THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



demesne (Juit d[omi]nic[us]), but is now in the 

 sheriff's hand(s) and included in the king's ferm 

 (ad firmam regis). 1 



HONDRET OF CESFEWORDA [CHAFFORDJ * 



The king has PHINGHERIA [Fingrith * (in 

 Blackmore)] which was held by Harold in the 

 time of King Edward. (There was) then as 

 now (semper) i plough on the demesne ; and 

 6 villeins and 8 bordars have 2 ploughs. In 

 the demesne are 24 beasts (anima/ia). (There 

 is) wood(land) for 1,000 swine, (with) 3 acres 

 of meadow. It was then worth 4 pounds ; 

 now 14. In WOCHENDUNA [Ockendon] the 

 king has I sokeman with (tit) 25 acres; it 

 was then worth 32 pence, (and) now 52. 



GINGA [(Margarett)ing] * was held by Frie- 

 bert in the time of King Edward as a manor 

 and as 3^ hides. Then as now (semper) 6 

 villeins and 3 bordars. Then 2 serfs ; now 

 I. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne and the men had I plough. (There 

 are) 4 acres of meadow and 88 swine. It is 

 appraised (Apf) in Phingheria [Fingrith]. 5 



CILTENDIS [Childerditch] was held by 

 Harold ; afterwards by the queen ; now the 

 sheriff of Surrey (holds it) for ii hides. 

 Then 3 villeins ; now 5. Then 3 bordars ; 



1 This is a very obscure and probably corrupt 

 passage. 



* In spite of this Hundredal heading, the two 

 manors which follow it are in Chelmsford Hun- 

 dred. It is not till we reach Childerditch that we 

 find ourselves in Chaffbrd Hundred. 



* This place was not identified by Mr. Chisen- 

 hale-Marsh, and Morant asserted that there was not 

 any mention of Blackmore in Domesday. This 

 gives some importance to the above identification, 

 which is confirmed by the subsequent occurrence 

 of the three manors entered together in the text 

 as held by the serjeanty of acting as chamberlain 

 to the queen. In The Red Book of the Exchequer 

 (p. 507) we read : Johannes de Sanford Wolver- 

 mestone per serjanteriam in camera Reginx, et 

 Fingret, et Ginges,' etc. In the Testa de Nevill 

 version of the same inquest (1212) we similarly 

 read ; ' Gilbcrtus de Saunford . . . Fingrie, 

 Ginges, et partem de Wlfameston per serjant- 

 [eriam] quod sit camerarius domine Regine ' 

 (p. 266). The first and last names are preserved 

 in Fingrith Hall and Wolston Lodge. 



* Thi ' Ing ' (Ginga) is identified, like Fingrith, 

 by its forming part of the above holding by ser- 

 jeanty, which explains how the Sandfords came 

 to hold Margaretting. Morant wrongly assigned 

 other Domesday entries, instead of this one, to 

 Margaretting. 



6 This last sentence and the Childerditch entry 

 which follows have been huddled into the MS. 

 subsequently. 



now 4. (There is) I serf. Then I plough 

 on the demesne; now i$. Then the 

 men had 2 ploughs ; afterwards and now i . 

 (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine, (and) 

 pasture for 60 sheep. It was then worth 3 

 pounds ; now 4.* 



HONDRET OF CELMERESFORT [CHELMSFORD] 



WRITELA [Writtle 7 ] was held by Harold as 

 a manor and as 16 hides in the time of King 

 Edward. Now King William (holds it) as 

 14 hides. 8 Then 97 villeins ; afterwards and 

 now 73. Then 36 bordars; afterwards and 

 now 60. Then 24 serfs ; afterwards and 

 now 1 8. Then 12 ploughs on the demesne ; 



fo. jb 



afterwards and now 9. Then the men had 

 between them 64 ploughs ; afterwards and 

 now 45. Then (there was) wood(Iand) for 

 1,500 swine ; now for 1,200. (There are) 

 80 acres of meadow. Then I mill ; now 2. 

 Then as now (semper) 9 rounceys (runtini) 

 and 5 colts (full!) and 40 beasts (anima/ia) 

 and 318 sheep and 172 swine. This manor 

 then rendered 10 nights' ferm (noctes de firmaf 

 and 10 pounds. It now renders 100 pounds 

 by weight and 100 shillings fine (gersuma). 10 

 Ingelric obtained possession of (p'occupavit) 

 2 hides of the land of Harold's reeve who 

 rendered to this manor all the customary due, 

 that is 12 pounds, after the king came into 

 England ; and Count E[ustace] now holds it 

 because his predecessor was seised of it. 11 

 And in Harold's time there was I swineherd 

 rendering the customary due to this manor 

 and seated (sedens) on I virgate of land and 1 5 

 acres ; but Robert Gernon (grino), after the 

 king came (into) England took (accepit) him 

 from the manor and made him (a) forester of 



6 This Childerditch entry has been crowded in 

 afterwards by the scribe on an insufficient blank 

 space. 



7 This comprised more than the present parish 

 of Writtle ; Roxwell, for instance, which was only 

 a hamlet or chapelry of Writtle. 



8 Because Ingelric had annexed 2 hides (as in 

 the text). 



See Introduction (p. 336) for this phrase. 



10 Consideration money for the lease. 



11 Under the fief of Earl Eustace (p. 468 below) 

 Domesday states that his manor of Newland (Hall 

 in Roxwell) had been held by Harold ' as i manor 

 and as 3 (iif) hides ' and had belonged to Writtle 

 in the time of King Edward, but had been seised 

 by Ingelric. As its value had only risen from /; 

 to 7, there seems to be something wrong about 

 the alleged due of 11 from it. And its 3 hides 

 are 2 in the Writtle entry. 



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