A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



on it are 4 ploughs, and 32 villeins have 26 

 ploughs. Of these villeins 5 have 6 hides. 

 There are 6 bordars and 4 serfs and 3 mills 

 worth (de) 44 shillings, and meadow (suffi- 

 cient) for 30 plough (teams). From 4 fisheries 

 come 1,500 eels and fish for Fridays for the 

 use of the reeve of the vill (prepositi wilts). 

 There is woodland (to feed) 800 swine, and 

 there are 2 arpends 1 of vineyard (arpendi 

 v'meie). In all (tatis valentiii) it is worth 22 

 pounds; when received i oo shillings; T.R.E. 

 12 pounds. This manor Tochi, a thegn of 

 King Edward, held, and there were there 

 3 sokemen ; of these, one, a man of Tochi, 

 held 3 virgates, but he could not sell except 

 by his leave ; another, a man of Queen Eddid, 

 (held) 2 J hides ; the third, a man of Seulf, had 

 i\ hides ; these two could assign (dare) or 

 sell (their land) to whom they wished, and 

 they did not belong to this manor. This 

 manor Robert got from Clarenbold de Maresc 

 in exchange (excambiavit pro) for Pateberie 

 [Padbury 2 ], and it is (part) of his wife's fee. 



IN DUSTENBERG [DESBOROUGH S ] HuNDRET 



M. Robert himself holds WICUMBE [(High) 

 Wycombe] belonging to(de) his wife's fee. It 

 is assessed at 10 hides. There is land for 30 

 ploughs. In the demesne are 4 hides, and 

 on it are 3 ploughs. There 40 villeins with 

 8 bordars have 27 ploughs. There are 8 

 serfs and 4 boors (buri), and 6 mills worth 

 (de) 75 shillings yearly, meadow (sufficient) 

 for 3 plough (teams) and for the horses of the 

 court (curia) and the villeins' plough (teams) 

 and woodland (to feed) 500 swine. In all 

 (toils valentiis) it is worth 26 pounds ; when 

 received 10 pounds; T.R.E. 12 pounds. This 

 manor Brictric held of Queen Eddid. 



IN TICHESSELE HUNDRET * 



Robert son of Walter holds of Robert 

 ACHELEI [Oakley]. It is assessed at 5 hides 

 and 3 virgates. There is land for 7 ploughs. 

 On the demesne are 3 ; and 9 villeins with 

 7 bordars have 4 ploughs. There are 3 serfs, 

 woodland (that would feed) 2OO swine, except 

 that it is the king's preserve in which it lies 

 (nisi esset parcus regis in quo jacet). In all 

 (tatis valentiis) it is and was worth 7 B pounds ; 

 T.R.E. 7 pounds. These 5 hides and 3 



1 There is some doubt as to the extent of the 

 arpent (J.H.R.) 



a For Padbury see p. 270 below. 



3 For Desborough see p. 234, note 2, under the 

 land of the Bishop of Lincoln. 



4 Now part of Ashendon Hundred. 



6 This number is doubtful in the MS. The 

 official edition reads 6 (J.H.R.} 



virgates arc 8 hides. Of these, Alwid the 

 maid held 2 hides which she could assign (dare) 

 or sell to whom she wished. And of the 

 demesne ' ferm ' (daminica firma) of King 

 Edward she had half a hide which Godric 

 the sheriff granted her (to hold) as long as he 

 was sheriff, on condition of her teaching his 

 daughter embroidery work. This land Robert 

 son of Walter holds now according to the 

 testimony of (testante) the Hundred (court). 



IN ERLAI [YARDLEY] HUNDRET* 



Co 



Ralf Basset holds of Robert MISSEVORDE 

 [Masworth]. 7 It is assessed at 20 hides. There 

 is land for 9 ploughs. On the demesne are 

 4 ; and 22 villeins have 5 ploughs. There are 

 8 serfs, and 3 mills worth (de) 15 shillings, 

 meadow (sufficient) for 6 plough (teams) and 

 woodland (to feed) 800 swine. In all (totis 

 valentiis) it is and was worth T.R.E. and after 

 (valuit semper) 2O pounds. This manor Bric- 

 tric, a thegn of King Edward, held and could 

 sell. 



In CETENDONE [Cheddington] Ralf holds 

 of Robert i hides. There is land for i 

 plough, and this is there with 2 bordars. 

 There is meadow (sufficient) for I plough 

 (team). It is and was worth T.R.E. and after 

 (valuit semper) 20 shillings. This land Fin 

 the Dane 8 held and could sell. 



IN STOFALD HUNDRET 9 



In CELDESTONE [Shalstone] Robert holds 

 of Robert 4 hides as one manor. There is land 

 for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; 

 and 4 villeins with 3 bordars have 3 ploughs. 

 There are 4 serfs, and woodland (to feed) 50 

 swine. This land is worth 40 shillings ; 

 when received 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shil- 

 lings. This manor Azor son of Toti held and 

 could sell. 



M. Turstin holds of Robert STRADFORD 

 [(Water) Stratford], It is assessed at 8 hides. 

 There is land for 8 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne are 3 ; and 10 villeins with 5 bordars 

 have 5 ploughs. There are 3 serfs, and I mill 

 worth (de) 8 shillings, and meadow (sufficient) 

 for 6 plough (teams). It is worth 7 pounds ; 

 when received 100 shillings ; T.R.E. 7 pounds. 

 This manor Azor son of Toti held and could 

 sell. 



6 Now part of Cottesloe Hundred. For Yard- 

 ley see p. 233, note 3, under the land of the Bishop 

 of Winchester. ' AKas Marsworth. 



8 ' Dane ' is interlined. 



Now part of Buckingham Hundred, 



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