 3 virgates as one 

 manor. There is land for 4 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 2 ; and 5 villeins with 

 4 bordars have 2 ploughs. There are 2 serfs, 

 meadow (sufficient) for 4 plough (teams), 

 woodland (to feed) 200 swine. It is and was 

 worth T.R.E. and after (valuit semper) 4 

 pounds. This manor Countess Gueth 3 held. 



[XVIII.] XVII. THE LAND OF 

 WILLIAM SON OF ANSCULF 



fo. I48b 



IN STANES [STONE] HUNDRET 4 



William son of Ansculf holds in this hun- 

 dred half a hide, 8 and a certain Englishman 

 (holds it) of him. There is land for half a 

 plough, and this is there with i bordar. It 

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

 semper) 10 shillings. This land Lewin brother 

 of Alsi held and could sell. 



IN ELESBERIE [AYLESBURY] HUNDRET 4 

 M. Ralf holds of William in ESENBERGE 

 [Ellesborough] 13^ hides. There is land for 

 1 1 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ; and 



17 villeins with 3 bordars have 9 ploughs. 

 There are 2 serfs, and meadow (sufficient) for 

 2 plough (teams), woodland (to feed) 105 swine. 

 In all it is and was worth 8 pounds ; T.R.E. 

 9 pounds. This manor Earl Harold held, 

 and this same manor Ansculf de Pinchengi 

 got in exchange for half Risenberga [Ris- 

 borough] against (contra) Ralf Talgebosch, by 

 order of King William. 6 



In the same vill Otbert holds of William 

 ij hides. There is land for 2 ploughs, and 

 there are 2 oxen with I villein. It is and 

 was worth 5 shillings ; T.R.E. 2O shil- 

 lings. This land Balduin, a man of Arch- 

 bishop Stig(and), held and could sell. 



1 The number is omitted in the MS. 



2 The ' Gethe ' of the preceding entry (J.H.R.) 

 a See preceding note. 



Now part of Aylesbury Hundred. 



The place is not named in the MS. 



See Introduction, p. 209. 



M. The same Otbert holds of William 

 HA[M]DENA[M] * [Hampden (Great and Lit- 

 tle)]. It is assessed at 3 hides. There is land for 

 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ; and 4 vil- 

 leins have 3 ploughs. There are 2 serfs ; 

 and woodland (to feed) 500 swine. As rent 

 for the woodland (are received) shares for 



2 ploughs (de reddita silvis ferra ii carucii). 

 It is and was worth 4 pounds ; T.R.E. 

 100 shillings. This manor Balduin, a man 

 of Archbishop Stig(and), held and could sell. 



IN STOCHES [STOKE] HUNDRET 



Walter holds of William DITONE [Ditton]. 8 

 It is assessed at 5 hides. There is land for 



3 ploughs. On the demesne is I ; and 4 vil- 

 leins have 2 ploughs. There are I serf, and 

 meadow (sufficient) for 3 plough (teams), and 

 woodland (to feed) 16 swine. It is and was 

 worth 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. 

 This manor Sired, a man of Earl Harold, held 

 and could sell. 



M. The same Walter holds of William 

 STOCHES [Stoke (Poges)]. It is assessed at 10 

 hides. There is land for 10 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 2 ; and 10 villeins with 

 3 bordars have 6 ploughs, and there could be 

 2 more. There are 4 serfs and i mill worth 

 (de) 4 shillings, and woodland (to feed) 500 

 swine. In all (tolls valentiti) it is worth 5 

 pounds ; when received 3 pounds ; T.R.E. 6 

 pounds. This manor Siret, a man of Earl 9 

 Harold, held and could sell. One hide of this 

 land a certain sokeman, a man of Tubi, held 

 and could sell. 



IN VOTESDONE [WADDESDON] HUNDRET' 



M. In MERSTONE [(North) Marston "] 

 Rannulf holds of William 6J hides as one 

 manor. There is land for 6 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 2 ; and 8 villeins with 3 

 bordars have 3 ploughs, and there could be 

 a fourth. Meadow is there (sufficient) for 2 

 plough (teams). In all it is worth i oo shillings ; 

 when received 60 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. 

 Of this manor Leuric, a man of Earl 9 Edwin, 

 held 5 hides as I manor; another man had I 

 hide and I virgate of King Edward's soke ; 

 and Brictuin, a man of Earl Tosti, had I vir- 

 gate. All these could sell (their land). 



7 The text reads ' Ha'dena',' with contractions 

 signifying ' m ' or ' n ' (J.H.R.) 



In Stoke Poges. Interlined. 



10 Now part of Ashendon Hundred. 



11 This identification is proved by Feudal Aids, 

 \. 84. ' Rogerus de Somery tenet residuum ejus- 

 dem ville (Northmerstone).' Roger was William's 

 heir (J-H.R.) 



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