THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 





now 2. Then 10 ploughs belonging to the 

 men ; now 9. Then 9 villeins ; now 10. 

 Then 24 bordars ; now 33. Then as now 

 (temper) 8 serfs. Wood(land) for 100 swine, 

 (and) pasture for 100 sheep, which renders 16 

 pence. Six saltpans. Then 1 2 beasts (anima/ia), 

 and now the same (similiter), (with) 2 rounceys 

 (runcini), 14 swine, (and) 230 sheep. It was 

 then worth 12 pounds; now 10. To this 

 manor belong 3 houses in Colchester (cole 

 castro). 



HUNDRET OF CEFFEORDA [CHAFFORO] 



WARELEIA [(Great) Warley *] is held now 

 as then (semper) by St. Mary as 3 hides. Now 

 as then (semper) 9 villeins. Then 8 bordars ; 

 now 10. Then 3 serfs; now 5. Then as 

 now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. 

 Then 8 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 

 6. Wood(land) for 200 swine, (and) pasture 

 for 1 00 sheep. There are 8 beasts (animalia), 

 n swine, 150 sheep, (and) I hive of bees. 

 Then as now (semper) it was worth 7 pounds. 

 In STIFORDA [Stiffbrd] St. Mary has 40 acres. 

 There are 2 villeins formerly i, and 2 bor- 

 dars ; and i acre of meadow. Then I plough 

 was there ; now a half ; and it is worth 3 

 shillings. There were also (belonging) to 

 this estate (terram) 30 acres which William 

 de War(enne) has 8 by (pro) exchange as he 

 says himself. There are also 30 acres more 

 (alite) with (ef) 2^ acres of meadow ; and 

 (this is) worth 3 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF CELMERESFORT [CHELMSFORD] 



INGA [Ing(atestone)] is held now as then 

 by St. Mary as 3^ hides and 10 acres. Then 

 as now (semper) 2 villeins. Then 6 bordars ; 

 now 7. Then as now (semper) i serf, and I 

 plough on the demesne. Then the men had 

 i^ ploughs; now i. (There is) wood(land) 

 for 500 swine. And (there is) I sokeman 

 with 30 acres. (There are) i rouncey (run- 

 cinus), 9 beasts (animalia), 2O swine, (and) 1 6 

 sheep. It was then worth 70 shillings ; now 

 60. 



FESTINGES [Fresling ? *] is held by St. Mary 

 as i$ virgates. Then 3 bordars; now 4. 

 Then I serf; now none. Then as now 

 (semper) I plough. Wood(land) for 200 



Alias Abbess Warley. 



* His own estate in this Hundred was at 

 Avelcy adjoining. ' Exchange ' was his usual 

 plea. 



* Alias Thyrstlinge Hall, a manor in Butsbury. 

 This is Morant's identification, but neither the 

 form of the name nor the history of the manor 

 confirms it. 



swine. (There are) 4 beasts (animalia), 37 

 sheep, (and) 10 goats. It was then worth 

 8 shillings ; now 10. 



fo. i8b 



HUNDRET OF ROCHEFORT [ROCHFORD] 



HOCHELEIA [Hockley] is held now as then 

 (semper) by St. Mary as a manor and (as) 7^ 

 hides. Then 24 villeins ; now 27. Then 

 as now (semper) 1 2 bordars. Then 3 serfs ; 

 now none. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne, and 1 5 ploughs belonging to 

 the men. Pasture for 200 sheep, (and) i 

 mill. (There are) 2 rounceys (runcini), 8 

 beasts (animalia), 151 sheep, (and) 26 swine. 

 Then as now (semper) it was worth i o pounds. 

 Of this manor William de Bursigni holds of 

 the abbey (ecclesia) 3 virgates ; and i plough 

 (is there) ; and it is worth 2 1 shillings of the 

 above total (in eodem pretio). 



HUNDRET OF TURESTAPLA [THURSTABLE] 



TOLESBERIA [Tollesbury *] is held now as 

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

 8 hides. Then 1 1 villeins ; now 12. Then 

 14 bordars; now 16. Then 5 serfs; now 

 7. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne. Then 8 ploughs belonging to the 

 men ; now 7. Wood(land) for 500 swine, 

 (and) pasture for 400 sheep. (There are) 

 now I mill, and I fishery, and 2 saltpans. 

 (There are) 2 rounceys (runcini), 10 beasts 

 (animalia), 28 swine, (and) 300 sheep. Then 

 as now (semper) it was worth 10 pounds. 

 Ranulf Peverel (piperellus) holds I hide which 

 was held by Siward of the abb(ey), and he 

 himself is willing to do such service as his 

 predecessor did, but the abbess is not willing, 

 because (the land) was appropriated to the 

 maintenance of the nuns (erat de victu 

 ecclesia). 6 Odo a man of Suain (suani) has 

 obtained (accepit) 10 acres which belonged 

 to the abbey (fuerunt de ecclesia), and the 

 Hundret bears witness to this ; but he vouches 

 his lord to warranty for them (inde vocat 

 dominum suum ad tutorem) ; now as then (sem- 

 per) they are worth 16 pence. 6 



* i.e. St. Mary's manor there. 



8 Siward was an Essex thegn with many scattered 

 manors, almost all of which had been obtained by 

 Ranulf Peverel. Among these was Tolleshunt 

 (Darcy) adjoining Tollesbury, which accounts for 

 Siward's appearing here. The abbess evidently 

 denied that this was ' thegnland ' and claimed it 

 as part of the inalienable demesnes of her house. 



* Here again a neighbour had encroached on 

 the nuns. For Odo was Suain's under-tenant at 

 Tolleshunt adjoining. 



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