THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



And Picot holds half a hide * which was 

 held by a sokeman in the time of King 

 Edward. In these 2 hides are 2 ploughs, 

 and (they) are worth 40 shillings. 



BECANGRA [Birchanger*] was held by Horolf 

 in the time of King Edward. 8 Now Tascelin 

 the priest holds it in almoine of the king as 

 I hide. Then as now (semper) there were I 

 plough, and 2 bordars, and 2 serfs. (There 

 is) wood(land) for 40 swine, 5 acres of meadow 

 and i mill. Then and afterwards it was worth 

 2O shillings ; now 30. 



HUNDRET OF HlDINGEFORDA [HlNCKFORD] 



CELDEFORDA [Shalford] was held by Earl 

 Algar* as i manor and as 5 hides and 30 

 acres. Afterwards the queen 6 held (it). 

 Now Otto the goldsmith rents it from the 

 king (ad ctmum in manu rtgis). Then as 

 now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne. 

 Then the men had 6 ploughs ; afterwards 

 and now 5. Then and afterwards (there 

 were) 13 villeins; now 12. Then as now 

 (semper) 6 bordars. Then 1 2 serfs ; after- 

 wards and now 8. (There is) wood(land) 

 for 100 swine, 2O acres of meadow, (and) 

 I mill. It was then worth 12 pounds ; 

 afterwards and now 22. In the demesne 

 are 4 rounceys (runcinf), 56 beasts (animalia) 

 formerly (tune) 65, and 52 sheep, and 80 

 swine formerly (tune) 1 1 8, and 40 goats. 

 This manor is short of 30 acres of wood(land) 

 which the queen gave to Richard son of 

 Count Gilbert. 6 There used to belong (jace- 

 bat) to this manor, in the time of King 

 Edward, half a hide of ' soke ' which Walter 

 son of Guibert now holds. 7 



to. 4 



PHINCINGHEFELDA [Finchingfield] was held 



1 This must be the f hide which Domesday 

 (i. 190) assigns to Picot at Babraham, Cambs, 

 five miles north of Chesterford, adding that the 

 land 'jacet in Cestreforde.' 



* There are two Birchangers in this Hundred. 

 Morant made the above entry refer to the hamlet 

 of that name in Newport, but I know not on 

 what ground. The parish of Birchanger is in 

 Domesday ' Bilichangra ' or ' Blichangra.' 



8 He had also held at Lindsell some 10 miles 

 away. 



4 Earl ./Elfgar of Mercia son of Earl Leofric. 



5 William's wife Matilda. 



6 Alias Richard de Clare. 



7 This is a passage of some importance, for it 

 must refer to the half hide at Shalford (' Scaldc- 

 fort') held of the king in 1086 by Walter 'the 

 cook,' who was therefore identical with Walter 

 ' the son of Guibert.' This half hide is there 

 entered as having been held ' by a free man as a 

 manor ' (p. 559 below). 



by the same Algar * in the time of King 

 Edward and afterwards by the queen. 8 Now 

 the same Otto rents it (ad censum)zs 2^ hides. 

 Then as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the de- 

 mesne, and 5 ploughs belonging to the men, 

 and 10 villeins, and 9 bordars. Then 6 serfs ; 

 afterwards 4 ; now 2. (There is) wood(land) 

 for 60 swine, 16 acres of meadow, and I 

 mill, and 25 beasts (animalia) and 2 rounceys 

 (runeini), 6 1 swine formerly (tune) 63, and 

 I oo sheep. It was then worth 9 pounds ; 

 afterwards and now 18. 



WESTREFELDA [Wethersfield] was held by 

 the same Algar* in the time of King Edward 

 as a manor and as 2 hides less 1 5 acres. 8 Now 

 Picot 9 holds it for the same, (and as) in the 

 king's hand(s). Then (there were) 4 ploughs 

 on the demesne ; afterwards 2 ; now 3. Then 

 and afterwards the men had 1 5 ploughs ; now 

 10. Then and afterwards 24 villeins ; now 28. 

 Then 7 bordars ; afterwards 1 5 ; now 24. 

 Then 7 serfs, afterwards 14 ; now 7. Then 

 (there was) wood(land) for 800 swine ; after- 

 wards and now for 500 ; and there are 24 acres 

 of meadow. Then and afterwards I mill ; 

 now 2. There are 10 beasts (animalia) for- 

 merly (tune) 17, and 100 sheep, (and) 40 

 swine formerly I oo, and 40 goats formerly 

 6 1 . To this manor there belonged in the time 

 of King Edward 6 sokemen (there are) now 

 8 holding I hide and 14 acres ; then as 

 now (semper) 2 ploughs (were there) and i 

 bordar and 5 acres of meadow. It was (all) 

 then worth 20 pounds ; afterwards and now 

 28. To this manor there belonged (adjacebat) 

 in the time of King Edward 30 acres of land 

 which were held by a priest in almoine and 

 he rendered ' soke,' and 8^ acres belonging to 

 another church ; these 2 estates (terras) are 

 held by Gilbert son of Warin (Garin!) and 

 are worth 10 shillings. There also belonged 

 to this manor 7^ acres which are held by 

 Count Alan, and 45 acres of demesne which 

 Suen' holds as belonging to (ad) the fief of 

 Richard son of Count Gilbert, 10 and they are 

 worth 8 shillings. 



In this Hundret the king has 1 8 sokemen ; 

 they hold 26^ acres and have never rendered 

 (any) customary due except the king's service. 



8 i.e. if hides. 



The sheriff of Cambridgeshire. 



10 Alias Richard de Clare. Domesday (ii. 40) 

 enters these acres under his manor of Boyton 

 Hall (in Finchingfield), but states that he had 

 taken them from the king's manor of Wethersfield 

 in King William's time. Both entries value them 

 at 8 shillings (see p. 480 below). 



Of these three manors of Earl Cigar's Wethers- 

 field adjoins Finchingfield and Shalford. 



