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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS valentiis) it is worth 9 pounds ; when received (was worth) 100 shillings ; T.R.E. 8 pounds. This manor Borred held and in it were 5 solcemen who held 5 hides of this land and could assign or sell (them) to whom they wished. M. Of the bishop himself William his steward (dapifer) holds Eseltone [Shelton]. It is assessed at 5 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs and the villeins have 4. There are 14 (villeins ?) and 5 bordars and 3 serfs, and 1 mill (worth) 3 shillings, meadow (sufficient) for 1 plough team, and woodland (to feed) 4 swine. It is worth 100 shillings; when received, (was worth) 60 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. This manor Ulveva held under Borret. She could not assign nor sell (it) without his leave. In Estone [Easton '] 4 sokemen hold of the Bishop of Coutances 3 virgates of land. There is land for I plough and it is there. This land is and was worth 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 5 shillings. The same men who hold it held it (T.R.E.). They were men of Burred and could assign (it) to whom they wished. In these 3 virgates the bishop claims against Sigard de Cioches 20 acres of woodland which belonged to them (ibi jacuerunt) T.R.E. and this the men of the hundred (court) attest. M. In Riselai [Riseley] 2 Frenchmen and 6 Englishmen hold of the bishop 6 hides. There is land for 7 ploughs and they are there. There are 6 villeins and 7 bordars and 1 serf, meadow sufficient for 3 plough teams, and woodland to feed 200 swine. It is worth 72 shillings ; when received, (was worth) the same ; T.R.E. 100 shillings. Of this land Burred held 2 hides in demesne, and 6 sokemen, his men, held 4 hides, which they could assign and sell just as they wished (ubi voluerunt). In Bulehestre [Bolnhurst] the same bishop holds 3 virgates of land in exchange for (pro excambio de) Bledone [Bleadon]. 2 There is land for i£ ploughs, and these are there. One villein is there and 4 bordars, and meadow (sufficient) for 1 plough team and woodland (to feed) 20 swine. It is worth I 5 shillings ; when received (was worth) the 1 Co. Hunts (see Introduction). 2 A Buckinghamshire estate of the bishop (fo. 145b) is described with more exactness as ' de excambio pro Bledone.' Each of these estates was alleged to form part of lands given to the bishop in exchange for Bleadon, Somerset (J.H.R.) same ; T.R.E. 20 shillings. This land Gud- munt, a man of King Edward, held and could sell to whom he wished. In Newentone [Newton Broomshold] the bishop's steward (dapifer) William holds of him 1 virgate. 3 It is and was worth 1 2 pence ; T.R.E. 16 pence. This land Alwin, a man of Borred, held ; he could not assign or sell it without his leave. M. In the Hundret of Wilga [Willey] Geoffrey de Tralgi holds of the bishop 4 hides.* There is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 and the villeins have 3. There are 14 villeins and 5 bordars and 4 serfs, and meadow (sufficient) for 4 plough teams. It is and was worth 100 shillings. This manor Turbert, a man of King Edward, held and could sell. This land the bishop holds in exchange for (pro excambio de) Bledone [Blea- don 6 ]. So his men say. M. In Tornai a [Turvey] the same bishop holds 4 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 hides, on it 3 ploughs. There 3 villeins have 3 ploughs and (there are) 8 bordars and I serf and I mill (worth) 20 shillings, meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough teams and woodland (to feed) 40 swine. It is worth 6 pounds ; when received was worth 40 shillings, T.R.E. 6 pounds. This manor 3 sokemen, men of King Edward, held and could assign and sell. This land the bishop has in exchange for (pro excambio de) Bledone [Bleadon 6 ], as his men say. In Henewic [Hinwick 7 ] Turstan holds of the bishop 1^ hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is I, and 3 villeins have 1 plough and (? there is) I bordar. It is worth 20 shillings. In Sernebroc [Sharnbrook] a certain 3 The rest of Newton Broomshold (2 hides less half a virgate) is surveyed under Northants, and was held of the Bishop of Coutances by 'William' (J.H.R.) 4 In the later Hundred of Willey, Biddenham, Chellington, and Hinwick are all associated with Trailli (Testa de Nevill, p. 248 ; Feudal Aids, i. 12). But as Biddenham was in « Buchelai ' Half Hundred at the time of Domesday, these 4 hides were probably in Chellington, which is not men- tioned by name in the Survey. Mr. Airy, how- ever, I find considered them to represent Souldrop, but he was not guided by feudal evidence (J.H.R.) 6 See note 2 above. i.e. Toruai. 7 In Puddington alias Podington. 25 2 9