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brother_n e._n pater_fw-la eorum_fw-la tenuit_fw-la t._n r._n e._n hold_v stoche_n 5._o godwin_n hold_v draicote_n e._n ipse_fw-la &_o mater_fw-la ejus_fw-la tenebant_fw-la t._n r._n e._n 6._o aldwi_n 7._o brismar_n 8._o alwerd_n 9_o donno_n 10._o huscarle_fw-fr 11._o osmer_n 12._o eldred_n these_o hold_v several_a parcel_n of_o land_n devonshire_n devenescire_fw-la devenescire_fw-la 1._o colwin_n hold_v chelesword_n e._n ipse_fw-la tenuit_fw-la t._n r._n e._n 2._o godwin_n hold_v curemton_n 3._o edred_n hold_v a_o furlong_n of_o land_n in_o bicheford_n 4._o alward_n hold_v colsovenescote_n 5._o ausgot_v hold_v madone_n 6._o donne_n hold_v niwetone_n 7._o alwin_n hold_v midelcote_n 8._o edwin_n hold_v buterlei_n 9_o vlf_n hold_v wadeham_n 10._o algar_n hold_v chevendestone_n 11._o alric_n hold_v wasberlege_n 12._o aluric_n hold_v essaple_n 13._o lewric_n hold_v betunie_n 14._o saulf_n hold_v dunesford_n 15._o alveva_n hold_v lacobescherche_fw-fr 16._o alfhill_n hold_v chenudestane_n buckinghamshire_n e._n bockinghamscire_fw-la ipse_fw-la tenuit_fw-la t._n r._n e._n 1._o a_o certain_a splay-footed_n man_n hold_v eurifel_v in_o frankalmoign_n 2._o lewin_n hold_v one_o hide_n in_o wavendone_v 3._o lewin_n cawra_n hold_v in_o boneston_n hund._n 4._o chetel_fw-mi hold_v in_o moslai_n hund._n 5._o godric_n cratel_n hold_v in_o mideltone_n 6._o suart_v and_o herding_n two_o brother_n hold_v land_n in_o cotehale_n hund._n oxfordshire_n oxenefordscire_fw-la oxenefordscire_fw-la all_o the_o burgess_n of_o oxford_n have_v in_o common_a without_o the_o wall_n pasture_n yield_v 6_o s._n 8._o d._n the_o county_n of_o oxford_n pay_v the_o rent_n of_o the_o three_o night_n that_o be_v fifty_o pound_n for_o land_n they_o hold_v 1._o theodoric_n the_o goldsmith_n hold_v one_o hide_n in_o norton_n and_o two_o hide_n and_o half_a in_o welde_n these_o land_n his_o wife_n hold_v free_o t._n r._n e._n staffordshire_n statfordscire_fw-la statfordscire_fw-la terra_fw-la chenwin_n &_o aliorum_fw-la tainorum_fw-la regis_fw-la 1._o chenwin_n hold_v of_o the_o king_n three_o hide_n in_o codeshale_v e._n ipse_fw-la tenuit_fw-la t._n r._n e._n 2._o dunning_n hold_v chenestone_n 3._o alric_n hold_v stagrisgeshowe_v e._n ipsi_fw-la have_v terras_fw-la tenuerunt_fw-la t._n r._n e._n 4._o aswold_n hold_v chrochesdene_n 14._o more_o hold_v land_n of_o title_n prior_n to_o king_n william_n among_o which_o the_o earl_n hugh_n de_fw-fr ferrier_n and_o alberic_n de_fw-fr vere_n the_o first_o of_o which_o hold_v st._n warburgh_n of_o chester_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o confessor_n notinghamshire_n snotingham-scire_a snotingham-scire_a 2._o elwin_n and_o vlviet_v hold_v one_o carve_v of_o land_n in_o osbernestune_n now_o swan_n and_o vlviet_v hold_v it_o 5._o aluric_n buge_n and_o vlchet_n do_v former_o and_o now_o do_v hold_v land_n there_o yorkshire_n 1._o swen_n 2._o vlf._n 3._o turchil_n 4._o chetel_fw-mi 5._o ramechil_n 6._o ravenchil_n 7._o torchil_n 8._o game_n 9_o osward_n 10._o tore_v 11._o torber_n 12._o vctre_v hold_v several_a land_n in_o the_o time_n of_o king_n edward_n as_o in_o the_o time_n of_o william_n the_o first_o beside_o several_a dispossess_v who_o have_v their_o title_n allow_v lincolnshire_n lindesire_v lindesire_v 2._o sortebrand_n and_o chetelburn_n hold_v several_a land_n 3._o godrie_n hold_v four_o oxgange_n which_o be_v agremund_n his_o