A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



plough (teams). In all it is and was worth 8 

 pounds ; T.R.E. 9 pounds. This manor 

 Eingar, a man of Earl Harold, 1 held and could 

 sell. 



[XXXIX.] XXXVIII. THE LAND OF 

 BERTRAN DE VERDUN 



IN STOCHES [STOKE] HUNDRET 



M. Bertran de Verdun holds FERNEHAM 

 [Farnham (Royal)]. It is assessed at 10 hides. 

 There is land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne 

 are 5 hides, and on it are 2 ploughs ; and 

 5 villeins with 3 bordars have 4 ploughs 

 and there could be 2 more. There are 2 

 serfs, meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough (teams) 

 and woodland (to feed) 600 swine. In all it 

 is worth 100 shillings ; when received 4 

 pounds ; and the same T.R.E. This manor 

 Countess Goda held. 2 Half a hide of this 

 manor Geoffrey de Mannevile holds in Elmode- 

 sham [Amersham] of which he dispossessed 

 (desaisivit) the aforesaid Bertran whilst he was 

 over sea in the service of the king, ac- 

 cording to the testimony of the Hundred 

 court) ; and Ralf Tailgebosc set up (fecit] on 

 Bertran's land a mill which was not there 

 T.R.E., as the Hundred (court) testifies. 



7 plough (teams). In all (toils valentiis) it is 

 worth 7 pounds ; when received 100 shil- 

 lings ; T.R.E. 8 pounds. This manor 7 

 thegns, men of King Edward, held and could 

 sell. 



[XLL] XL. THE LAND OF NIGEL 

 DE BEREVILE 



IN MUSELAI [MURSLEY] HuNDRET 6 



Nigel de Berevile holds in DRAINTONE 

 [Drayton (Parslow)] 2 hides and i virgate as 

 one manor. There is land for 8 ploughs. On 

 the demesne is I and there could be 2 more. 

 There 8 villeins with 2 bordars have 4^ 

 ploughs and there could be another half a 

 plough. There are 3 serfs, and meadow (suffi- 

 cient) for 8 plough (teams). It is worth 40 

 shillings ; when received 100 shillings, and 

 the same T.R.E. 7 This manor Lewin de 

 Neuham [Nuneham (Courtenay)] held of the 

 king, and afterwards, T.R.W., Ralf Passa- 

 quam 8 held it of the same Lewin and found 

 2 men with hauberks (loricatos) for the guard 

 of (In custodia de) Windesores [Windsor]. 

 This Ralf the Bishop of Coutances dispos- 

 sessed (desaisivit) and put the above-mentioned 

 Nigel into possession. 



[XL.] XXXIX. THE LAND OF 

 NIGEL DE ALBINGI 



IN DUSTENBERG [DESBOROUGH] 3 HuNDRET 



M. Nigel de Albingi holds TILLEBERIE 

 [Turville]. 4 It is assessed at 5 hides. There 

 is land for 1 1 ploughs. On the demesne are 

 3 ; and 13 villeins with i bordar have 7 

 ploughs and there could be an eighth. There 

 is woodland (to feed) 20 swine. In all it is 

 worth 7 pounds ; when received 100 shil- 

 lings ; T.R.E. 7 pounds. This manor 

 Turbert a man of Earl * Algar held and could 

 sell. 



IN TlCHESHELE HuNDRET 5 



M. In EIE [Kingsey and Towersey] Nigel 

 (de)Wast 1 holds of Nigel 9 hides and i virgate. 

 There is land for 7 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne are 3; and 10 villeins have 4 ploughs. 

 There are 4 serfs, and meadow (sufficient) for 



1 Interlined. 



* See p. 267, note 8. 



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

 land of the Bishop of Lincoln. 



* Formerly ' Tirefelde.' It is proved by feudal 

 evidence to have belonged to Nigel de Albini's 

 barony, of which Cainhoe, Beds, was the head 

 (J.H.R.). 



Now part of Ashendon Hundred. 



[XLII.] XLI. THE LAND OF ROGER 

 DE IVERI 



IN TICHESELE HUNDRET 9 



Roger de Iveri holds LESA [ to ] and 



Picot holds of him. It is assessed at 2 hides. 

 There is land for 4 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne are 2 ; and 4 villeins with 2 bor- 

 dars have 2 ploughs. There are 2 serfs, 

 meadow (sufficient) for I plough (team), wood- 

 land (to feed) 200 swine. In all (totis valentiis) 

 it is worth 40 shillings ; when received 30 

 shillings ; T.R.E. 50 shillings. This manor 

 Azor son of Toti, a man of Queen Eddid, held 

 and could sell. 



Now part of Cottesloe Hundred. 



7 The MS. has T.R.R. 



s He held Holcutt, Beds, of William Spech 

 (fo. 2i4b) (J.H.R.). 



Now part of Ashendon Hundred. 

 10 This place appears in Testa de Nevill, p. 245, 

 as ' Esses ' and as held by John de Esses ' de feodo 

 de Bekelee' of Earl Richard. This 'Bekelee' 

 was Beckley, Oxon, two or three miles from the 

 Bucks border (at about the part where ' Lesa ' 

 would be), which Domesday shows held by Roger 

 d'lvri. It is found subsequently as ' Esses ' 

 (Feudal Aids, \. 84) and as ' Esshe ' held with 

 'Merlake' by Nigel de Asshe (ibid. p. 114) 

 (J.H.R.). 



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