A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



X. THE LANDS OF ST. /ETHEL- 

 THRYTH (ADELDRED^) OF ELY 



HUNDRET OF DoMMAUA [DuNMOW] 



BROCCHESHEVOT [Broxted] is held now as 

 then (semper) by St. ./Ethelthryth as a manor 

 and (as) 3 hides. Then as now (semper) 2 

 ploughs on the demesne, and 4 ploughs 

 belonging to the men. (There are) 16 

 villeins. Then 2 bordars ; now 5. (There 

 are) 5 serfs. Wood(land) for 250 swine, (and) 

 30 acres of meadow. Then and now 16 

 beasts (animalia), 2 rounceys (runcini), 70 

 sheep, and 2 hives of bees. It was then 

 worth 10 pounds ; now 8. From this manor 

 were taken away, in King William's time, 9 

 acres of land, which are held by Eudo ' dapi- 

 fer,' and moreover 2 carucates of land from 

 the demesne, which are held by the same 

 Eudo, and (this) is worth 4 pounds. 1 



fo. 19 



RODINGES [(Aythorp ?) Roding] is held now 

 as then (semper) by St. uEthelthryth, and (was 

 assessed) at 3 hides and 45 acres in King 

 Edward's time ; now at 2 hides and 45 hides ; 

 and William de Warenne has taken the third 

 hide from the demesne, to which it belonged 

 in King Edward's time. 2 Then as now (sem- 

 per) 8 villeins, I priest, 2 bordars, (and) 4 

 serfs. Then 3 ploughs on the demesne ; now 

 2. Then as now (semper) 4 ploughs belong- 

 ing to the men. Wood(land) for 100 swine, 

 (and) 20 acres of meadow. There are 2 

 rounceys (runcini), 9 beasts (animalia), 28 

 swine, (and) 15 sheep. And there belong to 

 this manor 3 sokemen with (et) 1 1 bordars 

 and 3 serfs. It was then worth 4 pounds ; 

 now 6. 



RATENDUNA [Rettendon] was held by St. 

 .flSthelthryth in King Edward's time as i 

 manor and as 20 hides ; it is now held as 

 16^ hides. Then as now (semper) 26 villeins 

 and 6 bordars. Then 7 serfs ; now 6. Then 

 as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne, 

 and 1 2 ploughs belonging to the men. Wood- 

 (land) for 300 swine. (There are) 9 beasts 

 (animalia), 41 swine, (and) 164 sheep. It 

 was then worth 17 pounds ; now 20. And 



1 This is entered below, under Eudo's fief, as 

 his manor of Broxted, assessed at 9 acres and valued 

 at 4 pounds, which makes the assessment nominal. 

 It is there stated to have been held of the abbey 

 by 2 sokemen. 



8 This was again an aggression by a neighbour. 

 William de Warenne was lord of Leaden Roding 

 adjoining, and under his fief Domesday mentions 

 that he had added this hide to it, thus raising its 

 assessment from %\ to 3^ hides. 



I hide and 30 acres were held (tenet) by 

 Siward of St. /Ethelthryth, and are now held 

 by Ranulf Peverel (piperellus) of the king. 

 But the Hundret testifies that they are the 

 abbey's (testatur de abbatia). 3 And (there 

 are) 2 hides and 30 acres 4 which were held 

 by the abbey (ecc/esiy), and of the abbey (de ea) 

 by Levesun, in King Edward's time ; now 

 Eudo holds (the land) of the abbot because 

 his predecessor held it ; but the Hundret 

 bears witness that he was not able to sell it 

 without the abbot's leave. 6 



HALF HUNDRET OF FROSSEWELLA [FRESH- 

 WELL]. 



CADENHOU [Hadstock 6 ] is held now as 

 then (semper) by St. .flJthelthryth as I manor 

 and as 2 hides. Then 8 villeins; now 12. 

 Then 8 bordars; now 13. Then 4 serfs; 

 now 2. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne. Then 3 ploughs belonging 

 to the men ; now 4. Wood(land) for 100 

 swine, and 6 acres of meadow. Then i 

 mill ; now none. There are i rouncey 

 (runcinus), 4 beasts (animalia), 1 6 swine, 36 

 sheep, (and) 8 goats. It was then worth 6 

 pounds ; now i o. 



HUNDRET OF UDELESFORT [UTTLESFORD] 



LITELBYRIA [Littlebury] is held now as 

 then (semper) by St. j*Ethelthryth as I manor 

 and (as) 25 hides. Then as now (semper) 39 

 villeins, and 19 bordars, (and) 7 serfs. Then 

 5 ploughs on the demesne ; now 4. Then 

 17 ploughs belonging to the men; now 15. 

 Wood(land) for 160 swine, (and) 55 acres of 

 meadow. Then as now (semper) 4 mills, 2 

 rounceys (runcini), 32 swine, 80 sheep, (and) 

 3 hives of bees. It is worth 20 pounds. 

 There is also an outlying estate (berewita) 

 which is called STRATHALA [Strethall], which 

 was held by 2 men William 7 and Elwi as 5 



8 This is duly entered under Ranuli's fief, as 

 having been held as a manor by Siward (see p. 449 

 above), with a note that the Abbot of Ely claims it. 



4 It will be observed that these two holdings 

 amount to 3 hides and 60 acres, which, being 

 deducted from 20 hides, leaves the ' 1 6 hides ' 

 at which the abbey's estate was assessed in 1086. 



5 This holding is duly entered under the fief of 

 Eudo ' dapifer ' as having been held as a ' manor ' 

 by Levesun, with a note that it is claimed by the 

 Abbot of Ely and that the Hundred supports the 

 claim. 



6 As this was the only holding of the abbey of 

 Ely in the Hundred, it must be represented by 

 ' Cadenhou,' though the latter name is now lost. 



7 The occurrence of this distinctively Norman 

 name as that of a former holder is noteworthy. 



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