father_n glocestershire_n 1._o chetel_fw-mi hold_v one_o hide_v and_o â—ne_a rood_n in_o wenrick_n glocestrescrie_v glocestrescrie_v 2._o osward_n hold_v redmertone_n e._n ipse_fw-la tenuit_fw-la t._n r._n e._n 3._o edric_n the_o son_n of_o ketel_n hold_v â—andintone_n 4._o eddiet_n hold_v bichemerse_n e._n pater_fw-la ejus_fw-la tenuit_fw-la t._n r._n e._n 5._o brictric_n hold_v four_o hide_n in_o â—achamtone_n 6._o alwold_n hold_v pignoscire_fw-la 7._o edward_n the_o son_n of_o reinbald_n old_v aldersnude_v 8._o 9_o 10._o 11._o 12._o elsi_n dous_n brictric_n edric_n the_o son_n of_o jewel_n and_o madoch_n hold_v land_n as_o 〈◊〉_d the_o former_a king_n reign_n herefordshire_n herefordscire_fw-la herefordscire_fw-la 1._o edric_n hold_v last_o 2._o elmer_n hold_v half_o a_o hide_n of_o the_o king_n e._n ipse_fw-la tenuit_fw-la t._n r._n e._n 3._o osborn_n the_o son_n of_o richard_n hold_v mildetune_n in_o these_o 15_o county_n domesday_n vid._n spelman_n tit_n domesday_n of_o thirty_o describe_v in_o domesday_n beside_o other_o leave_v â—ut_v of_o this_o survey_n as_o northumberland_n westmoreland_n the_o bishopric_n of_o durham_n and_o lancashire_n except_o some_o part_n of_o it_o be_v take_v into_o yorkshire_n or_o cheshire_n the_o city_n of_o oxford_n and_o the_o shire_n which_o hold_v land_n in_o their_o public_a capacity_n several_a omit_v through_o neglect_n and_o other_o on_o purpose_n as_o i_o before_o observe_v there_o be_v above_o one_o hundred_o anâ—_n eighty_o freeholders_n who_o derive_v noâ—_n under_o king_n william_n title_n and_o beside_o the_o generality_n who_o title_n be_v not_o express_v many_o of_o which_o however_o be_v of_o english_a name_n sect_n 2._o our_o wise_a author_n suppose_v that_o king_n william_n give_v all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o county_n of_o cheshire_n to_o hugh_n de_fw-fr abrincis_fw-la 29._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 29._o his_o kinsman_n and_o a_o norman_a and_o wise_o ask_v whether_o this_o be_v all_o crown_n land_n the_o pretend_a proof_n of_o this_o he_o bring_v in_o another_o book_n so_o that_o for_o a_o long_a time_n we_o must_v rely_v upon_o his_o mastership_n authority_n 15._o against_o jani_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 15._o but_o this_o be_v his_o demonstration_n in_o domesday-book_n after_o it_o be_v say_v what_o belong_v to_o the_o bishopric_n totam_fw-la reliquam_fw-la terram_fw-la comitatus_fw-la tenet_fw-la hugo_n comes_fw-la de_fw-la rege_fw-la cum_fw-la hominibus_fw-la suis._n but_o i_o can_v find_v no_o great_a matter_n in_o this_o than_o that_o under_o the_o king_n he_o be_v chief_a lord_n of_o â—â—e_z fee_n but_o the_o gift_n of_o the_o whole_a â—ounty_n general_o imply_v not_o any_o thing_n â—ore_o than_o the_o government_n of_o it_o â—hus_o whereas_o he_o will_v have_v it_o that_o the_o beate_v part_n of_o shropshire_n be_v give_v to_o roâ—r_n de_fw-fr montegomerico_n scyropesberie_n against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 29._o scyropesberie_n domesday_n say_v â—e_v have_v the_o city_n of_o shrewsbury_n &_o tot_fw-la â—omitat_fw-la and_o the_o whole_a county_n but_o â—hat_n be_v soon_o explain_v &_o torum_fw-la domiâ—ium_fw-la quod_fw-la rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la ibi_fw-la habebat_fw-la cumâ—_fw-la 2_o manner_n quae_fw-la rex_fw-la ipse_fw-la tenebat_fw-la and_o the_o â—hole_a power_n or_o right_o to_o govern_v