THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



as then (semper) are 6 bordars and 2^ ploughs ; 

 wood(land there) for 20 swine (and) 12 acres 

 of meadow. And (there are) 2 houses in 

 Colchester (cole castro) which belong (jacent) 

 to this manor. In the demesne are 5 roun- 

 ceys (runcini), 1 6 beasts (animalia), 60 swine, 

 (and) 84 sheep. It was then worth 22 pounds 

 and 10 shillings; now 34 pounds and 10 

 shillings. Roger *de Ramis" holds of the 

 abbot 85 acres and renders, every year, to the 

 abbot as his service 10 shillings. 1 Mauger 

 (Malgerus), a man of the archbishop,* seized 

 to the king's wrong (invasit super regem) 1 free 

 man, who belonged to (erat de) St. Peter's 

 manor in King Edward's time, 8 a holder of 

 half a virgate ; and (it) is now in the king's 

 hand(s) ; then as now (semper) half a plough 

 (there) ; and it is worth 5 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF ANGRA [ONGAR] 



KELVENDUNA [Kelvedon Hatch] was held 

 by Ailric in King Edward's time as a manor 

 and (as) 2 hides. Now St. Peter (holds it). 

 Then as now (semper) i villein. Then 5 

 bordars ; now 10. Then as now (semper) 2 

 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the demesne, and i 

 plough belonging to the men. Wood(land) 

 for 200 swine, and 16 acres of meadow. 

 Now i mill. It was then worth 40 shillings ; 

 now 60. This abovesaid Ailric went (to 

 take part) in a naval battle (navale prcelium) 

 against King William ; and when he returned, 

 fell ill (cecidit in infirmate}, (and) then gave 

 this manor to St. Peter ; but none of the men 

 from the county (ex comitatu) knows this but 

 one ; and hitherto St. Peter has thus (tali 

 modo) held the manor, and (the monks) have 

 had neither writ nor officer from the king 

 (famulum regis ex parte) since the king came 



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into this land. 4 



In WOCHENDUNA [(North) Ockendon] 

 William the chamberlain holds of the abbot 

 I hide. And (there is) I plough on the 

 demesne, and i plough belonging to the men. 

 (There are) 4 villeins. It is worth 40 shil- 

 lings. 



1 Roger held an adjacent manor at Messing. 



* He held Orpington, Kent, as one of the 

 archbishop's ' knights." 



1 This phrase does not imply that St. Peter 

 (Westminster Abbey) had held the manor in King 

 Edward's time. 



* No such gift could be valid without the king's 

 express sanction, and none of his officers had come 

 down to give them seizin of the land. 



HUNDRET OF CEFFEORDA [CHAFFORD] 5 



WOCHENDUNA [(North) Ockendon] was 

 held by Harold as a manor and (as) 2 hides 

 less 40 acres in King Edward's time. Now 

 St. Peter holds (it). Then 8 villeins ; now 

 7. Then 5 bordars ; now 8. Then as now 

 (semper) 4 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the demesne. 

 Then 6 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 

 4. Wood(land) for 300 swine. There are 

 I rouncey (runcinus), 6 beasts (anima/ia), 30 

 swine, and no sheep. It was then worth 4 

 pounds ; now 10 pounds. This land has 

 been obtained by (est pro) exchange since the 

 king crossed the sea (transfretavit). 



WEMTUNA* [Wellington] is held now as 

 then (semper) by St. Peter as a manor and (as) 

 2^ hides. Then 3 villeins ; now 2. Then 

 3 bordars ; now i . Then 2 serfs ; now 

 none. Then I plough on the demesne ; now 

 a half. Then i plough belonging to the 

 men ; now a half. (There are) i rouncey 

 (runcinus), I cow, 4 swine, (and) 60 sheep. 

 It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 60. 

 One free man gave St. Peter (mistt in Sancto 

 Petro) half a hide, but Robert ' invesiatus,* a 

 man of Robert Gernon (grenonis) secured 

 possession (p[re]occupavit). And it renders 

 2O pence a year. 



GEDDESDUNA [ T ] is held by St. 



Peter as I hide. Then as now (semper) I 

 villein and I bordar. Then half a plough ; 

 now I. It was worth then as now (semper) 

 2O shillings. 



HUNDRET OF CELMERESFORT [CHELMSFORD] 



MOLESHAM [Moulsham] is held now as 

 then (semper) by St. Peter as 5 hides less 30 

 acres. Then 8 villeins ; now 3. Then 4 

 bordars; now 21. Now 2 serfs. Then as 

 now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne, and 4 

 ploughs belonging to the men. Wood(land) 

 for 400 swine, (and) 30 acres of meadow. 

 (There is) I mill. (There are) I rouncey 

 (runcinus), 2 cows, 36 swine, (and) 100 sheep. 

 It was then worth 9 pounds ; now 1 2. 



HUNDRET OF ROCHEFORT [ROCHFORD] 



PACHESHAM [Paglesham] is held by St. 

 Peter as a manor and as i hides. Then 2 

 bordars; now II. Then 4 serfs. Then 2 



8 This Hundredal heading should have come 

 before the preceding entry. 



8 This is probably a scribal error for ' Weni- 

 tuna.' 



7 This name has been much discussed, but the 

 place has not been identified. 



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