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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS Ralf l holds LANGELEI [King's Langley] of the Count. It is assessed at I hide and a half. There is land for 1 6 ploughs. On the demesne is no plough, but there could be 2. There i Frenchman and (cum) 4 villeins and 5 bordars have 2 ploughs between them, and there could be 12 more. There are 2 mills worth 16 shillings, and 2 serfs. Meadow is there suffi- cient for 3 plough teams, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 240 swine. Its total value is 40 shillings ; when received it was 4 pounds ; T.R.E. 8 pounds. This manor two of earl Lewin's men held, Thuri and Seric. Humphrey holds of the Count GATESDENE [Little Gaddesdenj. It is assessed at 5 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne is i, and 5 villeins with 2 bordars have 2 ploughs. There is I serf. Pasture is there sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 50 swine. In all its value is 40 shillings. When received it was 60 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. This manor Edmer Attile held. It was a ' berewiche ' of (in) Berchamstede. 2 In REDBORNE [Redbourn] Rannulf holds of the Count half a hide. There is land for i plough, but there is no plough. There are 2 bordars only. Meadow is there sufficient for I plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock. It is worth 1 7 shillings and 4 pence ; when received it was 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. Siward, a sokeman of king Edward's, held it and could sell. XVI. THE LAND OF COUNT ALAN IN BRADEWATRE [BROADWATER] HUNDRET Count Alan holds in WATONE [Watton] I hide and a half, and Goduin holds of him. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne there could be 2. There 3 bordars and 2 cottars have 2 ploughs. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 oxen, pasture sufficient for the live stock. It is and was worth 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 30 shillings. This land Goduin held of the church of St. Peter but could not sell, and after his death it ought to have reverted to fo. 137 that church, as the hundred (court) testifies. 1 This under-tenant of the Count was suc- ceeded here as in Northamptonshire by the family of Chenduit, which, indeed, was probably his own name. From it this manor was sometimes styled Langley Cheynduht, and the name is preserved there in Shendish (J.H.R.). 2 i.e. a dependency of that manor. See Intro- duction, p. 280. But his wife put herself and this land by force (vertit se per vim) under Eddeva the fair, and was in possession on the day when king Ed- ward was living and died. From this land 19 acres were taken after the coming of king William, which now Anschitill de Ros 8 holds under the Archbishop. And yet count Alan discharges the King's geld due from them. The Count himself holds MUNDENE [Mun- den]. It was assessed at 7 hides and half a vir- gate T.R.E. There is land for 14 ploughs. In the demesne are 4 hides and i virgate, and on it are 4 ploughs. There 16 villeins and 6 bordars have 10 ploughs. There is I cottar, and there are 2 serfs, and a mill worth i o shillings. Woodland is there to feed 150 swine. And a second piece of woodland (altera siha) on which 20O swine might feed Roger de Mucelgros took away from this manor after earl Ralf's forfeiture (forisfecit)* so the whole shire-moot (scyra) testifies. The value of this manor is altogether 1 6 pounds ; when received it was 12 ; T.R.E. 16 pounds. This manor Eddeva the fair held. IN ODESEI [ODSEY] HUNDRET In CLADHELE [Clothall] Leuiet holds of the Count I virgate. There is land for i plough, and the plough is there. It has always been worth 20 shillings. It was held by Osgot, one of Eddeva's men, and he could sell. It is now attached to (jacet in) Mundene, to which it did not belong T.R.E. In WALLINGTONE [Wallington] Wimund holds of the Count 2 hides less 10 acres. There is land for 2 ploughs. One plough is there, and there could be another. There are I villein, 2 cottars and 2 serfs. Pasture is there sufficient for the live stock. It is worth 30 shillings; when received it was worth 10; T.R.E. worth 60 shillings. This land 2 sokemen, Eddeva's men, held and could sell. In RETE [Reed] Hard(win) 6 holds of the Count i hide. There is land for 3 ploughs. One is there, and there could be 2 others. There is I villein, and wood sufficient for the fences. It is worth 20 shillings ; when re- ceived 10 shillings; T.R.E. 60 shillings. This land Leuing a priest, one of Eddeva's men, held and could sell. In RETTH [Reed] Alward holds of the 3 See p. 305, note i above. 4 See Introduction, p. 296. 5 This was Hardwin 'de Sealers,' for whom see p. 338 below (J.H.R.). 319