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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS lings. Meadow is there sufficient for a half- plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock of the vill, woodland to feed 1,000 swine. In all its value is 10 pounds ; when received it was 100 shillings ; T.R.E. 12 pounds. This manor was held by Aschil, one of king Edward's thegns, and one of his men held i hide and i virgate and could sell. Of dues he found I 'avera' (the carrying of I load) when the King came into the shire. If the King did not come he paid 5 pence. IN ODESEI [ODSEY] HUNDRET In RETTH [Reed] Eudo holds i virgate. There is land for 2 oxen to plough. It has always been worth 2 shillings. This land Sinod, one of the men of St. Mary of Cetriz (Chatteris), held and could sell. IN EDWINESTREU [DWINSTREE] HUNDRET In BERLAI [Barley] Eudo holds 2 hides and 2O acres. There is land for 2 ploughs. In the demesne are i^ hides and 20 acres, and he works it with the ploughs that belong to him at Nuesselle (laborat cum propriis carucis de Neuesselle) [Newsellsbury]. There 4 villeins have i plough between them. There are 2 serfs. This land is worth 30 shillings ; when received 10 shillings; T.R.E. 40 shillings. Two brothers held this land. One of them was a sokeman of king Edward's and had i hide and 10 acres; the other, a man of Tochi's, had i hide and 10 acres. Either could sell. In BERCHEWEIG [Barkway] Eudo holds Neusela [Newsellsbury]. It is assessed at 4 hides and a half-virgate. 1 In ICHETONE [Layston] * Walter holds of Eudo 6 acres. There is land for i ox (to plough). It has always been worth 12 pence. Aldred, one of king Edward's thegns, held it and could sell. Richard de Sachanuilla holds of Eudo ABSESDENE [Aspenden]. It is assessed at i^ hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne are 2. A priest and (cum) 6 bordars have i plough. There are 3 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, and woodland to feed 20 swine. Altogether its value is 4 pounds ; when received it was 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. This manor Aldred, one of king Edward's thegns, held. Eudo himself holds NEUSELA [Newsells- bury]. It is assessed at 5 hides and half a virgate. There is land for 14 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 hides and a virgate, and on it are 5 ploughs. Ten villeins there and (cum) 6 bordars have 9 ploughs. There are 7 cottars and 21 serfs. 3 Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, woodland to feed 100 swine, pasture sufficient for the live stock of the vill. Its whole value is 1 8 pounds ; when received it was 6 pounds ; T.R.E. 12 pounds. Of this manor 4 hides and a virgate were held by Aldred, a thegn of king Edward's ; and there i sokeman, earl Algar's man, held 3 virgates, and another sokeman, the aforesaid Aldred's man, had i virgate. This man paid i penny yearly to the sheriff. All these could sell their land. IN HERTFORD HUNDRET Humfrey * holds of Eudo half a hide [ ']. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is one, and 4 bordars have one plough. Seven cottars are there, and i mill worth (de) 6 shillings and 8 pence. Woodland is there to feed 50 swine. Its total value has always been 60 shillings. This land Lefsi, king Edward's bailiff (prepositus), held and could sell. The bishop of Bayeux took it from Lefsi and gave it to Eudo, and it was taken possession of to the wrong of the King (occupata est super regem). With this land when Humphrey took it from Eudo he got 68 oxen and 350 sheep and 150 swine and 50 goats and i mare, and 13 shillings and 4 pence of the King's rent (de censu regis), and between cloths and vessels (inter pannoi et vend) 20 shillings. XXXII. THE LAND OF EDWARD THE SHERIFF IN DANAIS [DACORUM] HUNDRET Edward de Sarisberie 6 holds GATESDENE [Great Gaddesden]. It was assessed at 6 hides T.R.E., and now is assessed at 3 hides, but I of these is assessed in Treunge Hundret 1 This entry seems to be incomplete and super- seded by the one below. Kudo's entire holding there was 5^ hides, but this entry may refer only to what Aldred had held (J.H.R.). 2 See p. 310, note 4. 3 Servus (as usual) in MS. 4 See note 7 above, p. 3z8. 5 MS. possibly defective. 6 Edward of Salisbury, sheriff of Wiltshire (J.H.R.). 329