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 A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE In Bistone [Beeston 4 ] Rolland holds of Eudo 3 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs, and they are there. On the demesne are 2 ploughs ; and 4 villeins have 1 plough. There are 2 bordars and I serf, and meadow (sufficient) for 3 plough teams. It is worth 30 shillings ; (was worth) when received 20 shillings, and T.R.E. 40 shillings. In the same (vill) Norman holds of Eudo 4 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne is 1 plough ; and 4 villeins have 3 ploughs. There are 2 serfs, and I mill (worth) 30 shillings, and meadow (sufficient) for 4 plough teams. It is worth 40 shillings ; (was worth) as much when received, and T.R.E. 50 shillings. These 4 hides and the 3 above, this Norman held T.R.E. and T.R.W. Now Eudo holds it of the king, as his men say, but it is not part of the fee (of) Lisois. 2 In the same (vill) Pirot 3 holds of Eudo 1 hide. There is land for 1 plough and it is therewith 1 bordar. There is meadow (suffi- cient) for 1 plough team. It is worth 10 shil- lings ; (was worth) when received 5 shillings, and T.R.E. 20 shillings. This land Ravan, a man of Ulmar of Etone [Eaton Socon], held and could assign to whom he wished. In Nortgive [Northill] Pirot 3 holds of Eudo i£ hides. There is land for I A ploughs. One plough is there and there could be a half plough (more) and there are 3 villeins and 1 bordar, meadow (sufficient) for i£ plough teams and 1 mill (worth) 14 shillings. It is worth 20 shillings, when received (was worth) 10 shillings and T.R.E. 25 shillings. This land Ravan, a man of Ulmar of Etone [Eaton Socon], held and could sell. In the same (vill) Ralf holds i£ hides of Eudo. There is land for 2 ploughs and they are there and 5 bordars and 3 serfs and meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough teams and woodland (to feed) 100 swine. It is worth 3 pounds, was worth when received 40 shillings, T.R.E. 60 shillings. This land 2 sokemen held and could assign and sell. In Cliston [Clifton] Hundret M. In Clistone [Clifton] William de 1 In Sandy. 2 Fee of Lisois de Moustiers, Eudo's prede- cessor (J.H.R.) 3 He also held under Eudo in Cambridgeshire, Essex and Suffolk, and must have been ancestor of Ralf Pirot who held 4 fees in It 66 on the fief which had been Eudo's. See also p. 244, note 4 below (J.H.R.) Caron holds of Eudo 6£ hides. 4 There is land for ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and 9 villeins have 2 ploughs. There are I bordar and 3 serfs, and 2 mills worth (de) 40 shillings and 150 eels, and meadow sufficient for 4^ plough teams. In all it is worth 100 shillings ; (was worth) when received 4 pounds ; T.R.E. 6 pounds. This manor Ulmar of Etone [Eaton Socon] held, and there were 3 sokemen there. They had 1 hide and half a virgate which they could sell to whom they wished. XXII. THE LAND OF WILLIAM PEVREL In Stanburge [Stanridge] Hundret 8 M. William Pevrel holds of the king Pileworde 6 [Tilsworth] and Ambrose 7 holds of him. It is assessed at 10 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. On the demesne is I plough and there could be another, and 10 villeins have 6 ploughs. There are 6 bordars and 3 serfs, meadow (sufficient) for 6 plough teams, and woodland (to feed) 100 swine. This woodland Oswi took away and the hundred (court) says that it belonged to (jacuit in) this manor T.R.E. In all it is worth 6 pounds ; when received (was worth) 4 pounds, and T.R.E. 10 pounds. This manor Levric son of Osmund, and thegn of King Edward, held. In Wilga [Willey] Hundret In Risedene [Rushden 8 ] Malet holds of William Pevrel 1 virgate of land. There is land for 2 oxen 9 (to plough), and they are there. It is and was worth 16 pence; T.R.E. 2 shillings. This land Samar the priest, a man of Countess Goda, held and could assign to whom he wished. XXIII. THE LAND OF HUGH DE BEAUCHAMP (BELCAMP) In Stodene [Stodden] Hundret M. Hugh de Beauchamp holds Chaisot 4 Robert de Caron gave a mill here to St. John's Abbey, Eudo's foundation at Colchester (J.H.R.) 5 (Half Hundred.) Now part of Manshead Hundred. 6 This name was probably written in the return made from the Hundred, with the Anglo-Saxon y (thorn) ; and this mistaken by the Domesday clerks for P (F.W.R.) 7 He also held of William Peverel in Notts, Northants and Bucks (J.H.R.) 8 Partly in Northamptonshire, where William Peverel held in the portion lying there. 9 i.e. a quarter of a plough-team. 236