THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



54 bordars, and 4 serfs ; this addition is 

 worth 1 6 pounds, (and) was then worth 20. 



DANTUNA [Dunton], which was held by a 

 priest a free man (presbyter liber homo) in 

 King Edward's time as 7 hides and 40 acres, 

 is held by the bishop in demesne. Then 4 

 ploughs on the demesne ; now 2. Then as 

 now (semper) 4 ploughs belonging to the men. 

 Then 7 villeins ; now 2, and 6 bordars. 

 Then 5 serfs ; now 2. There are 2 rounceys 

 (runcini), 2 beasts (animalia), 15 swine, 34 

 sheep. It was then worth 12 pounds; now 7. 



BERDESTAPLA [Barstable (Hall)], 1 which 

 was held by a free man as 5$ hides and 30 

 acres is held of the bishop by (Ralf) the son 

 of Turold. And (there are) 30 acres of wood- 

 (land) * (and) pasture for i oo sheep.* Then 

 as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne, 

 and 2 belonging to the men. (There are) 6 

 villeins (and) 1 1 bordars. It was then worth 

 4 pounds ; now 100 shillings. (There were) 

 then in the demesne 2 rounceys (runcini), 5 

 beasts (animalia), 1 8 swine, (and) 36 sheep ; 

 now i rouncey (runcinus), 9 beasts (animalia'), 

 24 swine, (and) 80 sheep. 



INGA [Ingrave], which was held in King 

 Edward's time by a free man as 2 hides, is 

 held of the bishop by (Ralf) the son of 

 Turold. Then as now (semper) i plough on 

 the demesne, and i plough belonging to the 

 men. (There is) I villein. Then i bordar ; 

 now 5. (There are) 3 serfs, and i^ hides of 



fo. 93 



wood(land). 8 (There are) 3 rounceys (runcini), 

 (and) 8 beasts (animalia). Then 30 swine ; 

 now 58. Then 40 sheep ; now 76. Then 

 32 goats; now 14. It was then worth 60 

 shillings ; now 70. To this manor have been 

 added in King William's time 7 free men 

 with (de) 8 hides ; then as now (semper) 5 

 ploughs (were there) ; (there are) i hides of 

 wood(land), 1 1 bordars, (and) 4 acres of mea- 

 dow;* this was then worth 4 pounds; now 

 40 shillings. 



RAMESDANA [Ramsden (Cray B )] is held of 



1 A manor in Basildon. 



' This woodland and pasture clause is interlined 

 here, but seems to be misplaced. 



3 Here again this reckoning of the woodland in 

 hides should be observed. 



* Here the order should be observed as well as 

 the ' hides ' of woodland. 



6 The only ground I can find for this identifi- 

 cation by Morant is that Ramsden Belhoute was 

 all held by the Bishop of London. 



the bishop by 2 knights, and was held as 3 

 hides by 2 free men ; and, according to the 

 English (jurors), Ravengar took away the 

 land from one of them, and Robert Fitz 

 Wimarc the land (alteram terram) from the 

 other, and now they know not how it came 

 to the bishop. (These men) had then 2 

 ploughs ; now there is no plough there. Then 

 5 bordars ; now 7. (There is) half a hide of 

 wood(land), (and) pasture for 100 sheep. It 

 was then worth 3 pounds ; now 4. 



In WATELEIA [Wheatley *] and in WINC- 

 FORT [Wickford] Pointel and Osbern hold 2 

 hides which were held in King Edward's 

 time by 2 free men. Then 2 ploughs ; now 

 i. (There are) 4 bordars. (There is) i hide 

 of wood(land), 25 acres of meadow, (and) 

 pasture for 40 sheep. It was then worth 40 

 shillings ; now 30. And this land was taken 

 away from the free men by Ravengar ; and 

 now the English know not how it has come 

 into the bishop's hand(s). 



WICFORT [Wickford], which was held in 

 King Edward's time by 5 free men as 2 hides 

 and 48 acres, is held of the bishop by (Ralf) 

 the son of Turold. Then as now (semper) 

 2 ploughs, 5 bordars, and 2 serfs. Woodland 

 for 30 swine. It is worth 40 shillings. 



WICFORT [Wickford] is held of the bishop 

 by Teher, and was held in King Edward's 

 time by Godric, a free man, as I hide. Then 

 as now (semper) 1 plough. Then I bordar ; 

 now 2. Wood(land) for 30 swine, and 8 

 acres of meadow. It is worth 20 shillings. 



HASINGHEBROC [Hassingbroke 7 ], which 

 was held in King Edward's time by 16 free 

 men as 12 hides and 13^ acres, is held by 

 (Ralf) the son of Turold. Then 1 1 ploughs ; 

 now 7. There are now 14 bordars (and) 20 

 sokemen (sac'). Wood(land) for 200 swine, 

 1 6 acres of meadow, and pasture for 400 

 sheep. It is worth 10 pounds. 



CELDEWELLA [Chadwell], which was held 

 by Edwolt, a reeve of King Edward, as i^ 

 hides, is held of the bishop by the same Ralf. 

 Then as now (semper) i^ ploughs on the 

 demesne, (and) half a plough belonging to the 

 men. Then 6 bordars ; now 7. Then 2 

 serfs ; now I . (There is) a (quidam) sokeman 



6 A manor in Rayleigh, and therefore within 

 Rochford Hundred now. But both here and on 

 p. 484 below it is entered as then in Barstable 

 Hundred. 



7 In Stanford-le-Hopc. 



455 



