A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE xxvi Robert de Todeni xxvii Gilbert de Gand xxviii Robert de Olgi xxix Ranulf brother of Ilger xxx Robert Fafiton xxxi Alvred of Lincoln lv Azelina wife of R(alf) Talgeb(osc) lvi Burgesses of Bedford
- lvi The king's bailiffs (prefecti)
and bedells and almsmen I. THE KING'S LAND M. Lkstone [Leighton Buzzard] a de- mesne manor of the king is now assessed (se defendit pro) at 47 hides. T.R.E. there were but 30 hides (there). 1 Of these 47 hides 43 are in the king's hands. There is land for 52 ploughs. On the demesne are 6, and the villeins have 46. There are 4 score and 2 villeins and 30 bordars and 2 serfs and 2 mills worth (de) 30 shillings, meadow (sufficient) for 40 plough teams and woodland (to feed) 100 swine. The toll from the market yields 7 pounds. In all it pays yearly 22 pounds of weighed money (ad pension) and half a day's (provision for the) king's ' ferm ' in grain and honey and other things pertaining to the ' ferm.' For the queen's use it pays 2 ounces of gold ; and for I packhorse and for customary payment for the dogs 70 shillings ; and 100 shillings weighed money (ad pensum) and 40 shillings of blanch (albo) silver which (hoc) Ivo Talliebosc imposed in addition (misit de cremen- to) ; and i ounce of gold for the use of the sheriff yearly. Of the land of this manor Wenesi 3 the chamberlain held 10 hides of King Edward which Ralf Talliebosc added to (apposuit in) Lestone [Leighton], whereto they did not be- long T.R.E., and again the same Ralf added (apposuit) to this manor other 7 hides which were not in it T.R.E. These 7 hides Star- cher, a thegn of King Edward, field. The church of this manor Bishop Remigius holds, with 4 hides which belong to it. These 4 hides are reckoned in the 47 hides of the manor. There is land for 3 ploughs (in them). On the demesne is 1, and the villeins have I, and there could be another. There are 6 villeins and 6 bordars and meadow (sufficient) for 3 plough teams. This land, with the church, is and was worth 4 pounds. 3 Bishop Wlwi held it T.R.E. M. Loitone [Luton], a demesne manor of the king, is assessed at (se defendit pro) 30 hides. There is land for 4 score and 2 ploughs. On the demesne are 4 ploughs. The villeins have 4 score all but 2. There are 4 score villeins and 47 bordars, and 6 mills yielding 100 shillings, meadow (sufficient) for 4 plough teams, woodland (to feed) 2,000 swine, and from dues (come) 10 shillings and 8 pence. From the toll and the market (come) 1 00 shillings. In all it yields yearly 30 pounds of weighed money (ad pensum) and half a day's (provision for the king's ' ferm ') in grain and honey and other customary dues pertaining to the king's ' ferm ' : to the queen 4 ounces of gold, and for (de) a packhorse and other small dues 70 shillings, and for customary pay- ments for the dogs 6 pounds and 10 shillings; for the additional payment which Ivo Talle- bosc imposed (misit) 7 pounds weighed money (ad pensum) and 40 shillings of blanch (albi) silver, and I ounce of gold for the sheriff. The church of this manor is held by Wil- liam the king's chamberlain with 5 hides of land which belong to it. 6 These 5 hides are part of (de) the 30 hides of the manor. There is land (in them) for 6 ploughs. On the de- mesne is i, and the villeins have 5. There are 1 1 villeins and 4 bordars and 3 serfs, and I mill worth 10 shillings. The church yields 20 shillings yearly. There is woodland (to feed) 50 swine. In all it is and was worth 60 shillings. This church with its land Morcar the priest held T.R.E. 6 M. Houstone [Houghton (Regis)] a de- mesne manor of the king is assessed at 10 hides. There is land for 24 ploughs. On the de- mesne are 2 ploughs and the villeins have 22. There are 38 villeins and 12 bordars, meadow (sufficient) for 12 plough teams and woodland (to feed) 100 swine. In all it yields yearly 10 pounds, weighed money (ad pensum), and supply of half a day's (provision of) grain and honey and other things pertaining to the king's 1 Because 17 hides had been added, as explained lower down in the entry. 2 lie had also held the manor of Turweston, Bucks (J.H.R.) Compare the entry on p. 227 below. So the MS. Sec Introduction. His lands at Potsgrove and Battlesden (see p. 252) had similarly passed to William the cham- berlain (J.H.R.) 222
