A HISTORY OF 
land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne is 1 plough 
and 13 villeins have 5. And (there are) 10 
bordars, and 1 mill (worth) 10 shillings, and 
meadow (sufficient) for 6 plough teams. There 
is a market worth (de) 10 shillings. It is and 
was worth T.R.E. and after (semper) 7 pounds. 
This manor Alestan of Boscum(b)e held, and 
there was 1 sokeman, his man, there who had 
two-thirds (partes) of 1 hide and could assign 
to whom he wished. 
In CHAMBELTONE [Campton] Fulbert holds 
half a hide of William de Ow. There is land 
for a half plough, and it is there with 1 villein. 
This land isand was worth 5 shillings T.R.E. 
and after (semper). ‘This land Alwin, a man 
of Alestan, held and could assign to whom he 
wished. 
XIX. THE LAND OF MILO CRISPIN 
In Stopen [SToppEN] HunpRetT 
M. Milo Crispin holds CLopeHam [Clap- 
ham]. It is assessed at 5 hides. There is 
land for 30 ploughs. Besides these 5 hides 
there are 10 carucates of land in the de- 
mesne ;? on it are 8 ploughs and there could 
be 2 more. There 18 villeins have 20 ploughs, 
and (there are) 15 bordars and 4 serfs, and mea- 
dow sufficient for 6 plough teams, and 1 mill 
(worth) 40 shillings, and woodland (to feed) 
200 swine and (worth) 6 pence (besides). In 
all (totis valentiis) it is worth 24 pounds ; (was 
worth) as much when received ; and T.R.E. 
12 pounds. ‘This manor Bricxtric, a thegn 
of King Edward, held of the abbot of Ramesy. 
The abbot and monks claim (reclamant) this 
manor since it is and was, T.R.E., for their 
support (de victu ecorum), and the whole hun- 
dred (court) bears witness to the fact (de hoc). 
In Mippve Tone [Milton (Ernest)] 2 soke- 
men had 16 acres of land and gave their 
“wer” (warram) in the same Middeltone, but 
could sell or assign their land to whom they 
wished. These sokemen Robert de Olgi? at- 
tached to (apposuit in) Clopeham [Clapham], 
unjustly, as the men of the hundred (court) 
say, because they never belonged thereto 
T.R.E. (nunquam ibi jacuerunt). 
In Witca [Wittey] Hunprer 
In Laxeca [Thurleigh] Levric holds of 
Milo 1 virgate 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). The 
same man held it T.R.E. He was a man of 
Brixtric and could assign or sell it. 
1 See p. 229, note 2. 
2 See Introduction, p. 202. 
BEDFORDSHIRE 
XX. THE LAND OF ERNULF DE 
HESDING 
In ManesHeve [MansHeap] Hunpret 
Ernulf de Hesding holds Dopinrong [Tod- 
dington] of the king. It is assessed at 153 
hides. There is land for 30 ploughs. ‘There 
are 10 carucates of land in the demesne, and 
on it are 7 ploughs, and there could be 3 more: 
(this is) besides the 154 hides? There 42 
villeins have 20 ploughs. ‘There are 19 bor- 
dars and 19 serfs, meadow (sufficient) for 30 
plough teams, and woodland (to feed) 300 
swine. In all (totis valentiis) it is worth 25 
pounds; (was worth) as much when received ; 
T.R.E. 30 pounds. This manor Wlward 
Levet held T.R.E. 
In Cetcrave [Chalgrave] Ernulf holds the 
third part of 1 virgate of land. It is and was 
worth 2 shillings T.R.E. and after (semper). 
This land Edward Wit * held T.R.E. 
XXI. THE LAND OF EUDO SON 
OF HUBERT 
M. Eudo ‘Dapifer’ holds Eronr [Eaton 
Socon*]. It is assessed at 20 hides. There 
is land for 16 ploughs. In the demesne are 
4 hides and on it are 4 ploughs. There 38 
villeins have 12 ploughs. ‘There are 7 bor- 
dars and 8 serfs, and 2 sokemen who could not 
assign or sell their land. There are 2 mills 
worth (de) 36 shillings and 6 pence, and 100 
eels, meadow (sufficient) for 12 plough teams, 
and woodland (to feed) 400 swine, and 2 acres 
of vineyard. In all it is worth 15 pounds, 
(was worth) when received 8 pounds, T.R.E. 
10 pounds, This manor Ulmar of Etone 
[Eaton Socon], a thegn of King Edward, held. 
In this manor were 2 sokemen who could 
assign and sell their land. Of this land ‘Ted- 
bald a man of Countess Judith claims 1 hide, 
of which Eudo disseised him after he came 
to this manor. 
3 See p. 229, note 2. 
4 «Wit? is interlined. 
5 Eaton Bray and Eaton Socon, which lie at 
opposite extremities of the county, are at first sight 
difficult to distinguish in Domesday, because the 
Hundredal heading is here omitted, and because 
both manors escheated from their Domesday 
holders to the Crown. But as ‘Etone’ is here 
followed by Wyboston and Chawston, immediately 
south of Eaton Socon, we are clearly dealing with 
Barford Hundred, in which are situated all three. 
Moreover, it is noteworthy that Eaton Bray and 
Eaton Socon appear persistently as ‘ Eytone’ and 
‘Etone’ respectively (Feudal Aids, vol. i.), just as 
they appear in Domesday as ‘ Eitone’ and ‘ Etone’ 
respectively. Eaton Socon is further discussed in 
the Introduction (J.H.R.) 
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