A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



HUNDRET OF WjTBRICTESHERNA [DfiNGIE] * 



BENFLET [Benfleet] was held by Leuard', 

 a free man, in the time of King Edward, 

 (and) afterwards by Tedric Pointel, as I hide. 

 Then as now (semper) I bordar. Then I 

 plough ; now none. Pasture for 40 sheep. 

 Then i fishery (piscina) ; now none. And 

 it is worth 20 shillings. 



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STEPLA [Steeple] was held by Aluric, a free 

 man, as I hide. Then I bordar ; now none. 

 Then i plough ; now half a one. It was then 

 worth 20 shillings ; now 1 6. In ULWINES- 

 CHERHAM [ * ] 4 free men held 



(de) i hide less 6 acres in the time of King 

 Edward ; now they are not there ; it was 

 then worth 20 shillings; now 10 ; this land 

 is claimed by Tedric Pointel (as his) by ex- 

 change. Free (Franc!) men held 51 acres, 

 and they are not included in the king's ferm 

 (firma) 3 ; (they) were then worth 8 shillings ; 

 now 5 ; this land is held by a servant (famulus) 

 of the king and does not pay geld. In MEL- 

 DUN A [Maldon] are 2 free men with (de) 10 

 acres ; of these Ranulf Peverel (piperellus) has 

 5 acres, and Hugh de Montford 5 acres ; it 

 was then worth 10 pence, (and) now 12. 

 Two free men, in the time of King Edward, 

 held 6 acres and belonged to (jacuerunt in) the 

 king's Hundret, and now Baignard has (them). 



In the Hundret of ROCHESFORT [Rochford] 

 Grim the reeve holds now as then (semper) 10 

 acres worth 16 pence.* 



HUNDRET OF LASSENDENE [LEXDEN] 



STANEWEGA [Stan way] was held by Harold 

 in the time of King Edward as I manor and 

 as 5^ hides. Now the king has it as the 

 same (pro totidem). Then 1 2 villeins ; after- 

 wards and now 9. Then 6 bordars ; after- 

 wards and now 9. Then as now (semper) 6 

 serfs and 3 ploughs on the demesne. Then 

 the men had 1 3 ploughs ; afterwards and now 

 2^ (ploughs). Then as now (semper) i mill. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine with 12 

 acres of meadow, 2O beasts (animalia), 59 

 swine, 260 sheep, and 1 1 rounceys (runcini). 



1 It is very inexplicable that one should find a 

 wrong Hundredal heading in Domesday prefixed 

 immediately, as here, to the name of a manor. 

 Benfleet was in Barstaple Hundred (see p. 428, 

 note I, above). 



* See Introduction, p. 391. 



s i.e. the receipts from them were not included 

 in the sum for which the king leased out the estate. 



* For his holdings in Barstable Hundred see p. 

 564 below. 



There is also an outlying estate (berewita) of 

 2i hides and 1*3 acres called LEGRA [Layer], 

 which belongs to (et jacet in) this manor ; 

 then as now (semper) 7 villeins (were there), 

 and 2 bordars, and 4 serfs, and 2 ploughs on 

 the demesne ; then the men had 2 ploughs, 

 and now i^. There also belongs a detached 

 estate (berewita) called LESSENDENA [Lexden] 5 

 of 4 hides ; then 6 villeins were there, (and) 

 afterwards and now 5 ; then I O bordars, (and) 

 afterwards and now 12 ; then 4 serfs, and 

 afterwards and now 5 ; then as now (semper) 



2 ploughs on the demesne ; then the men had 

 4 ploughs, and now 3 ; there is wood(land) 

 for I oo swine (with) 1 8 acres of meadow ; 

 now (there are) 2 mills. And (there are) 16 

 sokemen with (de) 2 hides and 36 acres ; then 

 as now (semper) (they had) 2^ ploughs. The 

 whole (manor) was then worth 22 pounds ; 

 now Peter 6 receives from it 33 pounds and 



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3 pounds fine (gersuma). 1 From this manor 

 Reimund Girald' 8 took I villein with (de) 

 half a hide, who used to render the customary 

 due ; now as then (semper) there is there half 

 a plough, and it is worth 10 shillings ; Nor- 

 man held this land and rendered the customary 

 due, but Raimund took it away and Roger 

 (de Poitou) likewise. And Roger de Poitou 

 (pictavensis) has taken over (accepit) I villein 

 holding i acre. And Ingelric took away i 

 woman, Bricteva (by name), holding 1 8 acres, 

 and she used to render 32 pence (nommos) to 

 the manor every year. 9 



HUNDRET OF ANGRE [ONGAR] 



ULFELMESTUNA [Wolverston (in Chigwell)] 

 was held by Harold as a manor and as 3 hides 

 and 40 acres. Now King William (holds it). 

 Then as now (semper) 4 villeins. Then 2 

 bordars ; now 6. Then the men had I 

 plough between them ; now the same. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 60 swine (with) 



4 acres of meadow. It was then worth 20 

 shillings ; now 40. A certain free man held 

 20 acres in the time of King Edward ; (there 

 was) then half a plough ; now nothing ; and 

 it is worth 3 (shillings). He (iste) was always 



5 Within the liberties of Colchester (compare 

 p. 574 below). 



6 Peter de Valognes, the sheriff. 



7 Consideration money for the lease. 



8 See Introduction, p. 354. 



9 This is clearly the customary payment spoken 

 of at Babraham, Belesham, and Iclinton, Cambs. 

 (Domesday, i. 197^, 190^, 198), as 2 ounces (or<g 

 or ores) or 32 pence. At the two latter places 

 Domesday records it as 3 2 pence and the Inyuisitio 

 comitatus Cantabrigiensts as 2 ounces (pp. 24, 41). 



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