A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE In ORDWELLE [Horwell(bury)] l Osbern holds of the Bishop half a hide. There is land for i plough, and this is there, and 2 villeins. It has always been worth 15 shillings. This land 3 of archbishop Stigand's men held and could sell. In RETTH [Reed] Osbern holds of the Bishop i hide. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne is i, and another could be added. Six bordars there have i plough between them. It is worth 40 shillings ; when re- ceived it was 60 shillings ; and 60 shillings T.R.E. This land Eddeva the maiden (puella) held so the hundred court testifies. She was archbishop Stigand's 'man ' (homo) and could sell. In RADEWELLE [Radwell] Adam holds under the Bishop 4 hides. There is land for 7 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, and there could be 2 more. There 8 villeins with 4 bordars have 3 ploughs between them. There are 4 serfs, and i mill worth 8 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for a half-plough team, and pasture sufficient for the live stock. It is worth 100 shillings; when received 40 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 pounds. This manor Alnod, a man of archbishop Stigand's, held and could sell. IN EDWINESTREU [EDWINSTREE] HUNDRET In BERLAI [Barley] Adam holds of the Bishop i hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. One plough is there, and there could be another. There are 3 villeins and 2 serfs. It is worth 2O shillings ; when received it was worth 12 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. This land he held of archbishop Stigand and could sell.* In HASLEHANGRA [ ] Adam holds of the Bishop hide. There is land for a half-plough. It is worth 4 shillings ; when received 2 shillings ; T.R.E. 10 shillings. This land Leflet held of archbishop Stigand and could sell. 1 This manor was held as a quarter of a knight's fee in 1303 and 1428 (Feudal Aidt, ii. 433, 447), but has not been located. But its tenure in the fifteenth century by the Paston family enables us to do this, for it is frequently men- tioned in the Paiton Letters, and in one of them it is spoken of by William Paston (1480) as 'my Maner of Hartwelbury, in Kelsall, besides Roy- ston.' Gairdner's ed. Paston Letters, iii. 275 (J.H.R.). 8 So in the text. But Domesday has probably omitted the name of the Archbishop's 'man' here, as he was almost certainly not this Adam (J.H.R.). Osbern holds of the Bishop BOCHELANDE [Buckland]. It is assessed at 3 hides and 3 virgates. There is land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, and a third could be added. A priest there and 8 villeins and 6 bordars have 3 ploughs between them. There are 8 cottars and 4 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 40 swine, and from pasture and woodland 10 shillings (revenue). Altogether it is worth 6 pounds ; when received 8 pounds; T.R.E. 10 pounds. Sailt, a man of earl Lewin's, held this manor and could sell. In ODENHOU [Hodenhoe 3 ] Osbern holds of the Bishop I hide and a virgate. There is land for 2 ploughs and a half-plough, and these are there, with 3 villeins and 6 bordars and i Frenchman. It is worth 40 shillings ; when received 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shil- lings. This land 4 sokemen held. Three of these were archbishop Stigand's men and the fourth earl Algar's, and they could sell. In TROCHINGE [Throcking] Osbern holds of the Bishop 1 2 acres. There is land for i ox (to plough). It has always been worth 2 shillings. Alvric Scoua held it and could sell. In ICHETONE [Layston*] Osbern holds of the Bishop i hide. There is land for 2^ ploughs. On the demesne is I (plough), and 2 villeins with 2 bordars have I plough between them, and a half-plough could be added. There are i cottar and 4 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, and wood- land to feed 10 swine. It is worth 40 shil- lings ; when received 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. This land 4 sokemen held. One of these was a man of archbishop Stigand's, and 2 were king Edward's men and paid by custom 2 pence. The fourth was a man of earl Harold's. All these could sell their land. IN THE HALF-HUNDRET OF Hiz [HITCHIN] Ralf holds K.AMINTONE [Kimpton] of the Bishop. It is assessed at 4 hides. There is land for 10 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, and there could be a third. There 2 French- men and 12 villeins with 2 bordars have 7 ploughs between them. There are 3 cottars In Buckland. 4 ' Ichetone ' was a manor in Layston, which latter name does not occur in Domesday, being of later origin (J.H.R.). 310
