A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



with (de) 30 acres. Wood(land) for 80 swine, 

 (and) pasture for 1 00 sheep. Then i fishery ; 



fo. asb 



(there is) now none, but there could be. Of 

 this estate (terra) 30 acres belonged to (fuerunt 

 ad) another estate (terram) in King Edward's 

 time. 1 It was then worth 40 shillings ; now, 

 including the addition (totum simui), 30 shil- 

 lings. 



In TORINDUNA [Thorndon *] the bishop 

 has 20 acres which were held by a free man 

 in King Edward's time. It is worth 30 

 pence. 8 



HUNDRET OF WlTHAM 



In HAFELDA [Hatfield (Peverel)?] (the 

 bishop has) 15 acres which were held by a 

 sokeman. It was then worth 3 shillings ; 

 now 4. 



HUNDRET OF ROCHEFORT [ROCHFORD] 



STANBRUGE [(Great) Stambridge], which 

 was held by Osward in King Edward's time 

 as 3^ hides and 30 acres, is held of the bishop 

 by Suen. 4 Then 7 villeins ; now none. 

 Then 5 bordars ; now 10. Then 3 serfs ; 

 now none. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne. Then 3 ploughs belonging 

 to the men ; now 4. Pasture for 300 sheep, 

 (and) I mill. Now I rouncey (runcinus). 

 Then 4 beasts (animalia) ; now 2. Then 

 15 swine ; now 25. Then 100 sheep ; now 

 58. Then as now (semper) it was worth 6 

 pounds. 



BACHENEIA [Beckney? 6 ], was held by 

 Ravengar, and is now (held by) the bishop in 

 demesne as half a hide. Then i serf ; now 

 I bordar. Then as now (semper) i plough 

 on the demesne. (There is) pasture for 30 

 sheep. It was then worth 20 shillings ; now 



1 See p. 448, note 3, above. 



8 i.e. in what is now (East and West) Horndon. 



8 This small holding is not identified. 



* i.e. Suain of Essex, the great baron of the 

 district. 



6 This has been identified as Beeches in Raw- 

 reth ; but as that manor was held of the Honour 

 of Rayleigh, it must be sought among the lands 

 of Suain of Essex below. 



I feel no doubt myself that ' Bacheneia ' was really 

 Beckney, a detached portion of Assingdon, which 

 was ' a considerable estate ' and even ' a manor ' in 

 the sixteenth century (Morant, i. 3212). The 

 form of the name makes the identity practically 

 certain, and the ' pasture for sheep ' confirms it ; 

 but owing to the breaking up of the Bishop of 

 Bayeux's fief, it is often difficult to prove the 

 descent of its manors. 



30. In this valuation of 30 shillings are in- 

 cluded (adhuc) 30 acres and I bordar and half 

 a plough. 6 



BERLINGA [Barling 7 ], which was held by 

 a free man as half a hide, is held by the bishop 

 in demesne. Then as now (semper) i bordar. 

 Then i plough ; now none ; but there could 

 be (one employed there). It is worth 10 

 shillings. 



SOBERIA [Shoebury '], which was held by a 

 free man as i hide and 30 acres, is held by 

 the bishop in demesne. Then as now (semper) 

 2 villeins. Then 2 bordars ; now 3. Then 

 I plough on the demesne ; now 2 oxen. 9 

 Then as now (semper) i plough belonging to 

 the men. Pasture for 40 sheep. It was then 

 worth 40 shillings ; now 55. 



HUNDRET OF WITBRICTESHERNA [DENGIE] 



CRICCHESEIA [Cricksea], which was held by 

 Edric, a free man, in King Edward's time as 

 I manor and as I hide, is held of the bishop 

 by Suen. 10 Then 2 bordars ; now 3. Then 

 as now (semper) 2 serfs and i plough on the 

 demesne. Wood(land) for 20 swine, (and) 

 pasture for 20 sheep. (There were) then 4 

 beasts ; now the same. It was worth 23 

 shillings then and afterwards ; now 30. 



CRICCHESEIA [Cricksea], which was held by 

 Leuric in King Edward's time as half a hide, 

 is held of the bishop by Pointel. Then half 

 a plough ; now none. It was then worth 10 

 shillings ; now 5. 



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HUNDRET OF WENSISTREU [WINSTREE] 



SAMANTUNA [Sampton n ], which was held 

 by 2 free men as half a hide and 35 acres, is 



8 i.e. this was in addition to the ' half hide ' 

 estate. 



7 i.e. the manor of Mucking Hall there. 



8 The actual manor has not been identified. 



9 i.e. a quarter of a plough team. 



10 i.e. Suain of Essex, the Domesday baron. 



11 This entry was placed by Morant under Sal- 

 cot Verli, but on the ground of evidence which 

 places it, on the contrary, in Peete (i. 424). The 

 manor of Peete lay in Mersea and Peldon, and an 

 Inquisition on Thomas Tey in 1543 assigns to him 

 'a capital messuage called Samptons Wyke in 

 Peldon and Sampton,' and ' closes in Peldon 

 and Sampton,' formerly belonging to the abbot 

 of St. Osyth (i. 419). I can feel, therefore, 

 no doubt that Sampton is represented by the 

 'Sampsons' shown on Morant's map (1768) and 

 now known as ' Sampson's farm,' about a mile to 

 the south of Peldon. ' Sampson's Creek ' lies to 

 the south of it. 



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