THE HOLDERS OF LANDS In TITEBERST [Titeberst] l Lovet holds of Geoffrey a half-hide. There is land for 6 oxen to plough, and there is i villein. Wood- land is there to feed 24 swine. It has always been worth 5 shillings. This land a sokeman, one of the men of the abbot of St. Alban, held and could sell. IN BRADEWATRE [BROADWATER] HUNDRET In DACEWORDE [Datchworth] 2 knights (milites) hold of Geoffrey 2^ virgates. There is land for i plough, and the plough is there, with 3 villeins. It is and was worth 12 shil- lings and 8 pence ; T.R.E. 2O shillings. Three sokemen, men of king Edward's, held this land and could sell. In WELGE [Welwyn] Roger holds of Geof- frey 2 hides. There is land for 7 ploughs. On the demesne is i, and there could be an- other. There 6 villeins and (cum) 4 bordars have 4 ploughs, and a fifth could be added. There are 4 cottars and i serf, and I mill worth 8 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 plough teams, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 20 swine. In all the value is 50 shillings ; when received it was 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 6 pounds. Gode and his son held this land of queen Eddid and could sell. In LANGELEI [Langley] Otbert holds of Geoffrey i hide and a half. There is land for 3 ploughs. One plough is there, and there could be 2 others. There are 2 villeins and 4 cottars. There is i serf. Meadow is there sufficient for i ox, woodland to feed 1 50 swine. It is worth 30 shillings ; when re- ceived it was worth 25 shillings ; T.R.E. 30 shillings. Swen, one of earl Harold's men, held this manor and could sell. In SCELVK [PChells] 2 Alvric Busch holds of Geoffrey virgate. There is land for 2 oxen (to plough), and these are there. This land has always been worth 5 shillings. The same man held it T.R.E. ; he was one of Swen's men (and) of king Edward's soke. Of custom he gave to the sheriff i half- penny yearly. In WILIE [Willian] Geoffrey de Bech himself holds 5 hides and I virgate. There is land for 9 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 hides, and on it are 2 ploughs, and there could be 2 more. There 10 villeins with i knight 1 See p. 308, note 4. 8 In Stevenage. See Introduction, p. 298. (milite) and 4 bordars have 5 ploughs. Meadow is there sufficient for a half-plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, wood for the fences. Altogether it is worth i o pounds and 14 shillings ; when received it was worth 4 pounds; T.R.E. 12 pounds. This manor Leuric, a house-carl of earl Lewin, held and could sell ; and there i sokeman, a man of Elmar of Benintone [Bennington], had a half-hide and could sell ; and a widow had a half-hide all but 10 acres. She could not sell except by leave of Goduin of Laceworde [Letch worth]. In RODEHANGRE [ 3 ] Lovet holds of Geoffrey i virgate. There is land for 2 oxen (to plough). It has always been worth 44 pence. Alwin, a sokeman of king Ed- ward's, held this land and could sell, and he gave of custom to the sheriff i penny. IN EDWINESTREU [DWINSTREE] HUNDRET In BERLAI [Barley] Ansfrid holds of Geof- frey 20 acres. There is land for 2 oxen (to plough). It has always been worth 3 shillings. This land Algar, one of Wigar's men, held and could sell. In COCHENAC [Cockenhatch in Barkway] Ansfrid holds of Geoffrey i hide and 12 acres. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, and there I villein and (cum) 8 bordars have 2 ploughs between them. There are 6 cottars and i serf. Meadow is there suf- ficient for i plough team, woodland to feed 50 swine. This manor is worth 60 shillings ; when received it was worth 40 shillings ; T.R.E. i oo shillings. Algar, one of Wigar's men, held this land and could sell. IN THE HALF-HUNDRET OF Hiz [HITCHIN] In HEGESTANESTONE [Hexton] Ralf holds of Geoffrey i hide. 4 There is land for i plough and a half-plough. A half-plough is there, and another plough could be added. There are 2 bordars. Meadow is there suffi- cient for a half-plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock. There are 2 cottars, and i mill worth (de) 40 pence. This land is worth 30 shillings; when received IO shillings; T.R.E. 40 shillings. Alric, one of Asgar the staller's men, held this land and could sell. The soke remained in Hiz [Hitchin], and 8 See, for this place and its probable locality, Anecdote Oxoniensa (Mediaeval and Modern Series), vii. 133-4- 4 See Introduction, p. 273. 333
