THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



24 beasts (anima/ia) and 136 swine and 101 

 sheep. The same number is there (totum 

 similiter) now. In this manor there belonged 

 (adjacebant), in the time of King Edward 34 

 free men who used then to render by custom 

 10 shillings and n pence. Of these Ilbodo 

 holds 2 with (de) 45 acres ; and (they are) 

 worth 6 shillings ; and they render to the 

 manor their customary due. Tedric Pointel 

 (holds) 8 with (de) half a hide and 22^ acres, 

 who render (their) customary due, and are 

 worth 20 shillings. Ranulf Peverel (holds) 

 10 with (de) 2 hides and 45 acres, who do 

 not render (their) customary due and are 

 worth 15 shillings. William son of Grosse 

 (holds) 5 with (de) i hide and 15 acres, (of 

 whom) only one renders (his) customary due, 

 and (they are) worth 3 pounds and 1 3 shillings. 

 Ralf Baignard (holds) 6 with (de) half a hide 

 and 35 acres ; one renders (his) customary 

 due, and (they arc) worth 2O shillings. 

 Hamo dapifer holds I with (de) half a hide ; 

 he renders (his) customary due, and is worth 

 2O shillings. Goscelin the lorimer has the 

 land of one and does not render (his) cus- 

 tomary due ; this is (scilicet) I hide, which 

 is claimed by the monks of St. jEthelthryth. 

 of Ely (eli) ; and (the court of) the Hundret 

 testifies in their favour (eh) concerning a half 

 (of it), and as to the rest (the men of the 

 Hundret) know nothing ; it was then worth 

 100 shillings ; now 60 ; and when Goscelin 

 received it, I oo. In all the manor was worth 

 14 pounds less 2 shillings in the time of King 

 Edward ; now 12 pounds and 9 shillings. 



HALF HUNDRET OF HERLAUA [HARLOW] 



HADFELDA [Hatfield (Broadoak)] was held 

 by Harold, in the time of King Edward, as i 

 manor and as 20 hides. Then 5 1 villeins ; 

 now 60. Then 1 9 bordars ; now 30. Then 

 20 serfs ; now 22. Then 9 ploughs on the 

 demesne ; now 8, and 3 rounceys (runcini) 

 and 40 beasts (animalla) and 195 swine and 

 193 sheep. Then the men had 40 ploughs 

 now 31^ ; this loss (of) plough-oxen took 

 place (fult) in the time of all the sheriffs and 

 through the death of the beasts. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 800 swine, 120 acres of 

 meadow, (and) pasture which renders 9 

 wethers (multones) to (in) the manor and 41 



fo. ab 



acres of ploughing (aratura). 1 To the church 

 of this manor there used to belong I hide 

 and 30 acres, which were taken away from it 

 by Suen after he lost the shrievalty ; and this 

 land used to render a customary due to this 



1 i.e. 41 acres on the lord's demesne had to be 

 ploughed in return for the use of the pasture. 



manor. There also belonged to this manor, 

 in the time of King Edward, i sokeman with 

 half a hide, which G[eoffrey] de Magnavilla 

 took away from it. To this land (terre)* 

 there belongs i villein of i acre which Count 

 E[ustace holds ; and 30 acres which were 

 held in the time of King Edward by a smith 

 who was put to death for theft, and (there- 

 upon) the king's reeve added that land to this 

 manor ; and 40 acres of wood(land) which 

 were held by King Edward's reeve ; and 

 Osmund the Angevin disseised the king's 

 reeve and the manor both of the land and of 

 the wood(land) ; Robert Gernon now holds 

 (them). Robert Gernon also holds half a 

 hide which was held by a sokeman in the 

 time of King Edward. In addition to this 

 there belonged (adjacebant) to this manor in 

 the time of King Edward 3 outlying estates 

 (berewitte), Herefort [Hertford], Emwella 

 [Amwell] and Hodesduna [Hoddesdon], lying 

 in Hertfordshire (Herefort lira), which are 

 now held by Ralf de Limesay. 3 And there 

 is I sokeman with (de) 30 acres now as then 

 (semper) belonging to this manor. And the 

 manor was then worth 36 pounds ; now 

 60 ; but the sheriff receives from it 80 and 

 I OO shillings fine(gersuma),* And the 3 outlying 

 estates (berewita) were then worth 1 2 pounds, 

 and the land of the sokemen 45 shillings. 

 There is wood(Iand) for 40 swine. Subse- 

 quently we have recovered (ilc) half a hide 

 which was held by a sokeman of Harold. It 

 is now held by Ralf de Marcei as belonging 

 to the fee of Hamo. It was then worth 10 

 shillings ; now 7.* 



HUNDRET OF BEVENTREU [BECONTREE] 



HAVERING.* 6 [Havering] was held by 

 Harold in the time of King Edward as I 

 manor and as 10 hides. Then 41 villeins; 

 now 40. Then as now (semper) 41 bordars, 

 and 6 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the demesne. 

 Then the men had 41 ploughs ; now 40. 

 There is wood(land) for 500 swine, (and) 

 IOO acres of meadow. (There is) now I 

 mill, and (there are) 2 rounceys (runcini), and 

 10 beasts (anima/ia), and 160 swine, and 269 

 sheep. To this manor there belonged in the 



* The text is somewhat obscure here ; but it 

 seems probable that the scribe, as in several other 

 cases, has here used terra indifferently for manerium. 



* This passage is discussed in the Introduction, 

 p. 338. 



* Consideration money for the lease. 



6 This important passage relates to the estate of 

 Siriceslea' entered under the fief of Hamo dapifer 

 (see p. 501 below and Introduction p. 412). 



6 The plural form points to an English ' Haver- 

 ings.' 



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