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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 26 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team and a half-plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, and woodland to feed 300 swine. Its total value is 30 pounds ; when received it was 15 pounds; T.R.E. 16 pounds. This manor belonged and belongs to the church of St. Alban. Archbishop Stigand held it at the time king Edward died, but he could not alienate it from that church. The Abbot himself holds ABSA [Apsbury in St. Peter's]. 1 It was assessed at 3 hides ; it is now assessed at half a hide. There is land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne are l hides, and there are 2 ploughs on it ; and 2 villeins with 4 bordars have 2 ploughs between them. There are 2 serfs, and i mill worth 10 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 300 swine. This manor is worth 60 shillings ; when received 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. This manor Godric, a man of archbishop Stigand's, held. He could not alienate it from St. Alban's church. In WENRIGE [Windrige in St. Michael's] Geoffrey de Bech holds of the Abbot hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is one, and 5 villeins with 2 bordars have i between them. Pasture is there sufficient for the live stock, and woodland to feed 300 swine. It is worth 40 shillings ; when re- ceived [ ]; T.R.E. 50 shillings. This land Osbern a monk held, and Coding his man. They could not alienate it from the church so the hundred (court) testifies. In TITEBERSTH [Titeberst 3 ] Geoffrey holds of the Abbot half a hide. It has always been worth 6 shillings. A sokeman held it T.R.E., one of the men of the abbot of St. Albans. He could not sell to alienate it from (extra) that church. to. 136 In REDBORNE [Redbourn] Amelger holds of the Abbot 3^ virgates. There is land for 2 ploughs, and these are there, with 2 villeins and 2 cottars. There is woodland to feed 2OO swine. It is worth 30 shillings ; when 1 Corruptly ' Napsbury ' (cf. Naldwick, which = Aldwick, now in Tring, once in Masworth). It is now represented by a farm just east of Park Street Junction. 3 MS. defective. 3 See p. 308, note 4. received 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. St. Alban held and holds this land. IN ALBANESTOU [CASHIO] HUNDRET The Abbot himself holds PRICHEMARE- WORDE [Rickmansworth]. It is assessed at 1 5 hides. There is land for 20 ploughs. In the demesne are 5 hides, and on it are 3 ploughs, and there could be 2 more. There 4 Frenchmen and 22 villeins with 9 bordars have 14 ploughs between them, and there could be i plough more. There are 5 cot- tars and 5 serfs, and i mill worth 5 shillings and 4 pence. Meadow is there sufficient for 4 plough teams, there is revenue from fishes 4 shillings, pasture is there sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 1,200 swine. In all the value is 2O pounds and 10 shillings ; when received 12 pounds ; T.R.E. 2O pounds. This manor St. Alban held and holds in demesne. The Abbot himself holds CAISSOU [Cassio- (bury)]. It is assessed at 20 hides. Of these the Abbot holds 19. There is land for 22 ploughs. In the demesne are 6 hides, and on it are 5 ploughs, and there could be a sixth. There 3 Frenchmen and 36 villeins with 8 bordars hold 15 ploughs between them, and there could be I more. There are 3 bordars besides and 2 serfs, and 4 mills worth 26 shillings and 8 pence. Meadow is there suffi- cient for 22 plough teams, pasture sufficient for the live stock, and woodland to feed 1,000 swine. In all it is worth 28 pounds ; when received it was worth 24 ; T.R.E. 30 pounds. This manor St. Alban held and holds in demesne. In ELDEHAM [Aldenham] Geoffrey de Bech holds under the Abbot i hide. There is land for i plough, but the plough is wanting. There are 2 cottars, and there is woodland to feed 100 swine. Its value is and was 12 shillings; T.R.E. 2O shillings. This land was held by Blache, a man of St. Alban. He could not sell. IN ODESEI [ODSEY] HUNDRET The Abbot himself holds NEUHAM [Newn- ham]. It is assessed at 3 hides and 3 vir- gates. There is land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne are i hide and 3 virgates, and there are 2 ploughs on it. There 10 villeins and (cum) 8 bordars have 4 ploughs between them, and there could be (employed) 2 more. There are 3 cottars. Meadow is there suffi- cient for I plough team, pasture sufficient for 315