A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



xxx Geoffrey de Magnavilla 



xxxi The Count of Ou [Eu] 



xxxn Robert Greno [Gernon] 



xxxiii Ralf Baignard 



xxxini Ranulf Peverel 



xxxv Aubrey de Ver 



xxxvi Peter de Valognes 



xxxvn Ranulf brother of Ilger 



xxxvni Tihel the Breton 



xxxvini Roger de Ramis 



XL John son of Waleram 



XLI Robert son of Corbutio 



XLII Walter the deacon 



XLIII Roger Bigot 



XLIIII Robert Malet 



XLV W[illiam] de Scohies 



XLVI Roger de Poitou 



XLVII Hugh de Gurnai 



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I. EXSESSA. THE KING'S LANDS 



HUNDRET OF BERDESTAPLA [BARSTABLfi] 



BENFLET [Benfleet l ] was held by Harold in 

 the time of King Edward as I manor and 

 as 8 hides. Xhis manor is now in the cus- 

 tody of Ranulf brother of Ilger (and is) in the 

 king's hand(s). 8 Then 12 villeins ; now 21. 

 Then as now (semper) 6 bordars. Then 3 serfs; 

 now 3 (sic). Then 3 ploughs on the demesne ; 

 now 2. Then the men had 1 1 ploughs ; 

 now 5. And there are 30 acres of wood- 

 (land). (There is) pasture for 130 sheep, 

 (and) a moiety of a mill. It was then ap- 

 praised at 8 pounds ; (and) now renders 12 ; 

 but it is only appraised at 8 pounds. In this 

 manor there was at that time a certain free 

 man with (de) half a hide, who has now be- 

 come (effectus est) one of the villeins and is 

 (included) in the above reckoning. From 

 this manor there was given to a certain church 

 belonging to (de) another manor, in the time 

 of King Edward half a hide. But, after this 

 manor became part of (venit in) the king's 

 demesne, it was taken away from the church 

 and is again part of (jacet in) the manor. In 

 the whole of this ' Hundret ' the king has 18 

 free men holding half a hide and 49 acres and 

 pasture for 20 sheep. (This) is appraised at 



1 It is exceedingly difficult to disentangle the 

 manors in North and South Benfleet as entered in 

 Domesday, but that of the king appears to have 

 been in North Benfleet. 



9 That is to say, Ranulf was in charge of it for 

 the king. 



LXXXII Gilbert the priest 

 LXXXIII Grim 

 LXXXIIII Ulveva 

 LXXXV Edward 

 LXXXVI Turchil 

 LXXXVII Stanard 

 LXXXVIII Godwine 

 LXXXVIIII Free men of the king 

 xc Aggressions* 



* It is practically impossible to make a satis- 

 factory translation of such a list of names as this. 

 Those which were Latinized by the scribe have 

 been here translated where possible, and those 

 which were given in a contemporary form have 

 been here retained. But the reader should turn 

 to the entries in the text for fuller information on 

 the names. In the MS. this list of names is 

 arranged in four columns of which the first two 

 are represented by the first of the above columns. 



10 shillings. In the demesne of the abovesaid 

 manor are I rouncey 3 (runcinus), I ass, 30 

 swine, and 70 sheep. 



HALF HUNDRET 4 OF WITHAM 



WITHAM was held by Harold in the time 

 of King Edward as I manor and as 5 hides. 

 This manor is now in the custody of Peter 

 the sheriff 6 (and is) in the king's hand(s). 

 Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now 3. 

 Then 21 villeins ; now 15. Then 9 bordars ; 

 now 10. Then 6 serfs; now 9. Then 23 

 sokemen ; now the same. Then the men 

 had 1 8 ploughs ; now 7 ; and this loss (of 

 plough-oxen) took place (fuit) in the time of 

 Suean and of Baignard the sheriffs and through 

 the death of the beasts. (There is) wood- 

 (land) for 150 swine, 30 acres of meadow, 

 (and) pasture (which) used to render 6 pence 

 (and) now (renders) 1 4 (pence). Then as now 

 (semper) l mill. The aforesaid sokemen hold 

 2 hides and i virgate and have 2 ploughs. It 

 was then worth in all 10 pounds ; now 20 ; 

 but the sheriff, what with his (suas) customary 



To. 2 



dues and (the profits of) the pleas of the Half 

 Hundret receives thence 34 pounds and 4 

 pounds fine (gersuma). 6 Peter took over 

 (recepit) in the demesne of this manor 4 7 and 



3 From the French ranch (compare p. 426). 



4 For the occasional mention of Essex Hun- 

 dreds as 'Half Hundreds see Introduction, p. 407. 



6 Peter de Valognes. 



6 Consideration money for the lease. 



7 A word must have been omitted here. 



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