it_o which_o king_n edward_n have_v there_o with_o â—â—elve_n manor_n which_o the_o king_n himself_o â—eld_v and_o this_o be_v all_o the_o land_n that_o be_v give_v but_o can_v not_o be_v the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o county_n far_o domesday_n cheshire_n domesday_n for_o cheshire_n leofwick_n king_n edward_n brother_n have_v it_o before_o in_o the_o â—ame_n manner_n as_o hugh_n have_v and_o sureâ—y_o neither_o he_o nor_o his_o brother_n conquer_v â—he_v whole_a county_n nor_o have_v ed._n the_o crown_n â—y_a inheritance_n and_o lupus_n have_v it_o in_o â—he_n same_o manner_n that_o leofwick_n have_v it_o beâ—ore_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o this_o county_n be_v not_o hold_v under_o the_o feudal_n law_n bring_v â—n_v by_o william_n beside_o to_o show_v that_o the_o earl_n have_v â—ot_n the_o whole_a county_n it_o be_v manifest_a there_o be_v many_o great_a proprietor_n there_o as_o earl_n robert_n who_o hold_v westone_n richard_z de_z vernon_z who_o hold_v estime_fw-fr gislebeâ—â—_n venables_n who_o family_n continue_v at_o thâ—_n day_n but_o indeed_o the_o estate_n be_v in_o a_o heâ—_n female_a and_o several_a other_o some_o 〈◊〉_d which_o for_o a_o long_a time_n enjoy_v thâ—_n dignity_n of_o baron_n which_o dignity_n think_v be_v not_o yet_o extinct_a there_o sect_n 3._o whereas_o this_o friend_n to_o the_o english_a nation_n for_o so_o doubtless_o hâ—_n have_v render_v himself_o will_v impose_v up_o on_o we_o 43._o against_o mr._n petyt_n p._n 43._o as_o if_o the_o english_a have_v neither_o estate_n nor_o fortune_n leave_v and_o therefore_o it_o can_v be_v no_o great_a matter_n to_o they_o by_o what_o law_n right_o or_o propriety_n other_o man_n hold_v theiâ—_n estate_n i_o have_v already_o make_v it_o evident_a thaâ—_n they_o have_v estate_n and_o fortune_n leave_v shall_v now_o show_v that_o they_o claim_v their_o right_n and_o have_v they_o allow_v according_a to_o the_o ancient_a law_n and_o before_o i_o come_v to_o this_o or_o rather_o in_o confirmation_n of_o it_o i_o must_v observe_v that_o even_o lesser_a lawful_a custom_n thaâ—_n those_o whereby_o the_o descent_n of_o estateâ—_n be_v preserve_v be_v continue_v after_o the_o repute_a conquest_n thus_o in_o the_o burrow_n of_o wallingford_n in_o berkshire_n domesday_n domesday_n be_v consuetudines_fw-la omnes_fw-la ut_fw-la ante_fw-la fuerant_fw-la all_o the_o same_o custom_n which_o be_v there_o before_o so_o you_o shall_v find_v numerous_a instance_n of_o the_o same_o service_n from_o the_o land_n or_o house_n
which_o be_v before_o nay_o sometime_o less_o or_o none_o when_o former_o there_o be_v some_o as_o in_o surrey_n robert_n de_fw-fr wate_n hold_v one_o house_n which_o pay_v all_o service_n in_o the_o time_n of_o kind_a edward_n now_o nothing_o at_o all_o but_o to_o the_o claim_n or_o title_n allow_v hantescire_fw-la hantescire_fw-la aldredus_fw-la frater_fw-la ode_n calumniatur_fw-la unam_fw-la virgatam_fw-la terrae_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la manerio_fw-la &_o dicit_fw-la se_fw-la eam_fw-la tenuisse_fw-la die_fw-la quâ_fw-la rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la fuit_fw-la vivus_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la &_o disaisitus_fw-la fuit_fw-la postquam_fw-la rex_fw-la willielmus_fw-la mare_fw-la transiit_fw-la &_o ipse_fw-la dirationavit_fw-la coram_fw-la reginâ_fw-la inde_fw-la est_fw-la testis_fw-la ejus_fw-la hugo_n