A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



could be 3 more. There 22 villeins with 

 6 bordars have 1 1 ploughs. There are 

 5 serfs, and i mill worth (de) 20 shillings, and 

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

 all it is worth 10 pounds ; when received 

 100 shillings; T.R.E. 10 pounds. This 

 manor Alwin, a man of Queen Eddid, held 

 and could sell. 



In SOLEBERIE [Soulbury] Hugh holds 2 

 thirds (paries) of i virgate. There is land for 

 4 oxen l (to plough). It is and was worth 3 

 shillings; T.R.E. 4 shillings. This land Dot, 

 man of Deus (homo dei), held and could sell to 

 whom he wished. 



IN BONESTOU HUNDRET 2 

 In LATEBERIE [Lathbury] William de 

 Orenge holds 4 hides of Hugh as one manor. 

 There is land for 3 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne are 2 ; and 4 villeins with 4 bordars 

 have i plough. There are 3 serfs, meadow 

 (sufficient) for 3 plough (teams) and woodland 

 (to feed) 100 swine. It is worth 4 pounds ; 

 when received 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shil- 

 lings. This manor 2 thegns, Leuric and 

 Olviet, held as 2 manors and could sell. 



[XXVII.] XXVI. THE LAND OF 



HUGH DE BOLEBECH 

 IN STANES [STONE] HUNDRET 3 



Hugh de Bolebech holds in MISSEDENE 

 [Missenden] half a hide and Ulviet holds of 

 him. 4 There is land for i plough and 

 this is there with i bordar. Meadow is there 

 (sufficient) for I plough (team), woodland (to 

 feed) 30 swine. It is and was worth T.R.E. 

 and after (valuit semper) 10 shillings. The 

 same man (Istemet*) held it T.R.E. He was 

 a man of Bishop Wlwi 8 and could sell (it). 



IN BURNEHAM [BURNHAM] HuNDRET 



In ELMODESHAM [Amersham] Ulviet holds 

 of Hugh half a hide. There is land for 2 

 ploughs, and these are there with 2 vil- 

 leins and 3 bordars. There is I mill worth 

 (de) 5 shillings, and woodland (to feed) 20 

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

 (valuit semper) 20 shillings. The same man 

 (Istemet) held it T.R.E. and could sell (it). 



Hugh himself holds in CESTREHAM [Cries- 

 ham] 8J hides. There is land for 16 ploughs. 



1 i.e. half a plough-team. 



2 Now part of Newport Hundred. 



3 Now part of Aylesbury Hundred. 



4 ' Of him ' is interlined. ' i.e. Ulviet. 

 Wulfwig, Bishop of Lincoln (J.H.R.) 



In the demesne are i hides, and on it are 2 

 ploughs ; and 1 6 villeins with 6 bordars 

 have 12 ploughs and there could be 2 more. 

 There are 6 serfs, and i mill worth (de) 10 

 shillings, meadow (sufficient) for 16 plough 

 (teams), and woodland (to feed) 800 swine 

 and (supplying) shares for the ploughs (et fer- 

 rum carucis). In all (toth valentiis) it is worth 

 10 pounds all but 3 shillings; T.R.E. 12 

 pounds. This manor Brictric, a man of 

 Queen Eddid, held, and there 2 sokemen 

 held 4 hides ; they were men of Brictric and 

 could sell (them). 



IN DUSTENBERG [DESBOROUGH] 7 HUNDRET 



M. Hugh himself holds MEDEMEHAM 

 [Medmenham]. It is assessed at 10 hides. 

 There is land for 10 ploughs. In the de- 

 mesne are 4 hides, and on it are 2 ploughs ; 

 and i o villeins with 8 bordars have 8 ploughs. 

 There are 4 serfs. From a fishery (come) 1,000 

 eels. Meadow is there (sufficient) for all the 

 plough (teams), woodland (to feed) 50 swine. 

 In all it is and was worth 100 shillings ; 

 T.R.E. 8 pounds. This manor Wlstan, a 

 thegn of King Edward, held and could sell to 

 whom he wished. 



Hugh himself holds BROCH [ ? Brook (End) 8 ] 

 as I hide. There is land for i plough, and it 

 is there with I villein and 2 bordars. It is 

 and was worth T.R.E. and after (valuit sem- 

 per) 10 shillings. This land Odo held. He 

 was a man of Brictric and could sell (it). 



IN ERLAI [YARDLEY] HUNDRET" 

 In CETEDONE [Cheddington] Hugh holds 

 half a hide, but it has been laid waste. This 

 land Ulwin of Wadone [? Weedon] held and 

 could sell. 



In WADONE [Whaddon in Slapton] Hugh 

 holds 10 I hide. There is land for I plough, 

 and this is there with I villein. Meadow is 

 there (sufficient) for I plough (team). It 

 is and was worth 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 2O 

 shillings. This land 2 men of Brictric held 

 and could sell. 



IN SIGELAI" HUNDRET 



M. Hugh himself holds CALVRETONE 

 [Calverton]. It is assessed at 10 hides. 



7 For Desborough see p. 234, note 2, under 

 the land of the Bishop of Lincoln. 



8 ? a lost name in or near Grove (J.H.R.) 



9 Now part of Cottesloe Hundred. For Yard- 

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

 of Winchester. 



10 ' ten[et] ' is repeated in the MS. 



11 Now part of Newport Hundred. 



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