Manor of Potsgrove, Bedfordshire:
At the time of the Domesday Survey the manor of POTSGROVE, comprising 7½ hides, was held of the king by Gozelin le Breton, who was preceded in the time of King Edward by four thegns. From the middle of the 13th century the honour of Gloucester appears as intermediary between the lords of Potsgrove Manor and the Crown. Potsgrove, like Biddenham, remained attached to this honour until the death of Humphrey Duke of Buckingham in 1460.
Gozelin le Breton was tenant of Potsgrove at the time of the Survey. He was succeeded by his son Hugh, whose great-granddaughter Juliana married Geoffrey de Lucy. 1
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Manor of Gladley, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire:
The manor of GLADLEY, comprising 2½ hides in 1086 and situated partly in Buckinghamshire, was held of the king in chief; but during the 13th and 14th centuries the holders of the honour of Gloucester appear as intermediary lords between the lords of the manor and the Crown.
The tenant of the manor at the date of the Survey was Gozelin le Breton, from whom it descended to his son Hugh and grandson Walter. The latter left a daughter and heiress Amabilla, whose daughter and heiress married as her third husband Geoffrey de Lucy, to whom she brought the manor in dower.... 2
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THE HOLDERS OF LANDS [IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE] 3
[XLV.] XLIII. THE LAND OF GOZELIN THE BRETON.
In Burneham [Burnham] Hundret.
M. Gozelin the Breton held in ELMODESHAM [Amersham] half a hide. There is land for 1 plough, and this is there with 5 bordars and 1 mill worth (de) 4 shillings. Meadow is there (sufficient) for 1 plough (team). It is and was worth T.R.E. and after (valuit semper) 20 shillings. This land Alvric, a man of Godric the sheriff, held and could sell.
In Coteslai [Cottesloe] Hundret.
In Soleberie [Soulbury] Gozelin holds 1½ hides and the third part of 1 virgate as one manor. There is land for 4 ploughs. In the demesne there is half a hide, and on it is 1 plough; and 4 villeins with 2 bordars have 3 ploughs. There are 3 serfs, and 1 mill worth (de) 16 shillings, and meadow (sufficient) for 1 plough (team). It is and was worth T.R.E. and after (valuit semper) 40 shillings. This land Alwin, a man of Eddeva the Fair, held and could sell.
M. Gozelin himself holds COBLINCOTE [Cublington]. It is assessed at 10 hides. There is land for 9 ploughs. In the demesne there are 6 hides, and on it are 4 ploughs; and 8 villeins with 8 bordars have 5 ploughs. There are 5 serfs, and meadow (sufficient) for 4 plough (teams). In all it is worth 6 pounds; when received 3 pounds; T.R.E. 6 pounds. This manor two men of King Edward held as 2 manors—Goduin 2 hides and Torchil 8 hides—and could sell (their land).
In Langrave [Grove]
Robrt holds of Gozelin 2½ hides. There is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is 1; and 2 villeins have another plough. It is and was worth 20 shillings. T.R.E. 27 shillings. This manor two brothers held and could sell.
In Erlai [Yardley] Hundret
Ralf holds of Gozelin 1½ hides. There is land for 1 plough, and it is there with 1 villein and 2 bordars, and meadow (sufficient) for 1 plough (team). It is and was worth 15 shillings. T.R.E. 20 shillings.This land Alwin, a man of Eddeva the Fair, held and could sell.
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