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 A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE holds half a hide of Azelina, and this is (part) of her marriage portion. There is land for a half plough, but it is not there. One bordar is there, meadow (sufficient) for a half plough team and woodland (to feed) 40 swine. It is worth 10 shillings ; when received and T.R.E. (was worth) 20 shillings. This land Goding a man of Edric the bald {calvi) held and could assign to whom he wished. In Clistone 1 [Clifton] Hundret In Haneslawe [Henlow] Widrus holds 1 hide and 3 virgates of Azelina. There is land for 2 ploughs, and they are there. Two villeins and 2 bordars and 2 serfs are there, and meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough teams. It is worth 30 shillings, (was worth) when received 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 30 shillings. This land Anschil held, and it was an outlying part (berewichc) of Stodfald [Stotfold] T.R.E. This land Hugh de Beauchamp (Belcamp) claims against Azelina, saying that she holds it unjustly and that it was never (part of) her dower. In the same vill Bernard holds I hide of Azelina. There is land for I plough, and it is there, and 3 villeins (and) meadow (suffi- cient) for 1 plough team. It is and was worth 23 shillings ; T.R.E. 28 shillings. This land 2 sokemen held, men of Anschil, and could assign to whom they wished. In Chichesana [Chicksand] 3 sokemen hold 3 hides of Azelina. (It is part) of her dower. There is land for 2 ploughs ; one is there and there could be another, meadow is there (sufficient) for 2 plough teams, wood- land (to feed) 20 swine. It is and was worth 20 shillings; T.R.E. 25 shillings. This manor 4 sokemen held and could assign and sell to whom they wished. In the same vill Walter holds 1 hide of Azelina, and this is (part) of her marriage por- tion. There is land for 1 plough, and it is there, meadow (sufficient) for 1 plough team, woodland (to feed) 50 swine, and I mill worth (de) 10 shillings. It is and was worth 20 shil- lings; T.R.E. 30 shillings. This land Suete- man a man of Ulmer of Etone [Eaton Socon] held and could assign to whom he wished. In Standone [Stondon] Engeler holds 2^ hides of Azelina. There is land for z ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ploughs, and (there are) 3 bordars with a half plough. There are 2 serfs, and meadow sufficient for i ploughs. It is worth 60 shillings, (was worth) when received 40 shillings; T.R.E. 4 pounds. This land Ulmar of Eton [Eaton Socon], a thegn of King Edward, held ; and there were there 5 sokemen, men of the same Ulmar, and they could assign and sell (their land) to whom they wished. LVI. THE LAND OF THE BUR- GESSES OF BEDEFORD [BEDFORD] In the Half Hundret of Bochelai 8 In Bideham [Biddenham] Osgar of Bede- ford holds 1 virgate of land of the king. There is land for 2 oxen 3 (to plough). It is and was worth 2 shillings T.R.E. and after (semper). He who now holds it held it T.R.E. and could assign to whom he wished. In the same vill Goduin a burgess holds of the king 1 hide and the fourth part of I vir- gate. There is land for I plough, and it is there, and meadow (sufficient) for 1 plough team. It is and was worth 10 shillings T.R.E. and after (semper). A half hide of this land he who now holds held T.R.E. and could assign to whom he wished ; half a hide and the fourth part of a virgate he bought after King William came into England ; but neither to the king nor to any one else has he done service for it, nor has he had possession given (liberatorem) of it. Against him Wil- liam Spech claims I virgate and the fourth part of 1 virgate, which had been given into his possession (liberata) and which he after- wards lost. 4 In the same vill Ordwi a burgess holds of the king 1 hide and the third part of a half hide. There is land for 1 plough, and it is there. There are 2 villeins and 1 bordar, and meadow (sufficient) for I plough team. It is and was worth 10 shillings T.R.E. and after (semper). Half a hide and the fourth part of 1 virgate of this land was held T.R.E. by him who now holds it, and he could assign (them) to whom he wished. One virgate however he held in mortgage T.R.E., and as yet holds it ; so the men of the hundred (court) attest. The same man bought 1 virgate and the fourth part of I virgate after King William came into England and renders no service for it to the king nor to any one else. In the same vill Ulmar a burgess holds of the king two-thirds (partes) of 1 virgate. There is land for 1 ox (to plough). It is 3 Now part of Willey Hundred. 3 i.e. a quarter of a plough-team. 4 William held 4 hides less 1 virgates there (J.H.R.) 5 These fractions amount in all to 1 J hide ; but the man is said to hold i| hide (J.H.R.)