THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



[XXXV.] XXXIIII. THE LAND OF 



WILLIAM SON OF MANNE 

 IN ESSEDENE [ASHENDON] HUNDRET ' 

 William son of Marine holds in LOTE- 

 GARSER [Ludgershall] 2 hides. There is land 

 for 2 ploughs. In the demesne are i hide 

 and i virgate, and on it is I plough ; and 3 

 villeins have i plough. Meadow is there 

 (sufficient) for i plough (team). It is and was 

 worth T.R.E. and after (valuit semper) 20 

 shillings. This manor Alvric the chamberlain 

 of King Edward held and could sell. 



[XXXVI.] XXXV. THE LAND OF 

 TURSTIN SON OF ROLF 

 IN STANES [STONE] HUNDRET 3 



Turstin son of Rolf holds CHENEBEIXE 

 PARVA [Little Kimble] and Albert holds of 

 him. It is assessed at 10 hides. There is 

 land for 10 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 

 and there could be other 2. There 10 vil- 

 leins with i bordar have 3 ploughs and 

 there could be 3 others. There are 2 

 serfs, and I mill worth (de) 1 6 shillings, and 

 meadow (sufficient) for i o plough (teams). In 

 all (totis valentiis) it is and was worth 100 

 shillings; T.R.E. 6 pounds. This manor 

 Brictric, a thegn of King Edward, held. 



IN COTESLAI [COTTESLOE] HuNDRET 3 



M. In HARDVIC [Hardwick] Turstin holds 

 19 hides. There is land for 19 ploughs. In 

 the demesne are 9^ hides, and on it are 3 

 ploughs and there could be a fourth. There 

 24 villeins with 4 bordars have 14^ ploughs, 

 and there could be another half a plough. 

 There are 8 serfs, and meadow (sufficient) for 

 IO plough (teams). In all (totis valentiis) it 

 is worth 1 5 pounds ; when received IO pounds ; 

 T.R.E. 1 6 pounds. This manor Saxi a thegn 

 of King Edward held. 



(An entry about Bricstoch follows, crossed 

 out and also marked O. 4 ) 



fo. I5lb 



[XXXVII.] XXXVI. THE LAND OF 



TUR[S]TIN- MANTEL 

 IN STANES [STONE] HUNDRET 3 



Turstin Mantel holds half a hide in MISSE- 

 DENE [(Little) Missenden 5 ]. There is land for 



1 Now part of Ashendon Hundred. 



2 Now part of Aylesbury Hundred. 



3 Now part of Cottesloe Hundred. For Cottes- 

 loe see p. 241, note 5, under the land of the 

 Bishop of Lisieux. 



4 This is a duplicate of the entry under Walter 

 Giffard's fief. See Introduction, p. 224 (J.H.R.). 



This is proved to be in Little Missenden by 



2 ploughs. On the demesne is I ; and 2 vil- 

 leins with I bordar have i plough. Meadow 

 is there (sufficient) for 2 plough (teams), wood- 

 land (to feed) 30 swine. It is and was worth 

 2O shillings; T.R.E. 30 shillings. This land 

 Seric a man of Sired held and could sell. 



IN BURNEHAM [BURNHAM] HUNDRET 



In ELMODESHAM [Amersham] Turstin holds 

 half a hide. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 There is i plough and there could be another. 

 There are 2 villeins with i bordar, meadow 

 (sufficient) for 2 plough (teams), woodland 

 (to feed) 30 swine. It is and was worth 13 

 shillings and 4 pence ; T.R.E. 20 shillings. 

 This land Turchil, a man of King Edward, 

 held and could sell. 



IN CESTREHAM [Chesham] Turstin holds 

 half a hide. There is land for i plough, but 

 it has been laid waste. It is and was worth 

 T.R.E. and after {valuit semper) 5 shillings. 

 This land Epy, a man of Brictric, held and 

 could sell. 



[XXXVIII.] XXXVII. THE LAND 

 OF RALF DE FELGERES 



IN LAMMVA HUNDRET * 



M. Ralf de Felgeres holds TVEVERDE 

 [Twyford]. It is assessed at 17 hides. There 

 is land for 18 ploughs. In the demesne are 

 6 hides, and on it are 3 ploughs and there 

 could be 2 more. There 15 villeins with 

 10 bordars have n ploughs and there could 

 be 2 more. There are 9 serfs, meadow (suffi- 

 cient) for 3 plough (teams), woodland (to feed) 

 IOO swine. In all (totis valentiis) it is worth 

 10 pounds ; when received 8 pounds ; T.R.E. 

 12 pounds. This manor Countess 7 Goda 

 held, 8 and there a certain man of Earl 8 Harold 

 had 3 hides as one manor and could sell. 



M. Ralf himself holds CREDENDONE [Charn- 

 don 9 ]. It is assessed at 10 hides. There 

 is land for 10 ploughs. In the demesne are 

 2 hides, and on it are 2 ploughs ; and 1 8 vil- 

 leins with 1 1 bordars have 8 ploughs. There 

 are 4 serfs, and meadow (sufficient) for 2 



long subsequent entries of the Mantel serjeanty 

 there in Testa de Nevill, pp. 256, 257, and Feudal 

 Aids, i. 85 (J.H.R.). 



6 Now part of Buckingham Hundred. 



7 Interlined. 



8 He had succeeded her as " Goda comitissa " 

 in a Surrey manor, and as " Goda " in both his 

 Devon ones. She was probably King Edward's 

 sister, but there seems to be some confusion in 

 Domesday between her and Godwine's wife 

 (J.H.R.). 



8 In Twyford. 



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