THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



M. William himself holds TICHEFORDE 

 [Tickford *]. It is assessed at 5 hides. There 

 is land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 

 carucates of land besides the 5 hides, and 

 there are on it 2 ploughs. There 6 villeins 

 with 4 serfs have 6 ploughs. Meadow is 

 there (sufficient) for 5 plough (teams), wood- 

 land (to feed) 50 swine. There 5 sokemen 

 pay 27 shillings. It is worth 100 shillings; 

 when received 6 pounds ; and as much T.R.E. 

 This manor Ulf, a thegn of King Edward, 

 held, and there were 5 thegns who held 3^ 

 virgates of this land and could sell (their land) 

 to whom they wished. 



In HEROULDMEDE [Hardmead] Hervey 

 holds i hide all but half a virgate, as one manor, 

 of William. There is land for i plough, and 

 it is there with 2 villeins and 2 bordars and i 

 serf. Woodland is there (to feed) 24 swine. 

 It is and was worth 12 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 

 shillings. This land Goduin, a man of Ulf, 

 held and could sell. 



In the same (vill), Payn holds of William 

 half a virgate. There is land for 2 oxen * (to 

 plough), and these are there, and meadow 

 (sufficient) for 2 oxen, and woodland (to feed) 

 5 swine. It is and was worth 2 shillings ; 

 T.R.E. 2 ( ). 3 This land Godric, a man 

 of Oswi, held and could sell. 



In the same (vill), Balduin holds I hide of 

 William as one manor. There is land for i 

 plough, and this is there with 3 villeins. It 

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

 semper) i mark of silver. 4 This manor 3 

 brothers held ; one of these was a man of 

 Tochi, and 2 were men of Balduin. They 

 could sell (their land). Of this land half a 

 virgate belongs to (jacet in) the church (monas- 

 terio) of St. Firmin of Crauelai [(North) 

 Crawley] and it belonged to it T.R.E. 



In MIDUELTONE [Milton (Keynes)] Otbert 

 holds of William i hide. There is land for 

 i plough. There are i villein and 5 bordars 

 and i serf, and meadow (sufficient) for i 

 plough (team). It is worth 5 shillings ; when 

 received 20 shillings ; and as much T.R.E. 

 This land Sawold, a man of Wlward cilt, 5 held 

 and could sell. 



1 Tickford is subsequently found in the Hun- 

 dred of < Sigelai ' (J.H.R.) ' 



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

 ' The MS. has i. 



1 i.e. thirteen shillings and fourpence. 

 5 Interlined. 



[XIX.] XVIII. THE LAND OF 

 ROBERT DE TODENI 



IN STANES [STONE] HUNDRET 6 

 Robert de Todeni holds 7 hides in STANES 

 [Stone] and Gilbert holds of him. There is 

 land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ; 

 and 7 villeins with 1 1 bordars have 4 ploughs. 

 There are 4 serfs ; and i sokeman pays 1 5 

 shillings yearly. In all (totis valentiis) it is and 

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

 100 shillings. This manor Ulf, a housecarl of 

 King Edward, held. 



IN ERLAI [YARDLEY] HUNDRET 7 



M. In CETENDONE [Cheddington] Gilbert 

 holds of Robert 5^ hides as one manor. There 

 is land for 3^ ploughs. On the demesne is 

 i ; and there could be another. There 6 vil- 

 leins have i ploughs. There are 4 serfs, and 

 meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough (teams). It 

 is and was worth 60 shillings ; T.R.E. 100 

 shillings. This manor Osulf son of Frane, a 

 thegn of King Edward, held and could sell. 



IN MOSLAI [MULSHOE] HUNDRET 8 

 M. In CLISTONE" [Clifton (Reynes)] Wil- 

 liam de Boscroard and his brother hold of 

 Robert 4 hides as one manor. There is land 

 for 4 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ; and 

 6 villeins with 7 bordars have 2 ploughs. 

 There are 3 serfs, meadow (sufficient) for 4 

 plough (teams), woodland (to feed) 400 swine. 

 In all it is and was worth 100 shillings ; 

 T.R.E. 6 pounds. This manor Osulf, a thegn 

 of King Edward, held and could sell. In this 

 vill of Clistone Suert and Turbert held 3 vir- 

 gates which William and Roger have taken 

 possession of and hold concealed, to the king's 

 hurt (babent occupatas et celatas super regem), 

 as the men of the Hundred (court) assert. 

 Of the 4 abovementioned hides Alric, a man of 

 Osulf, held i virgate and could sell (it) to 

 whom he wished. 



[XX.] XIX. THE LAND OF ROBERT 

 DE OILGI 



IN STOCHES [STOKE] HUNDRET 

 M. Robert de Olgi holds EVREHAM [Iver]. 

 It is assessed at 1 7 hides. There is land for 

 30 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 hides, and 



Now part of Aylesbury Hundred. 



7 Now part of Cottesloe Hundred. For Yard- 

 ley see p. 233 under Bishop of Winchester's land. 



8 Now part of Newport Hundred. For the 

 name of the Hundred see p. 241 under the land 

 of the Bishop of Coutances. 



9 's' for 'fin MS. apparently. 



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