THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 
valentiis) it is worth 9 pounds ; when received 
(was worth) 100 shillings; T.R.E. 8 pounds. 
This manor Borred held and in it were 5 
sokemen who held 5 hides of this land and 
could assign or sell (them) to whom they 
wished. 
M. Of the bishop himself William his 
steward (dapifer) holds Esztrone [Shelton]. It 
is assessed at 5 hides. There is land for 6 
ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs and 
the villeins have 4. There are 14 (villeins ?) 
and 5 bordars and 3 serfs, and 1 mill (worth) 
3 shillings, meadow (sufficient) for 1 plough 
team, and woodland (to feed) 4 swine. ; 
worth 100 shillings; when received, (was 
worth) 60 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. This 
manor Ulveva held under Borret. She could 
not assign nor sell (it) without his leave. 
In Esrong [Easton *] 4 sokemen hold of 
the Bishop of Coutances 3 virgates of land. 
There is land for 1 plough and it is there. This 
land is and was worth 10 shillings; T.R.E. 5 
shillings. The same men who hold it held 
it (T.R.E.). They were men of Burred and 
could assign (it) to whom they wished. In 
these 3 virgates the bishop claims against 
Sigard de Cioches 20 acres of woodland which 
belonged to them (242 jacuerunt) T.R.E. and 
this the men of the hundred (court) attest. 
M. In Risgrar [Riseley] 2 Frenchmen 
and 6 Englishmen hold of the bishop 6 hides. 
There is land for 7 ploughs and they are 
there. There are 6 villeins and 7 bordars 
and 1 serf, meadow sufficient for 3 plough 
teams, and woodland to feed 200 swine. It 
is worth 72 shillings; when received, (was 
worth) the same ; T.R.E. 100 shillings. Of 
this land Burred held 2 hides in demesne, and 
6 sokemen, his men, held 4 hides, which they 
could assign and sell just as they wished (wz 
voluerunt). 
In BurenestreE [Bolnhurst] the same bishop 
holds 3 virgates of land in exchange for 
(pro excambio de) Bledone [Bleadon].?_ There 
is land for 14 ploughs, and these are there. 
One villein is there and 4 bordars, and 
meadow (sufficient) for 1 plough team and 
woodland (to feed) 20 swine. It is worth 
15 shillings ; when received (was worth) the 
1 Co, Hunts (see Introduction). 
2 A Buckinghamshire estate of the bishop (fo. 
145b) is described with more exactness as ‘de 
excambio pro Bledone.’ Each of these estates 
was alleged to form part of lands given to the 
bishop in exchange for Bleadon, Somerset (J.H.R.) 
I 225 
It is” 
same ; T.R.E. 20 shillings. This land Gud- 
munt, a man of King Edward, held and 
could sell to whom he wished. 
In Newentone [Newton Broomshold] 
the bishop’s steward (dapifer) William holds 
of him 1 virgate.? It is and was worth 12 
pence ; T.R.E. 16 pence. This land Alwin, 
a man of Borred, held; he could not assign 
or sell it without his leave. 
M. In THE Hunpret oF Wiica [WILLey] 
Geoffrey de Tralgi holds of the bishop 4 
hides.‘ There is land for 5 ploughs. On the 
demesne are 2 and the villeins have 3. There 
are 14 villeins and 5 bordars and 4 serfs, and 
meadow (sufficient) for 4 plough teams. It 
is and was worth 100 shillings. “This manor 
Turbert, a man of King Edward, held and 
could sell. This land the bishop holds in 
exchange for (pro excambio de) Bledone [Blea- 
don®]. So his men say. 
M. In Tornar® [Turvey] the same bishop 
holds 4 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. 
In the demesne are 2 hides, on it 3 ploughs. 
There 3 villeins have 3 ploughs and (there 
are) 8 bordars and 1 serf and 1 mill (worth) 
20 shillings, meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough 
teams and woodland (to feed) 40 swine. It 
is worth 6 pounds; when received was worth 
40 shillings, T.R.E. 6 pounds. ‘This manor 
3 sokemen, men of King Edward, held and 
could assign and sell. This land the bishop 
has in exchange for (pro excambio de) Bledone 
[Bleadon *], as his men say. 
In Henewic [Hinwick 7] Turstan holds of 
the bishop 14 hides. There is land for 2 
ploughs. On the demesne is 1, and 3 villeins 
have 1 plough and (? there is) 1 bordar. It is 
worth 20 shillings. 
In Sernesroc [Sharnbrook] a certain 
3 The rest of Newton Broomshold (2 hides less 
half a virgate) is surveyed under Northants, and 
was held of the Bishop of Coutances by ‘ William’ 
(J.H.R.) 
4 In the later Hundred of Willey, Biddenham, 
Chellington, and Hinwick are all associated with 
Trailli (Testa de Nevill, p. 248; Feudal Aids, i. 
12). But as Biddenham was in ‘ Buchelai’ Half 
Hundred at the time of Domesday, these 4 hides 
were probably in Chellington, which is not men- 
tioned by name in the Survey. Mr. Airy, how- 
ever, I find considered them to represent Souldrop, 
but he was not guided by feudal evidence (J.H.R.) 
5 See note 2 above. 
® i.e. Toruai. 
7 In Puddington eas Podington. 
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