Airy, William, A digest of the Domesday of Bedfordshire

(Bedford :  Published at the "Mercury" Press,  1881.)

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Hugh de Beauchamp.     Land,  I hide  and  |- virgate.     Arable,          D.   o lo   <^

I  car.     Meadow, ditto.    Wood for 20 swine.    Formerly held, with          C.    o    5    o

power   of  lease   and   sale,   by  Godwin,  a homager of Aschil.                E.    o 12    o

JF. ix.  I.            I vil.  I bon

Nigel de Albini has 25 acres which John de Roches unjustly
took possession of over the tenants of the Manor, according to
the  evidence  of the jury.                                                          JF. xi. 2.

Countess Judith.    Manor of 5   hides  and   i^ virgates, held  of         D.   3    o    o

her  in  alms  by the  Nuns  of Elstow.    Arable, 5   can, 2 being  in          C.    4    o    o

demesne.    Meadow,   5 car.      Wood  for   100  swine.    A mill worth          E.    7    o    o

3s.     Alwold, a thane of King Edward, held the Manor;   and one           7 vil. 2 sen
socman possessed half a virgate with power of lease.       JF. xvii.  i.

A  certain   King's   Bailiff.      Land,   ^   hide.      Arable,  ~   car.          D.   o    3    o

Meadow, ditto.    Formerly held, with power of lease, by 2   socmen          g'    o 10   o

of King Edward.*                                                                      JF. xx.  i.                2 vil.

MELCHBOURNE.     H.  of  Stodden.     ^ZltZbumZ.

Geoffrey, Bishop of Constance.      Manor rated as   10 hides,   3          D.   8    o   o

hides,  with  3   ploughs  upon  it,   being  in  demesne.    Total  arable,          C.    500

10 car.    Meadow,  6 car.     Wood for  100 swine.     The Manor was         E.    6    o   o

formerly held  by Burret;   and  there were 6 socmen who had the        13 vil. 15 bon
power of disposal of their lands without  license from  the Lord.                    ^ ^^^*

JF. ii. 2.
MEPPERSHALL.    H. of Clifton.    Q^^l^ZttZmZllZ.

Gilbert   Fitz   Salomon.     Manor of 4  hides   in  Beds.,  and  3          D.   6    o    o

hides and i virgate in Herts.,  5 hides being in demesne.    Arable,          C.    6    o    o

7 can,  but  only 3   ploughs  on  the  5  car.  in  demesne.    Meadow,          E.  10    o    o

7  car.     Wood  for  200  swine,   and  a  customary payment  of los.           5 vil. 4 bon

from the wood. This Manor was formerly held by Leofwyn Cilt,
a thane of King Edward; and there were 4 socmen on the Manor
who held 2 hides, with power of sale.                                  JF. xvi. 2.

MILBROOK.    H. of Redbornstoke.    ^ZlZhtOL

Nigel   de   Albini.     tt.t.  Nigel  de Wast.     Manor   rated   as  5          D.   3    o    o

hides.     Arable,   6  can,   2    being   in   demesne.    Meadow,   2   car.          C.    i   10   o

Wood   for   100  swine.     Two   mills  worth   6s.     The   Manor was          E.    5    o    o

formerly held  by Godwin, the son   of Leofwynf   .......   who           4 vil. 2 bor.

all held their lands with power of lease and sale.               JF. xi. 2.

^ Vide Edworth.

f Undoubtedly a mistake for Leofwyn, the son of Godwin. There is also,
probably, the omission of a line importing that portions of the Manor w^ere in
the possession of certain socmen.
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