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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS is land for I plough. A half-plough is there, and there could be another half-plough. It is and was worth 5 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 shil- lings. Two sokemen of king Edward's held this land and could sell ; they paid 2 pence yearly to the sheriff. 1 In SELA [Sele] * Goduin holds of Geoffrey half a hide. There is land for i plough, and it is there, with 2 serfs, and i mill worth 2 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, there is wood sufficient for the fences, and pasture for the live stock. It has always been worth 10 shillings. The same man held it T.R.E. and could sell. In ROCHESFORDE [Roxford near Herting- fordbury] Guy the priest holds of Geoffrey half a hide. There is land for I plough and a half-plough. On the demesne is I plough, and a half-plough could be added. There are 3 bordars, and I mill worth 5 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for I plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 50 swine. The total value is and was 15 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 shillings. Goduin, a thegn of king Edward's, held this land and could sell. In BLACHEMENE [Panshanger] 3 Geoffrey Runevile holds of Geoffrey i hide. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is i, and there could be another. There are I villein and 2 bordars. Meadow is there suf- ficient for 2 plough teams, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 40 swine. This land is and was worth 15 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. Two thegns of king Edward's held this land and could sell. IN BRACHINGES [BRAUGHING] HUNDRET In STANSTEDE [Stanstead (Abbots)] Geoffrey holds of Geoffrey de Bech half a hide. There is land for a half-plough, and this is there, with I cottar. Meadow is there suffi- cient for a half-plough team. This land is worth i o shillings ; when received it was worth 5 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 shillings. Bettice, a man of Wlwin of Estewiche 1 See note 5 above, p. 334. 2 A manor now represented by St. Andrews on the west of Hertford. 3 The manors of Blackmere (the above ' Blache- mene ') and Panshanger were originally distinct. [Eastwick], 4 held this land and could sell, and paid 2 pence. 5 In ESTEWICHE [Eastwick] Rainald holds of Geoffrey 2 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne are 3, and 4 villeins and (cum) a priest and 2 bordars have 2 ploughs. 6 There are 5 serfs, and i mill worth (de) 5 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for 5 plough teams, 7 woodland to feed 20 swine. In all the value is 60 shillings ; when received it was 40 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. Wlwin, a thegn of earl Harold's, held this land and could sell. In WICHEHAM [Wickham] 8 Roger and Osbert hold of Geoffrey 3 virgates and 5 acres. There is land for I plough and a half- plough, and these are there, with 8 bordars. Meadow is there sufficient for a half-plough team, woodland to feed 8 swine. Its value is and was 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. Three sokemen of king Edward's held this land and could sell, and they paid to the sheriff 3 pence yearly. XXXV. THE LAND OF GOISBERT DE BELVACO Goisbert de Beauvais (Belvaco) holds Wi- MUNDESLAI 9 [Wymondley]. It is assessed at 3 hides and I virgate. There is land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 hides and 2 virgates and a half, and on it there are 2 ploughs, and a third could be added. There 4 villeins and (cum) 3 bordars have i plough. There are 4 cottars and 2 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 10 swine. In all the value is 60 shillings; when received it was 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. Swen, one of earl Harold's men, held this manor and could sell. In GRAVELAI [Graveley] the same Goisbert holds 2 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. In the demesne are 5^ virgates, and there is i 4 See next entry (J.H.R.). 5 Evidently to the sheriff as commutation for ' avera ' on half a hide (J.H.R.). 6 There is thus one more plough (team) than there was land for (J.H.R.). 7 Here again the number is 5, which suggests that the ' 4 ' ploughlands should be ' 5 ' (J.H.R.). 8 Wickham Hall in Little Hadham, which was in Edwinstree Hundred (J.H.R.). , . 9 The manors in Broadwater Hundred begin here. 335