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A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

pounds. This manor Ulf, a thegn of King Edward, held.

In Caldecote [Caldecot] William holds 3 hides and 1 virgate. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is 1 ; and there could be another. There is 1 villein and 1 mill worth (de) 8 shillings ; and a certain knight (miles) has there half a hide with half a plough. Meadow is there (sufficient) for 1 plough (team), and woodland (to feed) 100 swine. It is and was worth T.R.E. and after (valuit semper) 40 shillings. This manor 2 men ot Ulf held and could sell.

In Ulsiestone [(Little)Woolstone] William holds 1½ hides. There island for 1½ ploughs. On the demesne is 1 ; and 1 villein has half a plough. There are 2 serfs. It is and was worth 2O shillings ; T.R.E. 30 shillings. This land Ulf, a thegn of King Edward, held and could sell.

In Bradwelle [Bradwell] William holds 3 virgates. There is land for 1 plough, and this is there with i villein and 2 bordars and 1 serf. Meadow is there (sufficient) for 1 plough (team). It is and was worth T.R.E. and after (valuit semper) 10 shillings. This land Alward, a man of Coding, held and could sell. Of this land Ansculf, when he was sheriff, dispossessed (desaisivit) William de Celsi,[1] unjustly, as the men of the Hundred say, and without authority (liberatore) of the king or of any one (else).

In Linforde [Linford] Robert holds of William 1 virgate. There is land for 2 oxen [2] (to plough), and there is 1 villein. It is and was worth T.R.E. and after (valuit semper) shillings. This land Grimbald, man of Bisi, held and could sell.

In Tedlingham [Tyringham] Acard holds of William 7 hides and 1 virgate and the fourth part of 1 virgate as one manor. There is land for 8 ploughs. On the demesne are 3 ; and 9 villeins with 6 bordars have 5 ploughs. There are 6 serfs, meadow (suffi- cient) for 8 plough (teams), woodland (to feed) 200 swine and (yielding) 26 pence from small dues (de minutis consuetudinibus). In all it is worth 6 pounds ; when received 8 pounds ;
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and the same T.R.E. This manor 5 thegns held ; one of these, Herold, had 3 hides as 1 manor, and Goduin, a priest, half a hide, Estan hides as 1 manor, Godric, a man of Herold, 1 virgate, and Alveva wife of Herold 1 hides as 1 manor ; these all could sell (their land) to whom they wished.

In Mosleie [Mulshoe] Hundret[3]

Wibert holds of William 4 hides as 1 manor. [4] There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne is I ; and 7 villeins with 6 bordars have 3 ploughs. There are 1 serf, and 1 mill worth (de) 20 shillings, meadow (sufficient) for 3 plough (teams), woodland (to feed) 150 swine and (yielding) 16 pence (besides). It is and was worth 40 shillings ; T.R.E. 4 pounds. This manor 2 thegns, Herald and Alwi, held and could sell. In CICELAI [Chicheley] Balduin holds of William 3 hides as one manor. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne is i, and 5 villeins with 4 bordars have 2 ploughs. Meadow is there (sufficient) for I plough (team), woodland (to feed) 100 swine. It is and was worth T.R.E. and after (valuit semper) 40 shillings. The same man held it [5] T.R.E. and could sell it.

In the same (vill), Andrew holds of William 3 hides as one manor. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne is i ; and 7 villeins with 4 bordars have 2 ploughs. There are 2 serfs, meadow (sufficient) for 2 plough (teams) and woodland (to feed) 100 swine. It is and was worth T.R.E. and after (valuit semper) 40 shillings. This manor Edestan, a man of Al- nod Chentis, [6] held and could sell.

In the same (vill), Payn holds of William 3 hides and 3 virgates as one manor. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne is 1 ; and 5 villeins with 6 bordars have 3 ploughs. There is meadow (sufficient) for (the) plough (teams). It is worth 60 shillings ; when re- ceived 100 shillings; T.R.E. 4 pounds. This manor 9 thegns held and could sell without leave of their lords.

  1. This may have been Cholsey, Berks (J.H.R.)
  2. i.e. a quarter of a plough-team.
  3. Now part of Newport Hundred. For the name of the Hundred see p. 241, note 2, under the land of the Bishop of Coutances.
  4. The other places in this Hundred, besides Chicheley, at which land was held of William's successor at the time of Kirby's Quest (1284-6) were Emberton and Great and Little Crawley (Feudal Aids, i. 82, 83). The above entry probably relates to the Crawleys (J.H.R.)
  5. i.e. Baldwin held it himself (J.H.R.)
  6. Chentis probably = chentisc, ' the Kentish

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