THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



STIESTEDA [Stisted] was held by the Holy 

 Trinity as a manor and as half a hide. Then 

 4 ploughs on the demesne ; now 3. Then 

 the men had 5 ploughs ; now 6. Then 8 

 villeins; now 13. Then n bordars ; now 

 25. Then 6 serfs ; now 4. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 800 swine, (with) 27 acres of 

 meadow and i mill. (There are) 3 rounceys 

 (runcini), and 40 beasts (animalia), and I2O 

 sheep, (and) 77 swine. It was then worth 10 

 pounds ; now 15. 



HUNDRET OF WlTBRICTESHERNA [DfiNGIE] 



LALINGE [Lawling '] was held (ten') by 

 the Holy Trinity as a manor and as 14 hides. 

 Then 14 villeins; now 21. Then 16 bor- 

 dars ; now 20. Then 3 serfs ; now 4. Then 



2 ploughs on the demesne ; now 3. Then 

 the men had 17$ ploughs; now 16^. Then 

 as now (semper) i mill. (There is) wood- 

 (land) for 800 swine, and (there are) 3 roun- 

 ceys (runcini), and I mule, and 1 6 beasts 

 (animalia) and 60 swine and 200 sheep, and 

 1 8 goats. It was then worth 1 2 pounds ; 

 now 1 6. 



LACHENDUNA [Latchingdon] was held (ten') 

 by the Holy Trinity as a manor and as 2 

 hides. And there is I plough on the demesne. 

 (There are) now 2 villeins and i serf. (There 

 is) pasture for 30 sheep, and (there are) 6 

 beasts (animalia), and 60 sheep, and 1 6 swine. 

 It was then worth 20 shillings ; now 25. 



NIWELANT [West Newland *] was held 

 (ten') by the Holy Trinity as a manor and as 



3 hides. Then I villein ; now 3. Then as 



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now (temper) 2 serfs. Then 2 ploughs ; now 

 i. Then 24 sheep, and now the same. It 

 was then worth 20 shillings ; now 40. 



HUNDRET OF ROCHEFORT [ROCHFORD] 



MILDENTUNA [Milton (Hall) 3 ] was held 

 (ten') by the Holy Trinity as a manor and (as) 

 2 hides. Then as now (semper) 8 villeins. 

 Then 13 bordars; now 15. Then as now 

 (semper) i serf, and 2 ploughs on the demesne, 

 and 6 ploughs belonging to the men. (There 

 is) wood(Iand) for 60 swine. And (there are) 

 8 beasts (animalia'), and 2 rounceys (runcini), 

 and 25 swine, and 124 sheep. It was then 

 worth 100 shillings; now 8 pounds. 



1 In Latchingdon. 



* A manor in St. Lawrence. 



In Prittlewell. 



SUDCERCA [Southchurch] was held (ten') by 

 the Holy Trinity as a manor and as 4 hides. 

 Then as now (semper) 14 villeins and 5 bor- 

 dars. Then 2 serfs ; now i. Then as now 

 (temper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 6 

 ploughs belonging to the men. (There is) 

 pasture for 200 sheep, wood(land) for 40 

 swine, and 2 fisheries. And (there are) 4 

 rounceys (runcini), and 8 beasts (animalia), 

 and 13 swine, and 150 sheep, and 16 goats. 

 It was then worth 100 shillings ; now 7 

 pounds. 



STANBRUGE [(Little) Stambridge] was held 

 by the Holy Trinity as a manor and as I hide 

 in King Edward's time. Now Ralf Baignar[d] 

 (holds it) of the church. 4 Then as now 

 (semper) i plough on the demesne. Then 3 

 bordars ; now 7. And (there is) I acre of 

 meadow, (and) pasture for 200 sheep. And 

 (there are) 4 beasts (animalia), and 10 swine, 

 and 58 sheep. It was then worth 30 shillings; 

 now 40. 



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EXS^SSA 



III. THE LAND OF THE BISHOP 

 OF LONDON 



HUNDRET OF BERDESTAPLA [BARSTABLE] 



LEGENDUNA [Laindon 6 ], which was held 

 by Alftred, a certain woman, in King Ed- 

 ward's time, is held by the bishop as I manor 

 and as 9 hides. Then 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne ; now 3. Then the men had 7 

 ploughs ; now 6. Then 8 villeins ; now 3. 

 Now 14 bordars. Then as now 6 serfs. 

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

 pasture for 100 sheep. It was then worth 9 

 pounds ; now 10 ; but the bishop receives 

 thence 14 pounds. Of this manor Ralf and 

 William hold 3 hides and 80 acres of the 

 bishop ; and (there are there) i plough on the 

 demesne, and 2 ploughs belonging to the 

 men; and it is worth 100 shillings (which is 

 included) in the above valuation (pretio). The 

 bishop took over (recepit) on the demesne 97 

 sheep and 10 swine. 



ORSEDA [Orsett], which was held by Bishop 

 William in King Edward's time, is held by 

 the bishop as a manor and as 13 hides ; but 



* i.e. of Christchurch. 



5 At the top of fo. 9 is a list of the five next 

 tenants-in-chief, which has been deleted. The 

 rest of that folio is blank. A similar list, similarly 

 deleted, is found on fo. 17 of this volume of 

 Domesday (see Introduction, p. 413). 



6 See Introduction p. 398, and p. 441, note 4, 

 below. 



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