A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



is) pasture for 100 sheep. And (there are) i 

 rouncey (runcinus) and 7 beasts (animalia), and 

 30 swine, and 41 sheep. It was then worth 

 40 pounds ; now 26. Of this same manor 



5 knights hold 4 hides, and (there are there) 



6 ploughs, and (there are) 2 villeins and 45 

 bordars and 3 serfs who have 3 ploughs ; 

 and it is worth 8 pounds and 2 shillings 

 (included) in the above valuation (eodem pretio). 



In COLECF.STRA [Colchester] the bishop has 

 14 houses and 4 acres, which render no 

 customary due, save scot, to any one but the 

 bishop. 1 There also (in eaderri) Hugh holds 

 of the bishop 2 hides and i acre and renders 

 customary due(s) ; (there were there) then as 

 now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 



1 plough belonging to the men, and 2 villeins, 

 and 1 1 bordars, and i serf, and 6^ acres of 

 meadow ; now i mill ; then and afterwards 

 it was worth 40 shillings, and now 50.* 



IIII. (THE) FEE OF THE BISHOP 

 OF LONDON 3 



HUNDRET OF CEFFEORDA [CHAFFORD] 



WOCHEDUNA [Cranham 4 ] was held by 

 Alvric in King Edward's time as a manor and 

 (as) 3 hides and 40 acres. Now Hugh (holds 

 it) of the bishop. Then 6 villeins ; now 8. 

 Then 5 bordars; now 15. Then 6 serfs; 

 now 4. Then as now (semper) 3 ploughs on 

 the demesne, and 4 ploughs belonging to the 

 men. Wood(land) for 500 swine, (and) 2O 

 acres of meadow. (There are) 4 colts (pulli) y 

 144 sheep, (and) 20 beasts (animalia). Then 

 and afterwards it was worth 4 pounds ; 

 now 6. 



TOTEHAM [(Rok Hall in Little) Totham B ], 

 which Edwolt held as a manor and (as) half 

 a hide and 30 acres, is held of the bishop by 

 William son of Brien. (There is) now I 

 villein. Then as now (semper) 6 bordars, and 



2 serfs, and I plough on the demesne. 

 Wood(land) for 60 swine, 4 acres of meadow, 

 and i fisherman (piscator). (There is) pasture 

 for 40 sheep, and i saltpan. (There are) 

 now 4 beasts (animalia), and 4 swine, (and) 



1 ' Non reddentes consuet[udinem]preter Scotum 

 nisi episcopo.' The ' scot ' was clearly the geld, 

 which was payable to the king. 



2 See further the Introduction to the Survey of 

 Colchester (p. 424 above). 



3 This heading is not rubricated like the others 

 and is in a cramped space. The initial F of 

 ' Feudum ' actually overlaps the text. 



4 Otherwise Ockendon episcopi. 

 6 In Thurstable Hundred. 



60 sheep. It was worth then as now (semper) 

 30 shillings. 



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TOTEHAM [(Rok Hall in Little) Totham], 

 which Alvric held as a manor and (as) half a 

 hide and 30 acres, is held of the bishop by 

 William Bait. Now 3 bordars. Then as now 

 (semper) i plough, and I saltpan, and 2 acres 

 of meadow, (and) wood(land) for 30 swine. 

 Then as now (semper) it was worth 30 shillings. 



ELESFORDA [Alresford 6 ] was held by Edwold 

 as a manor and (as) 2 hides of land. Now 

 Humfrey (holds it) of the bishop. Then as 

 now (semper) 2 villeins. Then 2 bordars ; 

 now 6. Then 3 serfs ; now 2. Then 2 

 ploughs on the demesne ; now none. Then 

 as now (semper) I plough belonging to the 

 men. It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 

 20. 



TENDERINGE [(New Hall in) Tendring], 

 which Alward held as i hide and 45 acres in 

 King Edward's time, is held of the bishop by 

 Roger. Then as now (semper) 5 bordars. 

 Then 4 serfs ; now 3. Then as now (semper) 

 2 ploughs on the demesne, and (there are) 3 

 acres of meadow. Pasture for 50 sheep. 

 Then 3 rounceys (runcini) ; now 4. Now 3 

 beasts (animalia). Then 6 swine; now 1 6. 

 Then 36 sheep ; now 66. Then as now 

 (semper) it was worth 30 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF BERDESTAPLA [BARSTABLE] 



TURRUCA [(Little) Thurrock], which was 

 held by Ulwine, a free man, under King 

 Edward as i manor (and) as 2 hides and 2 

 acres, is held of the bishop by Anschetil. 

 Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the de- 

 mesne. Then i bordar ; now 6. Then 6 

 serfs; now I. Wood(land) for 50 swine. 

 Pasture for 50 sheep^ Then I fishery (piscina'); 

 now none. Then 4 beasts ; now 5. Now 

 2 rounceys (runcini) and 2 colts. Then 12 

 swine ; now 1 6. Then 80 sheep ; now 128. 

 Then as now (semper) it was worth 30 shillings 

 and 4 pence. 



WELLA [ ], which was held by the 



same Ulwine in King Edward's time as a 

 manor and as i hide and 30 acres, is held of 

 the bishop by Ralf and Torold. Then as now 

 (semper) I plough. Then i villein ; now 

 none. Then as now (semper) 2 bordars. 

 Wood(land) for 40 swine. And it is worth 

 20 shillings. 



8 In Tendring Hundred. 



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