A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE of Ware, but under Bedfordshire we find, on the fief of Hu.h de Beauchamp several estates, of which we read that Ralf TaTlX sc ' held them 'in exchange for Ware' ffos 217 21^ Th* in all at 22 | hides as against the a 4 Ues* ?t whl fig^e*^ m Domesday By this means we discover that Wa^e had orie nail v been obtained by that Ralf Taillebois of whom we heard above I acting with Peter de Valognes on the king's behalf at Hitch n (0277* on fo. an* where Hugh de Beauchamp claims a Bedfordshire manor it had never formed part of her dower. Now this estate SELttrtft f . S r f l d ' ^^ H ^ h had --e ^Aschn a the ft,* 1 * 1 ' Wh must therefore be identical with Aschl a thegn of king Edward,' the former holder of Stotfold this brings me to my conclusion from the whole of the above evidence, which is that Aschil,' the Bedfordshire th'gn who had "ht 'ArS r*<* Edward the Confessor, w'as no other fe^^s^^l^ were ongmally granted to Ralf Taillebois, who parted with Ware i, elf bu^fTrn "^ 'V 86 ^^ 811 '" ; 2nd th > on Ralf ' s d 'h he bulk of them passed to Hugh de Beauchamp (of whom Aschil ' is wirr^T^v' 116 P A deC , eSS r " f0 ' "%. "e res, .o Ch Ralf widow. The position of the latter is slightly complicated bv her hold iJUEfrfSijSS ^ b ^ nged l > -t P BedfordIre thegt vyultmar ot fcaton(-Socon), whose successor was Eudo Dapifer but mfitI to E
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