A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



Cambridgeshire (Cantebruge sira) and is called 

 Scelfort [Shelford] 1 ; then as now (semper) 

 there were (there) 8 villeins and 5 bordars, 

 and i plough on the demesne, and 2 ploughs 

 belonging to the men, and 15 acres of mea- 

 dow ; then I rouncey, (and) now none ; then 

 as now (semper) 10 beasts ; then 80 swine, 

 (and) now 50 ; then 80 sheep, (and) now 87 ; 

 then 13 goats, (and) now 24. This outlying 

 estate (berewita) was included in the above 

 ferm * in King Edward's time, but now (the 

 manor) renders 25 pounds and 16 shillings. 

 Robert Gernon (grino) holds 2 sokemen with 

 (tie) 2% hides who belong to this manor and 

 render all customary due(s) ; he received them 

 when Suen was sheriff, and the Hundret 

 (court) knows not how he came to have them, 

 for there came into the Hundred neither writ 

 nor officer (legatus) on the king's behalf (to 

 say) that the king had given him that land. 

 A certain clerk of Count Eustace had ob- 

 tained possession of (invaseraf) 42 acres and 

 was holding them as part of (ad) the fief of 

 Count Eustace ; but the Hundret (court) 

 testifies that they (belong) to Newport, and 

 so the king now has (them) ; and the clerk is 

 adjudged (judicatus) to be at the king's mercy 

 as to (de) all his possessions (cessu) and his 

 body ; s in that land there was then i plough, 

 (and) now none ; (there is) i acre of meadow, 

 (and) wood(land) for 6 swine, and it is worth 

 6 shillings. 



RICHELINGA [Rickling] was held by Harold 

 as a manor and as 8 hides (and is) now so 

 (pro totidem) held by King William. Then 

 13 villeins ; afterwards 1 6 ; now 20. Then 

 and afterwards 6 bordars ; now 10. Then as 

 now (semper) 4 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne. Then and afterwards the men had 

 8 ploughs ; now i O. (There is) wood(land) 



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for 30 swine, (with) 3 acres of meadow. It 

 was then worth 8 pounds ; now 1 2 pounds 

 and 1 6 shillings. On the demesne are 7 

 beasts (animalia) and 70 sheep. 



HALF HUNDRET OF FROSSCEWELLA [FRESH- 

 WELL] 



SANFORT [(Great) Sampford] was held by 



1 A few miles south of Cambridge (see Intro- 

 duction, p. 338). 



8 i.e. the two estates together provided the two 

 nights' ferm. Compare the case of Brightlingsea 

 with Harkstead above. 



3 This entry is suggestive of trial and judgment 

 before the Domesday Commissioners (see Introduc- 

 tion, p. 411). 



Edeva, 4 (and) afterwards by Earl Ralf, 8 (and 

 is) now (in charge of) Godric ' dapifer ' in the 

 king's hand(s) as a manor and as 7 hides and 

 30 acres. Then 26 villeins ; afterwards 13 ; 

 now 1 6. Then 9 bordars ; afterwards 6 ; 

 now 5. Then as now (semper) 4 serfs, and 2 

 ploughs on the demesne. Then the men had 

 22 ploughs between them; afterwards 15 ; 

 now 14. (There is) wood(land) for 1 50 swine, 

 (with) 30 acres of meadow. Then as now 

 (semper) I mill. It was then worth 2O pounds; 

 afterwards 26 ; now 30. 



HUNDRET OF TURESTAPLA [THURSTABLE] 



King William has in this Hundret 4 salt- 

 pans, of which the sheriff has charge (custodit), 

 and 3 men with (de) 10 acres, and (they are) 

 worth 20 pence. 



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II. THE LANDS OF THE HOLY 



TRINITY OF CANTERBURY \CAN- 



TORBERU] FOR THE SUPPORT 



OF THE MONKS 



HUNDRET OF WITHAM 



In COGHESSALA [(Little) Coggeshall] the 

 Holy Trinity 7 held in King Edward's time 

 and holds now (modo similiter) 3 virgates of 

 land. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs. Then 

 I bordar ; now 8. Then 3 serfs; now i. 

 (There are) 8 acres of meadow (and) i mill. 

 And it is worth 60 shillings. On the demesne 

 are 4 rounceys (runcini), 3 beasts (animalia), 2O 

 sheep, and 7 swine. 



BOCHINGES [Bocking] was always held by 

 the Holy Trinity as a manor and as 4^ 

 hides ; and there are 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne. Then the men had 35 ploughs ; 

 now 29. Then 19 villeins; now 18. Then 

 25 bordars ; now 44. Then 4 serfs ; now 2. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 300 swine, pasture 

 for 60 sheep, 22 acres of meadow (and) a 

 mill. And (there are) 6 beasts (anima/ia), 

 and 100 sheep, and 54 swine. There belong 

 to this manor now as then (semper) 2 hides in 

 Meresai [(Bocking Hall in East) Mersey] ; and 

 (there are there) i plough on the demesne, and 

 I plough belonging to the men, and 2 villeins, 

 and i bordar, and pasture for 50 sheep. Then 

 the whole together was worth 24 pounds ; 

 now 28. 



4 Edith the Fair (see Introduction, p. 350). 



5 Of Norfolk, forfeited 1075. 



6 i.e. Christchurch. 



7 i.e. the cathedral church of Christchurch. 



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