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 A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE plough there, and another could be added. There 3 villeins have I plough between them. There are i cottar and i serf. Pasture is there sufficient for the live stock, underwood 1 (rispalia) for the fences. It is worth 40 shil- lings ; when received 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. Swen, one of earl Harold's men, held this manor and could sell. IN ODESEI [ODSEY] HUNDRET In WALLINGTONE [Wallington] Fulco holds of Goisbert 3 hides and 40 acres of land. There is land for 5 ploughs. On the demesne are 2 ; and 4 villeins and (cum) 3 bordars have 2, and a third could be added. One cottar is there and 2 serfs. Pasture is there sufficient for the live stock, wood sufficient for the fences. In all the value is 50 shillings ; when received 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 100 shillings. Ederic, one of earl Algar's men, held this manor and could sell. A sokeman, one of the men of Eddeva the fair, held 24 acres of the same land and could sell. Of these earl Ralph had been seized, but he was not seized of them on the day of his forfeiture (die qua forisfecit)* according to the testimony of the hundred (court). XXXVI. THE LAND OF PETER DE VALONGIES IN BRADEWATRE [BROADWATER] HUNDRET Peter de Valognes (Valongies) 8 holds half a virgate in DACEWORDE [Datchworth] and Robert holds it of him. There is land for 2 oxen (to plough), but they are not there. This land is and always was worth 6 shillings. Alstan, a man of Almar of Belintone [Ben- nington], held this land and could sell. fo. 141 In DICHELESWELLE [Digswell] Roger holds of Peter i hide. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne is I, and 5 villeins and (cum] 3 bordars have 2 ploughs. There are 8 cottars, and a moiety of a mill (dimidium malena") worth (de) 40 pence. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 oxen, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 50 swine. In all the value is 35 shillings ; when received it was 2O shillings ; T.R.E. 50 shillings. Topi, one of Almar's men, held this land and could sell. 1 This is probably what is meant, but the word ' rispalia ' is difficult (J.H.R.). (p. 296) for his forfeiture (J.H.R.). 3 Sheriff of the shire at the time of Domesday (J.H.R.). In GRAVELAI [Graveley] Godfrey holds of Peter 2 hides and i virgate and a half. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, and 3 villeins and (cum) 4 bordars have i plough. There are 2 cottars and 2 serfs. There is pasture sufficient for the live stock, and wood for fences and buildings. It is worth 40 shillings ; when received it was worth 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. Lemar held this manor of ./Elmar of Belin- tone [Bennington] and could sell. In ESCELVEIA [? Chells] 4 Godfrey holds of Peter i hide and a half. There is land for i plough, and it is there, with 2 bordars and i serf. It is worth 30 shillings ; when received it was worth 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shil- lings. Of this land Alwin held i hide and a half all but 10 acres and i toft, which Alwin Dode, a man of Alvric the little, held. They used to belong to (jacebant in) Wilga [Welwyn]. He could not sell this land so as to separate it thence (extra). In WLWENEWICHE [Wollenwick 8 ] Roger holds of Peter I virgate and a half. There is land for a half-plough, but this is not there. There are 5 cottars. Meadow is there suffi- cient for 2 oxen, woodland to feed 10 swine. It is and was worth 3 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 shillings. Alwin, a man of ./Elmer of Belin- tone [Bennington], held this land and could sell. In BOXE [Boxbury] 6 Peter holds I hide and 3 virgates. There is land for 2 ploughs. There is i bordar. This land belongs to Belintone [Bennington] and is appraised (ap- preciata est) there, and is worked (colitur) by his own ploughs. 7 Peter himself holds BELINTONE [Benning- ton]. It is assessed at 10 hides. There is land for 1 1 ploughs. In the demesne are 6 hides, and on it are 3 ploughs, and there could be 2 more. 8 There 16 villeins and (cum) a priest and 17 bordars have 8 ploughs. There are I cottar and 5 serfs. Woodland ' In Stevenage (see p. 333, note 2). 6 See Introduction (p. 297) for this lost name. In Stevenage. 7 l.e. those belonging to Peter at Bennington. 8 Here is, apparently, a contradiction, for the 1 1 ploughs existing there are as many as there are said to be land for. But perhaps the excess of demesne ploughs was required for the cultivation of ' Boxe ' (see preceding entry), where exactly that excess would be needed (J.H.R.). 336
 * Ralf earl of Norfolk. See the Introduction