A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE land is worth 10 shillings ; when received it was worth 5 shillings ; T.R.E. 2O shillings. Ordmer, a man of the abbot of Ramesy [Ramsey], held this land and could sell. Harduin himself holds WIDIHALE [Widiall]. It is assessed at 5^ hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 hides less 2O acres, and on it there are 3 ploughs. Eleven villeins and (cum) a priest and 5 bor- dars have 5 ploughs. There are 4 cottars and 6 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for a half-plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, wood for the fences. In all it is worth 9 pounds ; when received it was worth 6 pounds; T.R.E. 10 pounds. Nine soke- men held this manor. One of these, Sired, a man of earl Harold's, had i hide and 3 virgates as I manor, and Alward, one of earl Algar's men, held i hide and a half as I manor. The other 7, king Edward's soke- men, held 2 hides and i virgate. These found for the sheriff yearly 9 pence or the carrying service of 2 loads (// averas) and the fourth part of I load (/ averse). In ODENHOU [Hodenhoe] l Tetbald holds of Harduin I hide and i virgate. There is land for r plough, and it is there, with i bordar. There is wood for the fences. This land is worth 20 shillings ; when received it was worth 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 25 shillings. This land 2 sokemen, men of earl Algar's, held and could sell. In TROCHINGE [Throcking] Tetbald holds I hide and i virgate of Harduin. There is land for i plough and a half-plough, and these are there, with 2 bordars and i sokeman ' of 3 virgates.' * There are 6 cottars and 2 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for 6 oxen, pas- ture sufficient for the live stock, wood for the fences. In all it is worth 25 shillings ; when received it was worth 10 shillings; T.R.E. 25 shillings. Two sokemen held this land, archbishop Stigand's men, and they could sell. In ICHETONE [Layston] 8 Tetbald holds of Harduin 3 virgates and 6 acres. There is land for i plough, and this is there, with i villein and 6 bordars and i cottar. Meadow is there sufficient for 5 oxen, pasture sufficient for the live stock. It is worth 1 5 shillings ; when received 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 1 In Buckland.
- i.e. who held that amount (J.H.R.).
3 See p. 310, note 4. shillings. Two sokemen of king Edward's held this land and could sell, and they paid to the sheriff 3 pence yearly. In WACHELEI [Wakeley Farm] Tetbald holds of Harduin 40 acres. There is land for i plough, and this is there, with 7 cottars. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 oxen, wood for the fences. This land is worth 15 shillings ; when received it was worth 7 shillings; T.R.E. 15 shillings. Edric, one of earl Algar's men, held this land and could sell. In BERCHEDENE [Barksdon (Green)]* Peter and Tetbald hold of Harduin i virgate. There is land for i plough, and this is there, with 2 bordars. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 oxen. It has always been worth 10 shillings. Three sokemen held this land. One of these, a man of Eddeva the fair, had a quarter of a virgate ; another, a man of Algar, had a fourth part (of a virgate) in like manner ; the third, a man of Guerd's, 6 had a half-virgate and could sell. Three-quarters (paries) of this virgate count Alan claims as his rightful possession, for he was seized of it when last he crossed the sea, as the men of the hundred testify in support of his claim (sibi portant testimonium). But Harduin claims Peter the sheriff as warrantor (protectortm) and as having given him seisin (liberatorem) by order of the bishop of Bayeux (claiming) that (quod) he gave him livery of it in exchange for Suterehele. fo. 149 In ANESTEI [Anstey] Payn holds of Harduin half a hide. There is land for i plough and a half-plough, and these are there, and (cum) 4 bordars and 4 cottars and i serf. Meadow is there sufficient for a half-plough, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 12 swine. This land is worth 20 shillings; when received it was worth 10 shillings ; T.R.E. 20 shillings. Alward, one of earl Algar's men, held this and could sell. IN HERFORD [HERTFORD] HUNDRET Harduin himself holds BERCHEHAMSTEDE [Little Berkhampstead]. It is assessed at 5
- In Aspenden.
5 There can be no doubt, on comparing the Barley entry above, that these lords were earl jElfgar and earl Gyrth of the rival houses of Mercia and Wessex, though the scribe has omitted to interline 'comfes]' above them respectively (J.H.R.). 34
