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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 12 plough teams, pasture for the live stock of the vill. In all it is worth 12 pounds ; when received (was worth) ioo shillings ; T.R.E. 13 pounds. This manor King Edward held, and it was (before that) {fuit) Earl Tosti's. There were 4 sokemen there who had 1 hide and 1 virgate and could assign to whom they wished. In Sudtone [Sutton] Torchil holds 1 i£ hides. There is land for ih ploughs. One plough is there and there could be a half plough more. There are 4 bordars, meadow (sufficient) for i plough teams and (worth) 16 pence besides. It is worth 10 shillings, (was worth) when received 8 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 shillings. This land 3 sokemen held and could sell. In Sudtone [Sutton] Alwin holds of Countess Judith 1 hide. There is land for 1 plough. There are 3 bordars and meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough teams. It is worth 8 shillings. Six sokemen held it and could assign and sell (it). a In the same (vill) Levegar holds half a hide. There is land for a half plough, and it is there, and meadow (sufficient) for a half plough team and (worth) 12 pence (besides). It is worth 5 shillings ; (was worth) when received and T.R.E. 10 shillings. The same man who holds it now held it (T.R.E.). He was a king's man and could sell (it). In the same (vill) Robert holds 3^ virgates. There is land for 1 plough, but there are only 2 oxen 3 there. Meadow is (sufficient) for 1 plough team. There are 3 bordars. 4 It is and was worth 8 shillings; T.R.E. 10 shil- lings. This land 2 sokemen held and could sell. In the same (vill) Sueting and Robert hold ii virgates of land. There is land for 4 oxen 6 and they are there ; meadow (sufficient) for 1 plough team ; and I bordar. It is and was worth 4 shillings ; T.R.E. 5 shillings. This land Edward, a man of the abbot of St. Alban, held and could sell. In the same Half Hundret In Sudtone [Sutton] Turbert holds 2 hides of the countess. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is 1 plough, and there are 4 bordars with I plough, and meadow (sufficient) 1 i.e. of the Countess. a This entry is in the margin by the side of the Sutton entry which precedes it in the text. 3 i.e. a quarter of a plough-team. 6 i.e. half a plough-team. for 2 plough teams. It is and was worth 20 shillings; T.R.E. 25 shillings. This land 2 sokemen held and could sell. In the same (vill) Goduin holds 3 virgates of the countess. There is land for I plough, but now it is not there. It is worth 3 shil- lings ; (was worth) when received 6 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 shillings. This land Ulmar a man of Ordui held and could sell. In the same (vill) Ederic holds half a hide. There is land for a half plough, and it is there with 1 villein. Meadow is there (sufficient) for a half plough team. It is and was worth 5 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 shillings. The same man who holds it now held it (T.R.E.). He was a king's man and could sell (his land). M. In Hatelai [(Cockayne) Hatley] the Countess Judith holds 3 hides and 2i vir- gates as 1 manor. There is land for 6i ploughs. In the demesne are 1 hide and half a virgate, and on it are 2 ploughs. There are 8 villeins with 4^ ploughs. There are 8 bordars, and meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough teams, and woodland (to feed) 4 swine. It is worth 6 pounds and 5 shillings ; (was worth) when received 1 00 shillings ; T.R.E. 6 pounds. This manor Earl Tosti held and it belongs to (jacet in) Potone [Potton], the own (proprio)" manor of the countess, and there a certain sokeman had I virgate. He could assign and sell (his land) and put himself under another lord (ad alterum dominum recedere). M. Rannulf, Ilger's brother, holds of the countess Euretone [Evcrton]. It is assessed at 5 hides. There is land for 5 ploughs. Thereare 2 ploughs and there could be 3 (more). There are 4 villeins and 5 bordars, and mea- dow (sufficient) for I plough team. It is worth 3 pounds ; (was worth) when received 100 shillings, and as much T.R.E. This manor Earl Tosti held, and it belonged to (jacuit in) Potone [Potton], the own (propria) 6 manor of the countess. In the Hundret of Wichestanestou [Wixamtree] In Sudgivele [Southill] Hugh holds of the countess I hide. There is land for 2 ploughs and they are there. There are 3 villeins and 3 bordars and I serf; meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough teams ; woodland (to feed) 60 swine. It is worth 30 shillings ; (was worth) when re- ceived 40 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. This land Tuffa a man of Earl Waltheof (Wallef) held and could sell. demesne. Compare p.
 * This clause is inserted in the margin.