A HISTORY OF 
THE LAND OF SIGAR 
DE CIOCHES 
In Sroprn [Sroppen] Hunprer 
Sygar de Cioches holds in Esrone [Easton *] 
2 hides of the king. There is land for 5 
ploughs. In the demesne are 2 carucates of 
land besides the 2 hides,? and on it are 2 
ploughs, and 6 villeins have 3 ploughs. 
There are 12 bordars and 2 serfs, meadow 
(sufficient) for 1 plough team, woodland (to 
feed) 60 swine. It is worth 4 pounds ; when 
received (was worth) 3 pounds; T.R.E. 4 
pounds, This land Wig, a thegn of King 
Edward, held and could assign and sell to 
whom he wished. 
XXXVI. 
XXXVII. THE LAND OF GUNFREI 
DE CIOCHES 
In Wuca [WILEY] Hunpret 
Gunfrey (Gunfridus) de Cioches holds in 
Hanewic* [Hinwick] 1 hide and 3 virgates. 
Tetbald holds of him. There is land for 3 
ploughs, On the demesne is 1 plough and 
there could be 2 (more). There are 3 villeins. 
It is worth 20 shillings ; (was worth) when re- 
ceived 10 shillings; T.R.E. 40. shillings. 
This land 2 sokemen held and could assign 
and sell to whom they wished. 
XXXVII. THE LAND OF RICHARD 
SON OF COUNT GILBERT‘ 
In BEREForD [BARFoRD] HuNDRET 
Richard son of Count Gilbert holds in 
SupBeRigE [Sudbury ®] 1 virgate of land which 
belongs to (sacet in) the church of St. Neot, 
and belonged thereto (jacuit in) T.R.E. 
In WiBoLDEsTONE [Wyboston °] the monks 
of St. Neot hold of the aforesaid Richard 2 
hides and half a virgate. ‘There is land for a 
half plough, but it is not there. Woodland 
(is there to feed) 100 swine. It is worth 11 
shillings, (was worth) when received a like 
sum; T.R.E. 21 shillings. This land be- 
longed to (jacuit in) the church of St. Neot, 
T.R.E., in almoin. 
1 Co. Hunts (see Introduction). 
? See p. 229, note 2. 
3 In Puddington or Podington. 
4 Alias Richard ‘de Clare’ or ‘de Tunbridge,’ 
ancestor of the house of Clare and founder of St. 
Neot’s priory (J.H.R.) 
5 In Eaton Socon. Mg, Airy described it as 
‘situated by the river at the northern extremity of 
the parish towards Little Paxton’ (J.H.R.) 
6 In Eaton Socon, 
BEDFORDSHIRE 
XXXIX. THE LAND OF RICHARD 
PUNGIANT’ 
In BicHeLeswaDE [BiGGLEswADE] HuNDRET 
M. Richard Puniant holds of the king in 
Darnrong [Dunton] 8 hides and [1 °] vir- 
gate as one manor. ‘There is land for 8 
ploughs. In the demesne are 4 hides and 1 
virgate, and on it are 3 ploughs. There 12 
villeins have 5 ploughs, and (there are) 2 
bordars and 3 serfs, and woodland (to feed) 60 
swine. In all it is worth 8 pounds, (was 
worth) when received 6 pounds, and as much 
T.R.E. This manor Archbishop Stigand 
held. 
In TamiserorpE [Tempsford] Robert 
holds of Richard P[un]g[iant] 2 hides of the 
king’s fee. There is land for 2 ploughs. On 
the demesne is 1 plough, and (there are) 4 
villeins with 1 plough, and meadow (sufficient) 
for 1 plough team. It is worth 30 shillings, 
(was worth) when received 20 shillings and 
T.R.E. 20 shillings. This land 3 sokemen 
held and could assign to whom they wished. 
In WicuesransTou [WIXAMTREE] HuNDRET 
In Superveze [Southill] Richard Pungiant 
holds half a hide of woodland which Arch- 
bishop Stigand held T.R.E. 
XL. THE LAND OF WILLIAM THE 
CHAMBERLAIN ® 
In Manesueve [MansHeap] Hunpret 
William the chamberlain holds in Portss- 
GRAVE [Potsgrove] 1 hide of the king. There 
is land for 1 plough and it is there, and mea- 
dow (sufficient) for 1 plough team. It is worth 
15 shillings, (was worth) when received a 
like sum and T.R.E. 40 shillings. This land 
Morcar the priest of Lintone*® [Luton] held 
and could sell. 
In BapELesTone (Battlesden) Robert holds 
of William the chamberlain half a hide. 
There is land for a half plough. It is worth 
§ shillings ; (was worth) when received a like 
sum; T.R.E.7 pounds.** This land Morcar 
the priest held and could sell. 
7 He held land in six counties, but his whole 
fief was not large (J.H.R.) 
8 This figure must be right, for the addition of 
the 1 hide and 3 virgates in ‘Domtone’ (p. 231, 
above) completes the 10 hide unit (J.H.R.) 
® See Introduction. 
19 For Liutone (see p. 222). 
11 So MS. ; probably error for shillings, 
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