A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 
[HERTS] 
fo. 133 
King William holds Westone [Weston- 
(ing)]. It is assessed at 5 hides. There is 
land for 14 ploughs. In demesne are 2 hides, 
and 2 ploughs are on it (éb/) ; and 16 villeins 
with 3 bordars have 5 ploughs, and 5 more 
could be (employed). (There are) 4 serfs. 
(There is) meadow for 7 plough-teams ; pas- 
ture for the stock of the vill. (There is) 
woodland for 400 swine and (yielding) 3 shil- 
lings (besides), Earl Harold held this manor, 
which did and does belong to (et jacuit et jacet 
in) Hiz [Hitchin]. But the assessment (Wara) 
of this manor belonged to (jacuit in) ‘ Bede- 
fordscire’ T.R.E. (namely) to (#7) the Hun- 
dret of Maneheve [Manshead]; and the 
manor is there and always was; and since 
King Edward’s death it has failed to pay the 
king’s geld. 
[HUNTS] 
fo. 203b 
In PaRTENHALE [Pertenhall] Alwin’ had 
I virgate of land (assessed) tothe geld. (There 
is) land for half a plough. This land is situ- 
ated in ‘ Bedefordescire,’ but renders (its) geld 
and service in ‘ Hontedunescyre.’ The king’s 
officers claim it for his own use (opus). It is 
and was in King Edward’s time worth 5 
shillings. William holds it of Bishop R[emi- 
gius] and ploughs (the land) there with his 
own demesne. 
fo. 205b 
S.1 In Catssor [Keysoe] Allic (has) 3 vir- 
gates of land (assessed) to the geld. There is 
land for 6 oxen. (It is) soke (of Kimbolton). 
There (are) 1 sokeman, and 7 bordars, and 4 
acres of meadow, and 5 acres of woodland 
for feed ( pastilis). 
fo. 207 
M. In Evrerune [Everton] Ingewar had 
7 hides (assessed) to the geld. (There is) 
land for 18 ploughs. There are now 2 ploughs 
on the demesne, and 19 villeins and 2 bordars 
who have 9 ploughs. There are a priest and 
a church and 15 acres of meadow, and 40 
acres of underwood (si/ue min’). In King 
Edward’s time it was worth 10 pounds ; now 
7 pounds. Rannulf brother of Ilger holds it 
of the king. 
fo. 207b 
In Caissor [Keysoe] Alwine had 1 virgate 
of land (assessed) to the geld with sac and 
soc. ‘There is land for 2 oxen. It lies in 
‘ Bedefordscira,’ but pays (dat) geld in ‘Hunte- 
d[une]scyre.” He himself holds (it) now of 
the king, and has there 1 villein with 2 oxen 
in the plough (én caruca). In King Edward’s 
time it was worth 16 pence; now the same. 
fo. 208 
Of (the) 1 virgate of land of Alwin Deule 
in Partenhale [Pertenhall] King Edward had 
the soc. 
[NORTHANTS] 
[WILLIAM PEVEREL’S LAND] 
fo. 225b 
In Farnepis [Farndish] (are) 3 virgates of 
land of soke. (There is) land for 1 plough. 
of soke. 
Two sokemen have this (plough) there. 
In PorinroneE [Podington] (is) half a hide 
There are 4 villeins with 1 plough. 
1 This stands for Soke. 
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