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A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE demesne are 2 hides, and there are 6 ploughs on it. A priest with 35 villeins and i knight (miles) have 15 ploughs between them. There are 6 bordars and 2 cottars and 12 serfs, and I mill worth 4 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for 4 plough teams ; pasture sufficient for the live stock, and woodland to feed 200 swine. Its total value is and was 20 pounds ; T.R.E. 24 pounds. This manor belonged and belongs to the bishopric of London. The Bishop himself holds WIDEFORD * [Widford], It is assessed at 3 hides. There is land for 5 ploughs. In the demesne are 2 hides, and on it are 2 ploughs. Five villeins with 8 bordars have 3 ploughs between them. There is i cottar and there are 3 serfs, and i mill worth 5 shillings. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 plough teams, woodland to feed 50 swine. Its value is and was 100 shillings; T.R.E. 8 pounds. Eldred, a thegn of king Edward's, held this manor and could sell. IN WIDEFORDE [Widford] Tedbert holds of the Bishop I hide. There is land for 2 ploughs. One is there, and there could be another. There are 8 bordars. Meadow is there sufficient for a half-plough team, and woodland to feed 30 swine. Its value is and was 40 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. Alward, a man of archbishop Stigand's, held this land and could sell. In CELGDENE [Chaldean 2 ] Roderi holds of the Bishop half a hide. There is land for 2 ploughs. One is there, and there could be another. There is I bordar and there are 4 serfs. Woodland is there to feed 50 swine, meadow sufficient for i plough team. Its value is and was 30 shillings ; T.R.E. 40 shillings. This land ^Eldred, a thegn of king Edward's, held and could sell. William holds PARVA HADAM 3 [Little Hadham] of the Bishop. It is assessed at 2 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, and 4 bordars are there with I plough. There are 4 cottars and 3 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 oxen, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 30 swine. Its value always has been 4 pounds. This manor 3 sokemen held. One of these, a man of archbishop Stigand's, held 1 The manors in Braughing Hundred begin here. 8 A farm in Much Hadham (J.H.R.). 3 The manors in Edwinstree Hundred begin here. I hide all but half a virgate ; another, a man of Robert fitz Wimarc's, had 3^ virgates ; and the third, a sokeman of king Edward's, held i virgate. This last paid i penny to the sheriff. These could sell. In HADAM [Much Hadham] William holds a half-hide of the Bishop. There is land for 1 plough. A half-plough is there, and there could be another. There is I cottar. Its value is and was 15 shillings. Edric, a man of Asgar the staller's, held this land and could sell. In LEWAREWICHE [ ] William holds of the Bishop i hide and a half. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, and there could be a third. Three villeins there have i plough between them. There are 2 cottars and 4 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 oxen, and pasture for the live stock of the vill, and wood for the fences. Its value is and was 50 shillings ; T.R.E. 60 shillings. This manor Leware held of bishop William. Half a hide of it he could sell, but i hide he could not sell without the Bishop's leave. In HADAM [Much Hadham] Osbern holds of the Bishop I hide. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne are I plough and a half-plough ; i villein has a half-plough. There are 6 cottars and i serf. Its value always has been 40 shillings. This land 2 sokemen held. One of these, a man of earl Algar's, had half a hide ; the other had a half- hide belonging to the King's soke, and he paid 2 pence to the sheriff. Either could sell. In PATEMERE [Patmore Hall in Albury] Baldwin holds of the Bishop I hide and 3 virgates. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, and 2 villeins have i plough between them, and there could be another. There are 2 bordars and 6 cottars and 3 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 oxen, woodland to feed 60 swine. Its value has always been 4 pounds. This land Alward, a man of earl Algar's, held and could sell. Ralf holds ELDEBERIE [Albury] of the Bishop. It is assessed at 2^ hides. There is land for 9 ploughs. On the demesne are 2, and 6 villeins and 9 bordars have 6 be- tween them, and there could be a seventh. There are 3 cottars and 3 serfs. Meadow is there sufficient for 2 oxen, pasture sufficient for the live stock, woodland to feed 30 swine. Its value is and was 7 pounds ; T.R.E. 8 pounds. Siward, a man of archbishop Stigand's, held this manor and he could sell. 306