de_fw-fr port_n &_o homines_fw-la de_fw-la toto_fw-la hundredo_fw-la aldred_n the_o brother_n of_o ode_n claim_v one_o rood_n of_o that_o manner_n and_o say_v that_o he_o hold_v it_o the_o day_n that_o king_n edward_n be_v alive_a and_o dead_a and_o be_v disseize_v after_o that_o king_n william_n past_o the_o sea_n and_o he_o recover_v it_o before_o the_o queen_n hugo_n the_o port_n be_v witness_n of_o it_o and_o the_o whole_a hundred_o it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o where_o the_o county_n or_o hundred_o atte_v any_o man_n plea_n or_o title_n this_o be_v a_o solemn_a judgement_n in_o domesday_n book_n that_o be_v the_o way_n appoint_v of_o ascertain_v estate_n and_o title_n in_o the_o same_o county_n and_o hundred_o hugh_n de_fw-fr port_n have_v his_o claim_n allow_v hanc_fw-la hidam_fw-la calumniatur_fw-la hugo_n de_fw-fr port_n dicens_fw-la eam_fw-la pertinere_fw-la ad_fw-la sva_fw-la maneria_fw-la de_fw-la cerdeford_n &_o eschetune_n &_o ibi_fw-la eam_fw-la tenuerunt_fw-la svi_fw-la antecessores_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la testantur_fw-la tot_fw-la '_o hundr_n '_o this_o hide_n hugh_n de_fw-fr port_n claim_v say_v that_o it_o belong_v to_o his_o manor_n of_o cerdeford_n and_o eschetune_n and_o there_o his_o ancestor_n hold_v it_o and_o this_o the_o whole_a hundred_o testify_v so_o the_o same_o hugh_n claim_v three_o house_n and_o a_o corner_n of_o a_o field_n and_o one_o rood_n and_o five_o acre_n of_o land_n of_o turstin_n the_o chamberlain_n and_o of_o this_o he_o bring_v the_o hundred_o to_o witness_v that_o his_o ancestor_n be_v seize_v die_fw-la quo_fw-la rex_fw-la edwardus_fw-la fuit_fw-la vivus_fw-la &_o mortuus_fw-la the_o trial_n in_o this_o couâ—ty_n between_o william_n de_fw-fr chornet_n clating_n in_o forcingbridge_n hundr_n in_o clating_n and_o picot_n the_o sheriff_n of_o cambridgeshire_n be_v very_o remarkable_a in_o isto_fw-la hundr_n &_o in_o isto_fw-la manner_n tenet_n picot_n 2_o virgat_n &_o dimidium_fw-la &_o istam_fw-la terram_fw-la calumniatur_fw-la willielmus_fw-la de_fw-la chornet_n dicens_fw-la pertinere_fw-la ad_fw-la manner_n de_fw-fr cerdeford_n feudum_fw-la hugonis_fw-la de_fw-la port_n per_fw-la haereditatem_fw-la svi_fw-la antecessoris_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr hoc_fw-la suum_fw-la testimonium_fw-la adduxit_fw-la de_fw-la melioribus_fw-la &_o antiquis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la totius_fw-la comitatûs_fw-la &_o hundr_n &_o picot_n contraduxit_fw-la suum_fw-la testimonium_fw-la de_fw-la villanis_fw-la &_o vili_fw-la plebi_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr prepositis_fw-la qui_fw-la nolunt_fw-la defendere_fw-la per_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la aut_fw-la per_fw-la dei_fw-la judicium_fw-la quod_fw-la ille_fw-la qui_fw-la tenuit_fw-la terram_fw-la libre_fw-la homo_fw-la fuit_fw-la &_o potuit_fw-la ire_n cum_fw-la terrâ_fw-la quo_fw-la voluit_fw-la sed_fw-la testes_fw-la willielmi_n nolunt_fw-la accipere_fw-la legem_fw-la nisi_fw-la regis_fw-la e._n usque_fw-la dum_fw-la definiatur_fw-la per_fw-la regem_fw-la in_o that_o hundred_o and_o in_o that_o manor_n picot_n hold_v two_o rood_n and_o a_o half_a of_o land_n that_o land_n william_n the_o chornet_n claim_v say_v that_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o manor_n of_o cerdeford_n of_o the_o feud_n 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