A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



now 15. Then as now (semper) 6 serfs, and 

 3 ploughs on the demesne. Then 8 ploughs 

 belonging to the men ; now 12. Wood(land) 

 for 400 swine, 45 acres of meadow, (and) i 

 mill. There are I rouncey (runcinus), and I 

 colt (pullus), and 14 beasts (animalia), 96 

 swine, 38 sheep, (and) 13 goats. And (there 

 are) 3 sokemen with (de) I virgate and 20^ 

 acres, who could not withdraw themselves 



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(recedere). 1 It then rendered 8 nights' ferm 

 (nodes de firma) ; now 1 7 pounds. 



XVI. THE LAND OF ST. STEPHEN 



OF CAEN 8 



HUNDRET OF HlDINGHFORT [HlNCKFORD] 



PENFELDA [Panfield] was held in King 

 Edward's time by i free woman as i hide 

 and 3 virgates in King Edward's time (sic). 

 Then 4 ploughs on the demesne ; now 3. 

 Then 2 ploughs belonging to the men ; when 

 received, none ; now half (a plough). Then 4 

 villeins ; now none. Then as now (semper) 

 8 bordars. Then 8 serfs ; now 7. Wood- 

 (land) for 200 swine, (and) 12 acres of mea- 

 dow. (There are) 2 rounceys (rundni), 12 

 beasts (animalia), 165 sheep, (and) 37 swine. 

 It was then worth 10 pounds ; afterwards 

 100 shillings ; now 10 pounds. 



XVII. THE LAND OF ST. OUEN 3 

 HUNDRET OF WENSISTREU [WINSTREE] 



MERESAIA [(West) Mersea 4 ] was held by 

 St. Ouen (Audoenus) in King Edward's time as 

 20 hides. Then 4 ploughs on the demesne ; 

 now 6. Then as now (semper) 16 ploughs 

 belonging to the men. (There are) 36 vil- 

 leins, (and) 62 bordars. Then 10 serfs ; now 

 3. (There are) 1 1 rounceys (rundni), 2 colts 

 (pulli), 1 6 beasts (animalia), 34 swine, (and) 

 300 sheep. To this manor belongs (adjacet) 

 half a hide, which is held now as then (sem- 

 per) by i priest and is worth 10 shillings. 

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

 300 sheep. (There was) then i fishery. It 

 was then worth 26 pounds ; now 22. There 

 is also in Colchester i house which belonged 

 to this estate (terrte 6 ), but Waleram took it 



1 i.e. betake themselves to another lord. 



8 The Abbaye aux Hommes. 



3 The Abbey of St. Ouen, Rouen, which re- 

 ceived this estate from Edward the Confessor. 



* Including the manors of Fingringhoe and 

 Peete on the mainland. 



6 Here again ' manerium' and ' terra ' are used 

 indifferently. 



away. 6 And in the Hundret of Wensistreu 

 [Winstree] there are 8 sokemen of the king 

 holding 107 acres and worth 10 shillings ; of 

 these St. Ouen has two-thirds (n partes). And 

 2 sokemen with (de) half a hide and 30 acres 

 were taken (away) by Ingelric ; Count 

 E(ustace) has them now. And (there were) 



2 sokemen who have been added to LEGRA 

 [Layer], a manor of the king in another 

 Hundret. 7 And of all this soke St. Ouen has 

 now as then (semper) two-thirds (partes) and 

 the king a third. And (St. Ouen has) now 

 as then (semper) two-thirds (n partes) of the 

 forfeitures of the Hundret. 8 



fO. 22b 



XVIII. THE LANDS OF THE BISHOP 

 OF BAYEUX IN ESSEX [EXSESSA] 



HUNDRET OF BERDESTAPLA [BARSTABLE] 



PHENGE [Vange], which was held by 2 

 free men as 5^ hides, is held of the bishop by 

 (Ralf) the son of Turold. 9 Then as now 

 (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne and 4 

 ploughs belonging to the men. (There are) 6 

 villeins, 9 bordars, (and) i serf. (There is) 

 half a hide of wood(land). 10 Pasture for 120 

 sheep, (and) I fishery. (There is) now I 

 mill. There are 2 rounceys (runcint), 4 

 beasts, (and) 4 swine. Then 67 sheep ; now 

 270. Of this estate (terra) 30 acres were 

 held by i free man, and were added in King 

 William's time to the aforesaid land, and it is 

 not known how. It was then worth 100 

 shillings ; now 8 pounds. 



BURGHESTEDA [(Great) Burstead], which 

 Ingar (the) thegn n held in King Edward's 

 time as I manor and (as) 10 hides, is held by 

 the bishop in demesne. Then as now (semper) 



3 ploughs on the demesne. Then 1 2 ploughs 

 belonging to the men ; now 11. Then 20 

 villeins ; now 22. Then 5 bordars ; now 10. 

 Half a hide of wood(land), 10 (and) pasture for 

 150 sheep. There are 2 rounceys (runcint), 

 II beasts (animalia), 1 06 swine, 21 9 sheep. It 

 is worth 20 pounds. To this manor have 

 been added in King William's time 28 free 

 men holding 28 hides and 5 acres, on which 

 were then 1 6 ploughs, (and) now 1 3 ; (there 

 are) 5 hides of wood(land), 10 23 acres of mea- 

 dow, and pasture for 250 sheep ; (there are) 



6 See p. 419 above. 



7 See p. 432 above, where 'Legra' is styled a 

 mere ' berewita ' of Stanway. 



8 i.e. the penalties imposed in it. 



9 See p. 342 above. 



10 This unusual reckoning of woodland in terms 

 of the hide should be observed (see p. 376 above). 

 11 See Introduction, p. 352. 



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