A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE there (it l ) found I ' avera ' (the carrying of i load). Geoffrey himself holds LINLEI [Lilley]. It is assessed at 5 hides. 8 There is land for 9 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 hides, and there are 3 ploughs on it. There 19 villeins and (cum) a priest have 5 ploughs, and a sixth could be added. There are 6 bordars and 4 cottars and 6 serfs. Pasture is there suffi- cient for the live stock, woodland to feed 6 swine. In all the value is and was 100 shillings ; T.R.E. 7 pounds. This manor Leueva held of earl Harold ; and there I sokemar., a man of Harold's, had 3^ virgates of the same land and could sell, and he ren- dered one 'avera' in Hiz [Hitchin] or else 3 pence and I half-penny. IN HERFORT [HERTFORD] HUNDRET Geoffrey himself holds HAILET [Hailey]. It is assessed at 2 hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. In the demesne are i hide and 3 virgates, and on it is i plough, and a half- plough could be added. There 2 villeins and (cum) 2 bordars have a half-plough. There are 3 cottars and I serf. Meadow is there sufficient for I plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 50 swine. There (are received) 50 eels from the weir. It is worth 30 shillings ; when received it was worth 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. Wlwin, one of earl Harold's men, held this land. Of a certain wood Ralf de Limesi claims that he ought to have as much as belongs to (the) 3 hides of Emmewelle [Amwell] and fo. I40b he also claims 2 villeins of i virgate 3 and i bordar of 10 acres, 8 and also 24 acres of land which Ilbert of Hertford* took away and attached to this manor, as the men of the shire-moot (scira) attest ; and the canons of Waltham claim that they ought to have as much woodland as belongs to I hide. In BRICHENDONE [Brickendon] Isenbard holds of Geoffrey 5 virgates as i manor. There is land for i plough, and it is there. There is meadow sufficient for i plough team, woodland to feed 40 swine. It is and was worth 10 shillings; T.R.E. 40 shillings. Leueron, one of archbishop Stigand's men, held this land and could sell. 1 The land. 8 See Introduction, p. 273. 3 i.e. who held that amount (J.H.R.) 4 Formerly sheriff (J-H.R.). In BELINGEHOU [Bengeo] the same Geoffrey holds 5 hides and i virgate as i manor. There is land for 5 ploughs. In the demesne are 3^ hides, and i plough is on it, and an- other could be added. There 2 Frenchmen and (cum) 2 villeins with 6 bordars have 3 ploughs. There are 34 cottars. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 plough teams, pasture sufficient for the live stock and (worth) 8 pence (besides), wood sufficient for the fences. In all its value is and was 100 shillings ; T.R.E. 8 pounds. Anand, a house-carl of king Edward's, held this manor, and there one sokeman had a half-virgate and could sell. In the same vill the same Geoffrey holds 6 hides as one manor. There is land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne are 2^ hides. There 4 knights (mi/ites), holding 4 hides, and (cum) 2 villeins have 3 ploughs and a half- plough (between them), and 4 ploughs and a half-plough could be added. There are 10 bordars and 5 serfs. Meadow is there suffi- cient for 3 plough teams, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 30 swine. In all the value is I oo shillings ; when re- ceived it was 60 shillings ; T.R.E. 8 pounds. Elaf, a thegn of king Edward's, held this manor. In the same vill 3 knights (milites) hold of Geoffrey I hide and i virgate and a half. There is land for 3 ploughs, but there are no ploughs except on the demesne (domlnicte caructe). There are 4 bordars. Meadow is there sufficient for 4 oxen, wood sufficient for the fences. It is and was worth 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. This land 3 sokemen held. Two of these, Walcra and Lepsi, had I hide belonging to (de) the King's soke and gave 4 pence of dues ; 6 the third, Alestan, held I virgate and a half belonging to (de) the King's soke and paid 3 half-pence. 5 All however (vero) could sell their lands. In the same vill Roger holds of Geoffrey 5 virgates and a half. There is land for 2 ploughs. One plough is there, and there could be another. There are 4 villeins. It is and was worth 20 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. Four sokemen of king Edward's held this land and could sell, and they paid the sheriff 6 pence yearly. 6 In the same vill a priest and a Frenchman hold of Geoffrey 3 virgates and a half. There > These were commutations for ' avera ' (carry- ing service) as explained in the Introduction. 334
