A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE XLI. THE LAND OF SIGAR DE CIOCHES IN ODESEI [ODSEY] HUNDRET Sigar de Cioches holds RISENDENE [Rush- den]. It is assessed at 5 hides. There is land for 8 ploughs. In the demesne are 3 hides, and 2 ploughs are on it, and there could be a third. There 8 villeins with 3 bordars have 5 ploughs. One sokeman is there and 3 cottars and 4 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for a half-plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 50 swine. In all it is and was worth no shillings ; T.R.E. 10 shillings. 1 Two sokemen, arch- bishop Stigand's men, held this manor and could sell. In BRADEFELLE [Broadfield] Sigar holds i hide and 3 quarters (partes) of i virgate. There is land for 2 plough teams. One is there, and another could be added. There are 4 villeins and (cum) 2 bordars. Meadow is there sufficient for a half-plough team, pasture for the live stock, woodland to feed 50 swine. Altogether it is and was worth 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. Ansgot, a man of archbishop Stigand's, held this land and could sell. XLII. THE LAND BELONGING TO THE KING'S THEGNS IN BRADEWATRE [BROADWATER] HUNDRET Derman and Alward hold WODTONE [Walton] of the King. It is assessed at 5 hides. There is land for 7 ploughs. In the demesne are 3^ hides, and 2 ploughs are on it, and a half-plough could be added. There 10 villeins with 4 bordars have 4 ploughs and a half-plough. There are 4 serfs, and i mill worth 13 shillings and 4 pence. Meadow is there sufficient for i plough team, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 100 swine. Its total value is and was 100 shillings ; T.R.E. 7 pounds. Alwin Home, a thegn of king Edward's, held this and could sell. Derman himself holds WALCHRA [Walk- cm]. It is assessed at 10 hides. There is land for 12 ploughs. In the demesne are 5 hides, and there are 2 ploughs on it, and there could be 2 others. There 14 villeins and 1 So in MS., but the figures are abnormal and therefore suspicious. Probably to/' is a scribal error as on p. 317 (J.H.R.). (cum) I priest and 6 bordars have 8 ploughs. There are 8 cottars and 4 serfs. Pasture is there sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 200 swine. Its total value is 10 pounds ; when received it was worth 8 pounds; T.R.E. 1 6 pounds. Alwin Home, a thegn of king Edward's, held this manor and could sell. In STUTEREHELA [Libury 8 ] Derman holds 3 virgates. There is land for i plough, but the plough is not there. This land is appraised (appreciata est) in Watone [Walton], Derman's manor. In the same vill Derman holds 3 acres. They have always been worth 3 pence. In SUEUECHAMP [Sacomb] Derman holds a half-virgale. There is land for 2 oxen to plough. It has always been worth 12 pence. This land and the others aforesaid Alwin Home, a thegn of king Edward's, held and could sell. IN HERFORD [HERTFORD] HUNDRET In WERMELAI [Wormley] Alwin Dode- sone holds 2^ hides of the King. There is land for 2 ploughs, and these are there, with 6 villeins and I serf. Meadow is ihere suffi- cient for 2 plough teams, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 150 swine. Its total value is 40 shillings ; when received it was 50 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. This manor Wlward, one of Asgar the staller's men, held and could sell. This manor was sold for 3 marks of gold s after king William came. Peler, a burgess, holds 2 hides of ihe King in DODESDONE [Hoddesdon ? 4 ]. There is land for i plough and a half-plough, and these are there, wilh i villein and 3 collars and 2 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 plough leams, paslure sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 10 swine. Its value in all is 20 shillings; when received 10 shillings; T.R.E. 30 shillings. Goda, 6 a 'man' of queen Eddid's, held this manor and could sell. Baldwin, a certain Serjeant of the King (serviens), holds 3 virgates in BRICHEDONE [Brickendon], There is land for I plough, 8 In Little Munden. <> ,8 (J.H.R.). 4 The abundance of meadow implies that the place was on a stream (J.H.R.). 6 Goda is a woman's name (J.H.R.). 342
