THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



held of the bishop by Ralf son of Turold. 

 Then as now (semper) half a plough. Now 2 

 bordars. It was then worth 16 shillings ; now 

 '5- 



HUNDRET OF HlDINCFORT [HlNCKFORD] 



NEPSTEDA [(Little) Maplestead ? *], which 

 was held in King Edward's time by 8 free 

 men as 22^ acres, is held of the bishop by 

 Aubrey's wife. Then as now (semper) i 

 plough. Wood(land) for 20 swine, (and) 6 

 acres of meadow. Then as now (semper) it 

 was worth 30 shillings. 



In this Hundret Tihel de Herion * holds 

 22 free men with (de) 2 hides and 13^ acres. 

 Then as now (semper) 5 ploughs (were theirs). 

 Then and afterwards I bordar ; now 9. 

 Then as now (semper) i serf. Wood(land) 

 for 4 swine, and 3 1 acres of meadow. Then 

 and afterwards it was worth 60 shillings ; 

 now 4 pounds. 



HUNDRET OF WITBRICTESHERNA [DENGIE] 



DANESEIA [Dengie], which was held in 

 King Edward's time by Siric as 2$ hides, is 

 (now) held by one of the bishop's knights. 

 Then as now (semper) 2 villeins. Now 6 

 bordars. Then as now (semper) 3 serfs, and 2 

 ploughs on the demesne and i plough belong- 

 ing to the men. Pasture for 160 sheep. It 

 was then worth 4 pounds ; now 1 00 shillings. 

 In the demesne are 150 sheep, i rouncey 

 (runcinus), and 13 swine. There belonged 

 (erant) to this manor in King Edward's time 

 2 free men with (de) 47 acres, of whom the 

 above knight of the bishop has taken posses- 

 sion (occupavit) ; then as now (semper) it was 

 worth 4 shillings. 



HACFLET [ ], which was held by 



Alward, a free man, as 2 hides and 30 acres, 

 is (now) held by one of the bishop's knights. 

 Then 4 bordars; now 10. Then as now 

 (semper) i plough. (There is) pasture for 260 

 sheep, (and) i fishery. The church holds 40 

 acres. It was then worth 60 shillings ; now 

 4 pounds and 1 1 shillings. In this \ ill was a 

 free man with (de) 30 acres, who was out- 

 lawed (et udlagav\if\) ; now Suen's men have 



1 Thii place seems to be clearly identical with 

 the ' Mappcstcda ' entered on p. 569 below as held 

 by Aubrey's wife. 



This was Tihel 'the Breton,' who held 

 Bumpstead Helion and other manors in the neigh- 

 bourhood (see p. 541). His surname ('Herion' 

 or ' Helion ') appears here only in the survey of 

 Estez. 



* See Introduction, p. 395. 



taken (acceptrunt) the land and are still holding 



it. 



HUNDRET OF LASSENDENE [LEXDEN] 



ALDEHAM [Aldham] was held by Leueva 

 as i hide less 5 acres in King Edward's time. 

 Now the wife of Aubrey holds it of the 

 bishop. Then i villein ; now none. Then 

 as now (semper) 4 serfs and 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne. Wood(land) for 12 swine, (and) 3 

 acres of meadow. (There are) i rouncey 

 (runcinus) (and) 6 beasts (animalia). Then 

 and afterwards it was worth 30 shillings ; 

 now 60. 



HUNDRET OF ANGRA [ONGAR] 



KELENDUNA [Kelvedon (Hatch)], which 

 was held by Algar, a free man, as half a hide 

 and 20 acres, is held of the bishop by (Ivo) 

 the nephew of Herbert. 6 Then as now 

 (semper) 4 bordars and I plough. Wood(land) 



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for 60 swine, and 7$ acres of meadow. 

 (There are) I beast (animal), 5 swine, and 47 

 sheep. It is worth 2O shillings. 



HUNDRET OF CEFFEORDA [CHAFFORD] 



UPMUNSTRA [Upminster], which was held 

 by Ulwin as i^ hides, is held of the bishop 

 by Mauger. 9 Then 2 bordars, and now the 

 same. Then as now (semper) i plough. It 

 was then worth 20 shillings ; now 30. 



ALVITHELEA [Aveley], which was held by 

 Edward, a free man, as I hide and 30 acres, 

 is held by the same Mauger. Then as now 

 (semper) 6 bordars, and i plough on the de- 

 mesne, and I plough belonging to the men. 

 It was then worth 20 shillings ; now 30. 



TUROCHA [Thurrock 7 ], which was held 



* This might suggest that ' Hacflet ' must have 

 adjoined a manor of Suain of Essex, who held in 

 this Hundred Iltney and ' Hainctone ' (which 

 latter I identify with Ashcldham). But the action 

 may have been taken when Suain was sheriff. 



6 ' Ivo nephew of Herbert ' was a considerable 

 under-tenant of the bishop in Beds and in Kent. 



* Doubtless the same as the Mauger who 

 held of the bishop at Orpington and some other 

 places in Kent. 



7 This and the two other manors of the bishop 

 at ' Thurrock ' must have been in West Thurrock 

 or Grays (Thurrock), as they were in Chafford 

 Hundred. Morant placed them in West Thur- 

 rock, but (as is often the case with Odo's manors) 

 this can only be conjectural. Moreover I have 

 proved that the Count of Eu's great manor was at 

 West Thurrock, not, as Morant guessed, at Grays. 



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