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A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE land for 6 ploughs. On the demesne is i plough and 13 villeins have 5. And (there are) 10 bordars, and 1 mill (worth) 10 shillings, and meadow (sufficient) for 6 plough teams. There is a market worth (de) 10 shillings. It is and was worth T.R.E. and after (semper) 7 pounds. This manor Alestan of Boscum(b)e held, and there was 1 sokeman, his man, there who had two-thirds (partes) of I hide and could assign to whom he wished. XX. THE LAND OF ERNULF DE HESDING In Manesheve [Manshead] Hundret Ernulf de Hesding holds Dodintone [Tod- dington] of the king. It is assessed at 1 5^ hides. There is land for 30 ploughs. There are 10 carucates of land in the demesne, and on it are 7 ploughs, and there could be 3 more : (this is) besides the 15^ hides. 3 There 42 villeins have 20 ploughs. There are 19 bor- In Chambeltone [Campton] Fulbert holds d f rs ^ J 9_ serfs^meadow (sufficient) for 30 half a hide of William de Ow. There is land for a half plough, and it is there with 1 villein. This land is and was worth 5 shillings T.R.E. and after (semper). This land Alwin, a man of Alestan, held and could assign to whom he wished. XIX. THE LAND OF MILO CRISPIN In Stoden [Stodden] Hundret M. Milo Crispin holds Clopeham [Clap- ham]. It is assessed at 5 hides. There is land for 30 ploughs. Besides these 5 hides there are 10 carucates of land in the de- mesne -, 1 on it are 8 ploughs and there could be 2 more. There 18 villeins have 20 ploughs, and (there are) I 5 bordars and 4 serfs, and mea- dow sufficient for 6 plough teams, and 1 mill (worth) 40 shillings, and woodland (to feed) 200 swine and (worth) 6 pence (besides). In all (totis valentih) it is worth 24 pounds ; (was worth) as much when received ; and T.R.E. 12 pounds. This manor Bricxtric, a thegn of King Edward, held of the abbot of Ramesy. plough teams, and woodland (to feed) 300 swine. In all (totis valentiis) it is worth 25 pounds ; (was worth) as much when received ; T.R.E. 30 pounds. This manor Wlward Levet held T.R.E. In Celgrave [Chalgrave] Ernulf holds the third part of I virgate of land. It is and was worth 2 shillings T.R.E. and after (semper). This land Edward Wit 4 held T.R.E. XXI. THE LAND OF EUDO SON OF HUBERT M. Eudo 'Dapifer' holds Etone [Eaton Socon 5 ]. It is assessed at 20 hides. There is land for 16 ploughs. In the demesne are 7^ hides and on it are 4 ploughs. There 38 villeins have 12 ploughs. There are 7 bor- dars and 8 serfs, and 2 sokemen who could not assign or sell their land. There are 2 mills worth (de) 36 shillings and 6 pence, and 100 eels, meadow (sufficient) for 12 plough teams, and woodland (to feed) 400 swine, and 2 acres of vineyard. In all it is worth 15 pounds, The abbot and monks claim (reclamant) this (was worth) when rece ived 8 pounds, T.R.E manor since it is and was, T.R.E., for th support (de victu eorum), and the whole hun- dred (court) bears witness to the fact (de hoc). In Middeltone [Milton (Ernest)] 2 soke- men had 16 acres of land and gave their ' wer' (warrant) in the same Middeltone, but could sell or assign their land to whom they wished. These sokemen Robert de Olgi 2 at- tached to (apposuit in) Clopeham [Clapham], unjustly, as the men of the hundred (court) say, because they never belonged thereto T.R.E. (nunquam ibi jacuerunt). In Wilga [Willey] Hundret 10 pounds. This manor Ulmar of Etone [Eaton Socon], a thegn of King Edward, held. In this manor were 2 sokemen who could assign and sell their land. Of this land Ted- bald a man of Countess Judith claims 1 hide, of which Eudo disseised him after he came to this manor. 3 See p. 229, note 2. 4 ' Wit ' is interlined. 5 Eaton Bray and Eaton Socon, which lie at opposite extremities of the county, are at first sight difficult to distinguish in Domesday, because the Hundredal heading is here omitted, and because both manors escheated from their Domesday holders to the Crown. But as ' Etone ' is here In Lalega [Thurleigh] Levric holds of followed by Wyboston and Chawston, immediately Milo I virgate of land. There is land for _ plough, and it is there. It is and was worth 10 shillings T.R.E. and after (semper). The same man held it T.R.E. He was a man of ISrixtric and could assign or sell it. south of Eaton Socon Barford Hundred, in which See p. 229, note 2. See Introduction, p. 202. clearly dealing with e situated all three. Moreover, it is noteworthy that Eaton Bray and Eaton Socon appear persistently as ' Eytone ' and ' Etone' respectively (Feudal Aids, vol. i.), just as they appear in Domesday as ' Ertone ' and ' Etone ' respectively. Eaton Socon is further discussed in the Introduction (J.H.R.) 234