THE HOLDERS 
holds 3 hides and 1 virgate as one manor. 
There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne 
are 2 ploughs, and 8 villeins (are there) with 
2 ploughs. There is 1 serf, and there is 1 
mill (worth) 20 shillings, meadow (sufficient) 
for 2 plough teams, woodland (to feed) 40 
swine. It is (and was) worth 60 shillings ; 
T.R.E. 4 pounds. This manor Goduin a 
man of Borret held and could sell. 
LV. THE LAND OF THE WIFE OF 
RALF TAILLEB(OSC) 
In ManegsHeve [Mansoeap] Hunpret 
Azelina wife! of Ralf Tallgebosc holds of 
the king in BaDELEsponeE [Battlesden] 14 hides. 
There is land for 13 ploughs. One is there and 
there could be a half (plough) (more). There 
are 2 villeins and 1 bordar, and meadow (suffi- 
cient) for 1 plough team. It isand was worth 
20 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. This land 
2 sokemen, Anschil and Alwin, held and 
could sell to whom they wished. 
M. Azelina herself holds HocHetera [Hock- 
liffe). It is assessed at 10 hides. ‘There is 
land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne are 5 
hides and on it are 2 ploughs. Thereare 13 
villeins and (11?) bordars with 6 ploughs, 
meadow sufficient for 4 plough teams, wood- 
land to feed 100 swine. It all it is and was 
worth 8 pounds; T.R.E. 12 pounds. This 
manor Anschil held T.R.E. and could sell. 
In FuicrHam [Furr] Hunprer 
In Cainou [Cainhoe] Turstin holds of 
Azelina 1 hide. There is land for 2 ploughs. 
On the demesne is 1, and 1 villein has another. 
There are 3 bordars, and meadow sufficient 
for 1 plough team, and woodland to feed 100 
swine. It is worth 20 shillings, (was worth) 
when received 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 shil- 
lings. This land Ulvric, a sokeman of King 
Edward, held and could assign and sell to 
whom he wished. 
In BereForDE [BaRForD] HuNDRET 
In Wizo.tpgstone [Wyboston *] Judichel 
ants, There is no reason to suppose that he was 
a tenant-in-chief. Moreover this estate was after- 
wards held of the Earls of Leicester as half a 
knight’s fee. The occurrence, however, of Stod- 
den Hundred after that of Wixamtree is not in 
accordance with the regular sequence, and might 
be held to suggest the beginning of a new tenancy- 
in-chief as suggested by Mr. Ragg (J.H.R.) 
1 The word is‘ femina’ instead of the usual 
‘uxor,’ and it is clearly used here to mean ‘ widow’ 
(J-H.R.) 
2 In Eaton Socon. 
OF LANDS 
holds 54 virgates ot Azelina. There is land 
for 1 plough, and it is there with 1 villein and 
2 bordars ; meadow is there (sufficient) for a 
half plough team. It is worth 10 shillings, 
(was worth) when received 5 shillings; T.R.E. 
30 shillings. This land Almar, a man of 
Ulmar, held and could sell and assign to whom 
he wished. 
In BicHELEswADE [BIGGLEswaDE] HunpRET 
In ArEworDE [Eyworth] Brodo holds 1 
hide of Azelina. There is land for 1 plough, 
and it is there with 1 bordar, (and there is) 
meadow (sufficient) for 1 plough team. It 
is and was worth 10 shillings T.R.E. and after 
(semper). ‘This land belongs to (Azelina’s) 
marriage portion. This land the same Brodo 
held and could sell to whom he wished. 
In Wenestat Hunprer? 
M. In Harexat [(Cockayne) Hatley] Aze- 
lina holds, (as) of her marriage portion, 5 hides 
and 14 virgates. There is land for 8 ploughs. 
In the demesne are 1 hide and 1 virgate, and 
on it are 2 ploughs. There are 8 villeins and 
4 bordars with 6 ploughs. ‘There are 1 serf, 
and 1 mill (worth) 18 shillings («viii solid- 
orum), meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough teams, 
woodland (to feed) 4 swine and (producing) 3 
shillings rent. In all it is worth 6 pounds, 
when received (was worth) 100 shillings ; 
T.R.E. 6 pounds. This manor Ulmar a thegn 
of King Edward held, and there were 2 soke- 
men, his men, there. They had 24 virgates, 
and could assign and sell them to whom they 
wished. 
In WIcHEsTANESTOU [WIXAMTREE] 
HUuNDRET 
In Stanrorp [Stanford*] Roger holds 2 
hides of Azelina, and this is (part) of her mar- 
riage portion. ‘There is land for 2 ploughs.. 
On the demesne is 1 plough, and 2 villeins 
and 1 bordar (are there) with 1 plough ; mea- 
dow is there (sufficient) for 2 plough teams, 
woodland (to feed) 30 swine, and 1 mill 
(worth) 13 shillings and 4 pence. It is worth 
60 shillings, (was worth) when received 20 
shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. This land 2 
sokemen held and could assign to whom they 
wished. 
In Warpone [Warden] Walter, a monk,° 
3 Half hundred. 
Hundred. 
4 In Southill. 
5 But possibly ‘monachus’ was, as in later 
times, a nickname. Walter also held of her at 
Tadlow in Cambridgeshire (J.H.R.) 
Now part of Biggleswade 
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