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 A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE mold l holds of the Count 2 hides. There is land for 2 ploughs, and these are there, and (cum) 7 bordars and 2 serfs. There is i mill worth 2 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 oxen, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 20 swine. It is worth 20 shillings ; when received it was worth 40 shillings; and 40 shillings T.R.E. This land ' Godid,' 2 a ' man ' of Asgar, held and could sell. In HOREMEDE [Hormead] 2 Englishmen hold of the Count 3 hides and i virgate. There is land for 3 ploughs and a half-plough. On the demesne are 2, and a priest and (cum) 2 cottars have between them I plough and a half-plough. Meadow is there sufficient for I plough team, woodland to feed 12 swine. Its total value is 3 pounds ; when received 4 pounds ; T.R.E. 100 shillings. This manor Wlward, one of Asgar the staller's men, held and could sell. In BORDESDENE [Boreson] 8 the Count holds i hide and i virgate and 4 acres. There is land for 3 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 virgates, and there is I plough on it ; and 1 1 villeins and (cum) a priest have 2 ploughs be- tween them. There are 2 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for a half-plough team, pas- ture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 20 swine. Its total value is and was 3 pounds ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. This land 9 sokemen of Asgar the staller's held and could sell. The Count himself holds COCHEHAMME- STEDE [Cockhamstead]. It is assessed at 2 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 virgates, and there is i plough on it. There 5 villeins and (cum) 3 bordars have 5 ploughs between them. One cottar is there and 4 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, and woodland to feed 10 swine. Its total value has always been 7 pounds. This manor Gouti, one of earl Harold's thegns, (held) and could sell. In HODESDONE [Hoddesdon] the canons of St. Martin,* London, hold i hide of the Count. There is land for i plough, and this is there, with 3 bordars. Meadow is there 1 See Mr. Round's Commune of London and other Studies, p. 1 20. 8 ' Godid ' is a woman's name. 3 In Braughing, formerly in Little Hormead. decessor Engelric (J.H.R.). sufficient for i plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 50 swine. From the weir (are received) 21 eels. The value is 15 shillings ; when re- ceived it was 5 shillings ; T.R.E. it was 40 shillings. This land 'Godid,' 6 a 'man' of Asgar the staller, held and could sell. IN BRACHINGES [BRAUGHING] HUNDRET The Count himself holds BRACHINGES [Braughing]. It is assessed at 5 hides. There is land for 1 1 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 hides, and there are 3 ploughs on it. There 10 villeins and (cum) a priest and 9 bordars have 8 ploughs between them. There are 3 cottars and 6 serfs, and i mill worth 1 2 pence. Meadow is there sufficient for 3 plough teams, pasture sufficient for the live stock of the vill, woodland to feed 6 swine. Its total value is and was 16 pounds ; T.R.E. 2O pounds. This manor 2 thegns held. Of these one, king Edward's man, held 4 hides ; the other, Asgar the staller's man, held i hide. They could not sell because the holdings were always in ' almoin ' (jacuerunt in elemosina] in king Edward's time and the times of all his predecessors, as the shire-moot (scyra) attests. XVIII. THE LAND OF EARL ROGER 6 IN ODESEI [ODSEY] HUNDRET Earl Roger holds in BRADEFELLE [Broad- field] a half-hide. There is land for half a plough, but this is not there. There is wood- land to feed 40 swine. It is and was worth 5 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 shillings. This land Gode held of queen Eddid and could sell. XIX. THE LAND OF ROBERT DE OLGI Robert de Oilgi holds THEISESCOTE 7 [Tis- cote] and Ralf Basset holds it of him. It was assessed at 4 hides T.R.E., and it is now assessed at 2. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, and 3 villeins and 'a half ' 8 and (cum) 2 sokemen, who hold one hide (de una hida), and 5 bordars have 2 (between them). There is I cottar and I serf, and i mill worth (de) 10 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for 3 plough teams. In all its value is 70 shillings ; when received it was 4 6 ' Godid ' is a woman's name. 6 Roger de Montgomery, of Arundel and Shrewsbury (J.H.R.). 7 Now in Dacorum Hundred. 8 So the MS. 322
 * St. Martin's le Grand, founded by his pre-