THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



In the same vill Bernard holds of William 



1 hide. There is land for I plough, and this 

 is there with I bordar. It is and was worth 

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

 land Alwi, a man of Brictric, who was of the 

 king's soke, held and could sell. 



In HOCHESTONE [Hoggeston] Payn holds of 

 William 8 hides and 2 4 virgates. There is 

 land for 10 ploughs. On the demesne are 



2 ; and 12 villeins with 7 bordars have 8 

 ploughs. There are 5 serfs and meadow 

 (sufficient) for 10 plough (teams). In all it is 

 and was worth 7 pounds ; T.R.E. 100 shil- 

 lings. Of this manor Aimer held 7 hides as 

 i manor ; he was a man of Bundi the staller. 

 And a man of the abbess of Berchinges 

 [Barking] had i hide ; and a man of Eddeva 

 the Fair held 2 \ virgates; and all these could 

 sell (their land). 







IN COTESLAI [COTTESLOE] HuNDRET 1 

 In SOLEBERIE [Soulbury] Payn holds of 

 William 5^ hides and the third part of a vir- 

 gate. There is land for 17 ploughs. On 

 the demesne are 3 ; and 14 villeins with 

 5 bordars have 9 ploughs, and there could be 

 5 ploughs more. There are 3 serfs and I 

 mill worth (de) 16 shillings, and meadow 

 (sufficient) for 3 plough (teams). In all it is 

 and was worth 7 pounds ; T.R.E. 8 pounds. 

 This manor 1 1 sokemen held and could sell. 



In HOLENDONE [Hollingdon 3 ] Payn holds 

 of William 3! virgates. There is land for I 

 plough, and it is there with 3 villeins. It 

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

 semper) 10 shillings. This land 4 sokemen 

 held ; of these, 3 men of Brictric had 2j vir- 

 gates, the fourth, a man of Wiga, had I vir- 

 gate ; these could all sell their land. 



In LITECOTE [Littlecot 3 ] Payn holds of 

 William i hides. There is land for ij 

 ploughs. One plough is there with i bor- 

 dar and there could be half a plough (besides). 

 Meadow is there (sufficient) for i plough 

 (team). It is worth 20 shillings ; when re- 

 ceived 40 shillings ; T.R.E. 30 shillings. This 

 land 2 men of Brictric held and could sell. 



IN ERLAI [YARDLEY] HUNDRET * 

 In CETEDENE [Cheddington] Suertin holds 



1 Now part of Cottesloe Hundred. For Cot- 

 tesloe see p. 035, note 5, under the land of the 

 Bishop of Lisieux. 



1 In Soulbury. a i n Stewldey. 



Now part of Cottesloe Hundred. For Yardley 

 see p. 233, note Bunder Bishop of Winchester's land. 



of William half a hide. There is land for 2 

 oxen 6 (to plough). It is and was worth 5 shil- 

 lings ; T.R.E. 10 shillings. This land 

 Leuing, a man of King Edward, held and 

 could sell. 



IN MUSELAI [MURSLEY] HUNDRET 



In SUENEBERIE [Swanbourne] Payn holds 

 of William i virgate. There is land for 2 

 oxen 5 (to plough). It is and was worth 

 T.R.E. and after (valuit semper) 2 shillings. 

 This land Oswi, a man of Brictric, held and 

 could sell. 



IN LAMVA 7 HUNDRET 8 



Balduin holds of William ' at ferm ' 2 

 hides. There is land for i ploughs, and 

 these are there with i villein and i bordar. 

 Meadow is there (sufficient) for i plough (team). 

 In all it is and was worth 26 shillings. The 

 same man held it T.R.E. and could sell it. 



In MERSE [Marsh (Gibbon)] Ailric holds of 

 William 4 hides as one manor. There is land 

 for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ; and 

 5 villeins with 3 bordars have 3 ploughs. 

 There are 3 serfs, meadow (sufficient) for 5 

 plough (teams), and woodland (to feed) 30 

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

 (valuit semper) 70 shillings. The same man 

 held it T.R.E., but he now holds it ' at ferm ' 

 of William in heaviness and misery (graviter 

 et miserabiliter), 



IN SIGELAI HUNDRET 9 

 M. William himself holds NEUPORT [New- 

 port (Pagnel)]. It is assessed at 5 hides. There 

 is land for 9 ploughs. In the demesne are 4 

 carucates of land, and on it are 4 ploughs ; 

 and 5 villeins have 5 ploughs. The burgesses 

 have 6J ploughs, and of other men outside 

 the 5 hides 10 (there are) those who cultivate 

 (laborantes). . . . There are 9 serfs and 2 

 mills worth (de) 40 shillings, meadow (suffi- 

 cient) for all the plough (teams) and (worth) 

 I o shillings (besides) ; woodland (to feed) 

 300 swine and (worth) 2 shillings (besides). 

 And, in addition, 4 shillings come from 

 men who dwell in the woodland. And in 

 all other rents paid yearly it renders 1 1 6 

 shillings and 4 pence. In all (totis valentiis) it 

 is and was worth 20 pounds ; T.R.E. 24 



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



8 Now part of Cottesloe Hundred. 



i The ' m ' in this instance is not doubled. 



8 Now part of Buckingham Hundred. 



Now part of Newport Hundred. 



10 The MS. seems here defective. The text 

 runs ' allorumque hominum extra v hidas laborantes.' 



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