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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 hides, and there are 2 ploughs on it, and a third could be added. Six villeins there and 5 bordars have 4 ploughs, and a fifth could be added. There are 6 cottars and i serf. Meadow is there sufficient for 3 plough teams, woodland to feed 50 swine. In all it is worth 100 shillings ; when received it was worth 50 shillings ; T.R.E. 100 shil- lings. Two hides of this manor Semar a priest held, and a widow, Leuefa, held 2 hides. Wlfric Werden' held i hide. These lands belonged to the ' alms ' (faerunt de tie- mosina) of king Edward and all the Kings his predecessors, as the shire-moot (scira) testifies. Harduin himself holds BRANDEFELLE [Bramfield]. It is assessed at 5 hides. There is land for 6 ploughs. In the demesne are 4 hides, and there are on it i plough and a half- plough, and another half-plough could be added. Ten villeins there have 2 ploughs and a half-plough, and there could be another plough and half-plough. There is i serf. Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 100 swine and from it is (also) a revenue of 12 pence. In all it is worth 4 pounds ; when received it was worth 40 shillings; T.R.E. 100 shillings. Achi, one of earl Harold's thegns, held this manor and could sell. In BRICEWOLD [ ] Baldwin holds of Harduin 3 virgates. There is land for 2 ploughs. One is there, and there could be another. There are 2 villeins and 3 bordars. Meadow is there sufficient for 4 oxen, wood- land to feed 15 swine. This land is worth 5 shillings ; when received it was worth 10 shillings ; and 10 shillings also T.R.E. XXXVIII. THE LAND OF EDGAR ADELING IN EDWINESTREU [EDWINSTREE] HUNDRET Edgar the ./Etheling Adeling l holds in BERCHEWEI [Barkway] and Goduin holds of him i hide and a half. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is one plough, and 4 bordars and (cum) 4 cottars have I. There is I serf. Pasture is there sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 15 swine. This land is worth 40 shillings ; when received I o shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. Two soke- men, Asgar the staller's men, held this and could sell. 1 See Introduction for Edgar and for Godwine. The same Goduin holds HOREMEDE [Hor- mead] of Edgar. It is assessed at 6 hides and 3 virgates. There is land for 10 ploughs. On the demesne are 4, and there could be a fifth. There 6 villeins and (cum) 1 5 bordars have 5 ploughs between them. There are 2 cottars and 6 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 24 swine. In all it is worth 8 pounds ; when received it was worth 6 pounds ; T.R.E. 1 2 pounds. Of this manor Alnod, a thegn of archbishop Stigand's, held i hide and a half as i manor, and Ulwin, one of Asgar the staller's men, had i hide, and Alward, a man of Almar of Belintone, i hide, and 7 sokemen of king Edward's held 3 hides and i virgate and paid the sheriff 13 pence yearly. All these could sell their land. These 7 sokemen and Ulwin and Alward were attached (apposuit) by Ilbert the sheriff to this manor in king William's time. They did not belong to it (non fuerunt Hi) in king Edward's time so the hundred (court) testifies. XXXIX. THE LAND OF MANNO THE BRETON IN TREDUNGE [TRING] HUNDRET * Maino the Breton holds in DENESLAI [Dunsley in Tring] a third part of I hide. There is land for I ox (to plough). It has always been worth 12 pence. Engelric held this T.R.E., and it belonged to (Jacuit in) Tredunge (Tring), and is part of the 7 hides which the count of Mortain took (assumpsit). XL. THE LAND OF GILBERT SON OF SALOMON Gilbert son of Salomon holds MAPERTE- SHALE [Meppershall]. 3 It is assessed at 3 hides and i virgate. There are 3 villeins and 4 cottars there. This land is appraised (est appreciata) in Bedefordshire with (his) other land. Lewin,* a thegn of king Edward's, held this land. 9 Now part of Dacorum Hundred. 8 In Bedfordshire. But part of it was, includ- ing St. Thomas' Chapel, a detached portion of Hertfordshire. It remained to our own times assessed for land tax and income tax in Hertford- shire, though for all other purposes in Beds G.H.R.). p. 281. 341
 * This was Leofwine Cilt. See Introduction,