A HISTORY OF 
men held and could sell their land. They 
were Archbishop Stigand’s men. 
M. In Mezexou [Millow] the same (ipse) 
Ralf holds of the same Walter 5 hides. ‘There 
is land for 5 ploughs and they are there, and 8 
villeins and 4 bordars. It is and was worth 
100 shillings T.R.E. and after (semper). ‘This 
manor 10 sokemen held and could assign or 
sell their land to whom they wished. 
In Srratone [Stratton'] Fulcher of Paris 
(Parisiacus) holds of Walter Gifard 1 hide and 
14 virgates. There is land for 2 ploughs. 
On the demesne is 1 plough and 1 villein is 
there and 5 bordars with 1 plough, and 
meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough teams. It 
is worth 28 shillings ; (was worth) as much 
when received; T.R.E. 30: shillings. This 
land 3 sokemen held and could assign or sell 
to whom they wished. 
M. In Cupessane® [Chicksand‘*] Germund 
holds of Ralf Langetot ® 34 hides as 1 manor. 
There is land for 3 ploughs. On the de- 
mesne is 1; and 1 villein and 3 bordars (are 
there) with 2 ploughs and (there is) 1 serf. 
Meadow is there (sufficient) for 3 plough teams 
and woodland (to feed) 40 swine. It is worth 
40 shillings; (was worth) when received 20 
shillings; T.R.E. 60 shillings. There could 
be 1 millthere. This manor 4 sokemen held 
and could assign and sell. 
M. In Cuampetrone® [Campton] Ralf de 
Langetot® holds of Walter Gifard 44 hides 
and the fourth part of 1 virgate. There is 
land for 4 ploughs. There is 1 plough on 
the demesne ; and 4 villeins have 3 ploughs 
and a mill is there worth 3° shillings and 3 
pence ; meadow (sufficient) for 4 plough teams, 
and woodland (to feed) 40 swine. It is worth 
60 shillings ; when received (was worth) 20 
shillings; T.R.E. 70 shillings. This land 6 
sokemen held and could assign to whom they 
wished. 
1 In Biggleswade. 
2 He also held here under Countess Judith, and 
he held under her and under Nigel de Albini 
at Holme adjoining (J.H.R.) 
3 These two manors were in Clifton Hundred, 
but the hundredal heading has been omitted 
(J-H.R.) : 
4 See Introduction. 
5 Compare p. 231, note 6, above. The instance 
of holding under an under-tenant should be noted 
(J-H.R.) 
® ?corrected to 2. 
BEDFORDSHIRE 
XVII. THE LAND OF WILLIAM DE 
WARENE 
In Stropene [SroppEN] Hunpret 
William de Warenna holds in Deng [Dean] 
2 hides, and 3 sokemen hold of him. There 
is land for 3 ploughs and they are there. There 
are 5 bordars and 1 serf. It is and was worth 
30 shillings T.R.E. and after (semper). This 
land the same sokemen held who hold it now. 
One of these could not assign or sell his land 
without his lord’s leave. The other two could 
do this. Of half a hide and half a virgate of 
this land William Spec was put in possession 
(saisitus) by the king and given livery (per ejus 
iiberatorem), but William de Warenna, with- 
out writ from the king, disseised him and 
took away 2 horses from his men and has not 
yet restored (them). This the men of the 
hundred (court) attest. 
M. William de Warenne himself holds 
Trresroc [Tillbrook]. It is assessed at 5 
hides. ‘There is land for 6 ploughs, and they 
are there and 20 sokemen and 4 bordars, and 
meadow (sufficient) for 5 plough teams. It 
is worth 100 shillings ; (was worth) as much 
when received ; T.R.E. 4 pounds, This manor 
the same sokemen held who hold it now, and 
they belonged in such way to the king’s soke 
and sake (ita de soca et saca regis fuerunt) that 
they could assign and sell their land to whom 
they wished and put themselves under another 
lord (recedere ad alium dominum) without the 
leave of him under whom they were. This 
land of Tilebroc [Tillbrook] Hugh Beau- 
champ claims against William, and the men 
of the hundred (court) bear testimony in re- 
gard to it that Ralf Tallebosc, his predeces- 
sor, was seised of it by the king and held it. 
In HaneFELpE [ ] William de 
Warenna holds 3 virgates of land. There is 
land for 1 plough and it is there. It is and 
was worth 10 shillings T.R.E. and after 
(semper). ‘This land always belonged to (jacuit 
in) Chenebaltone [Kimbolton], but gave its 
‘wer’ (warram) always of right (juste) in 
Bedefordshire.” 
In Esrong [Easton ®] William de War- 
enne holds 1 virgate. There is land for 2 
7 That is to say, it belonged to William de 
Warrenne’s manor of Kimbolton just across the 
Huntingdonshire border, but was assessed in 
Bedfordshire, in which it was locally situate 
(J.H.R.) 
8 Co. Hunts (see Introduction.) 
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