A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 
king’s bailiff, holds 2} hides. There is land 
for 2 ploughs, and they are there with 2 
villeins. It is and was worth 30 shillings 
T.R.E. and after (semper). This manor 
Branting, a man of King Edward, held and 
could sell. 
v. In Horme [Holme] Alwin, a king’s 
bailiff, holds 13 hides. There is land for 14 
ploughs. One plough is there and there could 
be a half plough (more). There are 2 villeins. 
It is and was worth 20 shillings T.R.E. and 
after (semper). This land Alvric and Lemar, 
bedells, held and could sell. 
vi. In Suprong [Sutton] Alwin holds 14 
virgates. It is and was worth 4 shillings ; 
T.R.E. 5 shillings. This land 2 sokemen 
held and could assign and sell to whom they 
wished. 
These 6 estates (terras) Ralf Talgebosc 
assigned to the king’s service (apposuit in 
ministerio regis) when he was sheriff, for they 
did not belong to (on fuerunt ibi) this (service) 
T.R.E. They who now hold them hold 
them by grant of the king as they say. 
In FricrHam [Fiirr] Hunprer 
In Strapier [Streatley] the bailiff (pre- 
Jfectus) of the hundred holds two-thirds (partes) 
of 1 virgate for the king’s use, which now 
belong to (jacent in) Lintone? [Luton] the 
king’s manor, but did not belong thereto 
(non jacuerunt ibi) T.R.E. Bondi the staller 
assigned (them) to (apposuit in) this manor ; 
Ralf Tallgebosc found them there belonging 
(ibi appositas), There is land for a half plough. 
It is and was worth § shillings; T.R.E. 10 
shillings. ‘This land Ulmar a priest held and 
could assign to whom he wished. 
In Wenesiar®? Hunpret 
In SupTone [Sutton] Alwin holds 1 hide. 
On the demesne is 1 plough and there are 3 
bordars with 1 plough ; meadow (sufficient) 
for 2 plough teams and (worth) 12 pence (be- 
sides). It is and was worth 20 shillings ; 
T.R.E. 10 shillings. Of this land the same 
man held 3 virgates, and a certain Edward 1 
virgate. ‘They could assign or sell them to 
whom they wished. 
In Wince [Wittey] Hunpret 
In Carientone [Carlton] Chelbert holds 
34 virgates. There is land for 1 plough, and 
1 In Biggleswade. 
2 For ‘ Luitone.’ 
3 Half hundred. Now part of Biggleswade Hun- 
dred. 
it is there with 2 villeins and 3 bordars. 
Meadow is there (sufficient) for 1 plough 
team. It is worth 10 shillings, when re- 
ceived (was worth) 2 ‘ ores,’ * T.R.E. 10 shil- 
lings. Of this land the same man held 1 
virgate. He was a man of Queen Edid and 
could assign to whom he wished. ‘Two vir- 
gates and a half however he took possession of 
for which he has produced (invenit) neither 
livery (4beratorem) nora warrantor (advocatum) ; 
which land Alli a thegn of King Edward 
held. 
In Wimentone [Wymington] 5 brothers 
with their mother hold 3 virgates (de da).® 
There is land for 1 plough, but it is not there. 
It is worth 3 shillings, was worth T.R.E. 15 
shillings. This land Lant their father, held 
and could assign and sell. 
In BEREFORDE [BarForD] Hunpret 
In CotpentonE [Goldington] Alric Win- 
tremelc holds half a hide of the king. There 
is land for a half plough and it is there, and 
meadow (sufficient) for 3 oxen. It is and 
was worth § shillings T.R.E. and after (semper). 
He who now holds it held it T.R.E. He 
was a man of King Edward, and could 
assign to whom he wished. He afterwards 
gave it to the canons of St. Paul, under King 
William, and in such wise that they should 
have it after his death absolutely (omnino). 
In WicuHEsTanEstou [ WIXAMTREE] 
HunpDRET 
In SranForp [Stanford °] Alric holds of the 
king the fourth part of 1 virgate. ‘ There is 
land for a half ox’ (dimid’ bovi) (to plough) and 
there is a ‘half ox’ (semibos)” there. It is 
and was worth 12 pence. He who now 
holds it held it T.R.E., and could assign (it) 
to whom he wished. 
In the same vill Ordui holds [ ] and 
the fourth part of 1 virgate.® There is land 
for 3 oxen (to plough) and they are there, and 
meadow (sufficient) for 3 oxen. It is and was 
worth 4 shillings T.R.E. and after (semper). 
The same man held it T.R.E. He was a 
man of King Edward, and could sell (it) to 
whom he wished. 
* The ‘ore’ was the ounce of silver, namely 
sixteen pence. The land therefore had been 
worth, at that time, two shillings and eightpence 
H.R.) 
5 These words are at the foot of the column, 
and their meaning is obscure (J.H.R.) 
® In Southill. 
7 ? heifer (see Introduction). 
8 “tenet Ordui et quartam partem unius virge.’ 
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