THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



ploughs on the demesne ; now i. Then as 

 now (semper) i plough belonging to the men, 

 and 2 villeins. Then 2 bordars ; now 5. 

 Wood(land) for 100 swine, (and) 5 acres of 

 meadow. One plough more could be em- 

 ployed. 1 (There are) 5 beasts (animalia) (and) 

 5 sheep. And it is worth 40 shillings. 



LOCHINTUNA [Loughton] is held by the 

 Holy Cross as a manor and (as) 2k hides. 

 Then as now (semper) i plough on the 

 demesne. Then 2 bordars ; now 4. Wood- 

 (land) for 40 swine, (and) 4 acres of meadow. 

 There are 9 beasts (animalia), 10 swine, (and) 

 20 sheep. And it is worth 20 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF ANGRA [ONGAR] 



PASSEFELDA [Passelow*] is held now as 

 then (semper) by the Holy Cross as a manor 

 and (as) 2 hides less 30 acres. Then 6 vil- 

 leins ; now 5. Now 4 bordars. Then 7 

 serfs ; now 3. Then 2 ploughs on the de- 

 mesne ; now 3. Then 3 ploughs belonging 

 to the men ; now 2. Wood(land) for 700 

 swine, (and) 8 acres of meadow. Then 3 

 beasts (animalia') ; now 6. Then 20 swine ; 

 now 30. (Now) 50 sheep. Then 16 goats ; 

 now 36. Now I rouncey (runcinus). Then 

 as now (semper) it was worth 6 pounds. 



ALVERTUNA [Alderton (Hall) *] is held now 

 as then (semper) by the Holy Cross as a manor 

 and (as) 4^ hides and 10 acres. Then 7 

 villeins ; now 9. Then 2 bordars ; now 6. 

 Then 5 serfs ; now 3. Then as now (sem- 

 per) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 3 

 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 2. 

 Wood(land) for 400 swine, (and) 15 acres of 

 meadow. (There are) 2 beasts (animalia), 8 

 sheep, 1O swine, and 15 goats. Then as 

 now (semper) it was worth 4 pounds. 



TIPPEDANA [Debden *] is held now as then 

 (semper) by the Holy Cross as a manor and (as) 



3 hides and 40 acres. Then as now (semper) 



4 villeins and 7 bordars. Then 4 serfs ; now 

 none. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now 

 i. Then 2 ploughs belonging to the men ; 



fa i6b 



now I. Wood(land) for 300 swine, (and) 6 

 acres of meadow. (There are) 2 beasts 

 (animalia), 8 swine, (and) 9 sheep. Then as 

 now (semper) it was worth 40 shillings. 



A certain free man held 40 acres, which 



1 ' I car' pot' restaurari ' (see p. 446, note i). 

 * A manor in High Ongar. 

 3 In Loughton. 4 Ibid. 



the church * seized (invasit) after the king 

 came into this land and (which it) still holds. 

 Then i plough ; now none ; and when they 

 obtained the land (quanda recep') a half. There 

 are 4 acres of meadow. It was then worth 

 6 shillings and 8 pence ; now 5 shillings and 

 4 pence. 



HUNDRET OF CEFFEORDA [CHAFFORD] 



WELDA [(South) Weald] is held now as 

 then (semper) by the Holy Cross as one manor, 

 and, in King Edward's time as 2 hides ; now 

 as i^. Geoffrey ' de magna villa' has the 

 other half (hide), but the Hundret knows not 

 why he has (it) ; and Geoffrey says that he 

 has it by exchange (pro escangio). Then as 

 now (semper) 10 villeins, and 6 bordars, and 3 

 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 

 6 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 4. 

 Wood(land) for 200 swine, (and) i acres of 

 meadow. Now 4 beasts (animalia). Then 10 

 swine ; now 25. Then 25 sheep ; now 65. 

 And it is worth 6 pounds. In this manor 

 (there) belonged (jacuit) i sokeman who held 



1 carucate of land ; Robert Gernon has (it) 

 now by the king's gift, as he himself says. 6 



UPMONSTRA [Upminster] is held by the 

 Holy Cross as 2$ hides and 40 acres. Then 

 8 villeins ; now 6. Then 2 bordars ; now 4. 

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



2 ploughs on the demesne, and 4 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men. Wood(land) for 300 

 swine, and 6 acres of meadow. There are 2 

 beasts (animalia). Then 20 sheep ; now 50. 

 Then 1 1 swine ; now 30. Then as now 

 (semper) it was worth 4 pounds. To this 

 manor belongs i sokeman with (de) 30 acres 

 and half a plough ; and (it) is worth 20 pence. 



WALCFARA [Walkfares 7 ] is held now as 

 then (semper) by the church * as 4 hides less 40 

 acres. Then 4 bordars ; now 10. Then 6 

 serfs ; now 3. Then as now (semper) 2 

 ploughs on the demesne, and I plough be- 

 longing to the men. Wood(land) for 30 

 swine, (and) 1 8 acres of meadow. (There is) 

 now i rouncey (runcinus). Then as now 

 (semper) 5 beasts (animalia), 5 swine, 40 sheep, 

 (and) 2 hives of bees. 



8 i.e. the canons of the Holy Cross. 



* This appears to be represented by the i hide 

 in ' Walda," which is entered under Robert's fief as 

 held by him in 1086, and as having been held by 

 Sprot as a ' manor.' The story there told is that 

 he got it ' by exchange ' (see p. 5 1 8 below). 



7 In Boreham. 



8 i.e. by the canons of the Holy Cross. 



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