THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



IN BURNEHAM [BURNHAM] HUNDRET 



In BOVENIE [Boveney] Girard holds of 

 Gilo 3 hides. There is land for aj ploughs. 

 Half a plough is there and there could be 2 

 ploughs (more). Meadow is there (sufficient) 

 for 2 plough (teams), woodland (to feed) 60 

 swine. It is and was worth 2O shillings ; 

 T.R.E. 60 shillings. This manor Siward, a 

 man of Earl * Harold, held and could sell. 



IN TlCHESHELE HuNDRET 8 



Alvered of Tame [Thame 3 ] holds of Gilo I 

 hide and 3 virgates. 4 There is land for 2 

 ploughs, and these are there with 2 villeins 

 and i serf. There is meadow (sufficient) for 

 2 plough (teams). It is worth 30 shillings; 

 when received 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 

 shillings. This manor Seulf, a man of 

 Earl 1 Ralf, held and could sell. 



[LIIL] LII. QUEEN MATILDA'S 

 LAND 



IN DUSTENBERG [DESBOROUGH 5 ] HUNDRET 



M. Queen Matilda held (ten') MERLAUE 

 [Marlow]. It is assessed at 1 5 hides. There is 

 land for 26 ploughs. In the demesne are 5 

 hides, and on it are 2 ploughs; and 35 villeins 

 with 23 bordars have 24 ploughs. There 

 is I serf, and I mill worth (de) 2O shillings, 

 meadow (sufficient) for 26 plough (teams), 

 woodland (to feed) 1,000 swine, and from I 

 fishery (come) i ,000 eels. In all (totis valentiis) 

 it is worth 25 pounds ; when received 10 

 pounds ; and as much T.R.E. This manor 

 Earl Algar held. 



M. The queen herself held (ten 1 ) HANBLE- 

 DENE [Hambleden]. It is assessed at 20 hides. 

 There is land for 30 ploughs. In the de- 

 mesne are 5 (hides), and on it are 3 ploughs ; 

 and 50 villeins with 9 bordars have 27 ploughs. 

 There are 9 serfs, and i mill worth (de) 20 

 shillings, and from a fishery (come) 1,000 eels ; 

 meadow is there (sufficient) for 8 plough 

 (teams), woodland (to feed) 700 swine. In 

 all (In totis redditionibus) it pays yearly 35 

 pounds ; and by tale when the queen was 

 living (it paid) 15 pounds ; T.R.E. 1 6 pounds. 

 This manor Earl Algar held. 



[LIV.] LIIL COUNTESS JUDITH'S 

 LAND 



IN COTESLAU [COTTESLOE] HuNDRET 6 



The Countess Judith holds in HOLEDENE 

 [Hollingdon] 7 I hide and 3^ virgates. Torchil 

 holds of her. There is land for 2 ploughs. 

 On the demesne is i ; and I villein with 3 

 bordars have I plough. It is and was worth 

 2O shillings ; T.R.E. 30 shillings. The same 

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



IN BONESTOU HUNDRET 8 



In WESTONE [Weston (Underwood)] Ans- 

 chitil holds of the Countess Judith 3 virgates. 

 There is land for half a plough, and it is 

 there. Meadow is there (sufficient) for 4 

 oxen ; 9 woodland (to feed) 20 swine. It is 

 and was worth 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 shil- 

 lings. This land Ulvric a man of Earl 10 

 Wallef held and could sell. 



In LAVENDENE [Lavendon] Roger holds of 

 the countess 2 hides and i virgate and the 

 fourth part of I virgate. There is land for 2 

 ploughs. On the demesne is i ; and 3 villeins 

 with 2 bordars have i plough. Meadow is 

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

 land (to feed) 30 swine. It is worth 30 shil- 

 lings ; when received 10 shillings; T.R.E. 

 40 shillings. This manor Humman a man of 

 Alii held and could sell. . 



In the same vill Gilbert de Blossevile holds 

 of the countess 2 hides and i virgate. There 

 is land for 3 ploughs but they are not there, 

 and only 4 bordars (fed nan sunt ibi nisi iiii 

 bordarii). Meadow is there (sufficient) for 3 

 plough (teams), woodland (to feed) 20 swine. 

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

 semper) 20 shillings. This manor Alii, a 

 housecarl of King Edward, held and could 

 sell. 



In the same vill Ralf holds of the countess 

 I hide. There is land for i ploughs. There 

 are I villein and 3 bordars, meadow (sufficient) 

 for i plough (teams) and woodland (to feed) 

 15 swine. It is and was worth 10 shillings ; 

 T.R.E. 2O shillings. This manor Turbert, a 

 man of the Countess Goda, held and could 

 sell. 



1 Interlined. 



* Now part of Ashendon Hundred. 



3 He held at Thame (Oxon) under the Bishop 

 of Lincoln (J.H.R.). 



4 The place is not given in the MS. 



For Desborough see p. 234 under the land of 

 the Bishop of Lincoln. 



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" Now part of Cottesloe Hundred. For Cot- 

 tesloe see p. 241 under the land of the Bishop of 

 Lisieux. 



* In Soulbury. 



8 Now part of Newport Hundred. 



i.e. half a plough team. 10 Interlined. 



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