THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



(rtctderi) without (seeking) leave of the lord of 

 the said manor. 1 These (men) are held by 

 the bishop, but the county (court) knows not 

 how he came to have them (tot habuerit). 

 (There were there) then as now (semper") I 

 villein, and 1 8 bordars, and 8 serfs. Then 

 ii ploughs; now 10. (There is) wood(land) 

 for 1 50 swine. It was then worth 8 pounds ; 

 now 7 pounds and 2 shillings. These hides 

 were originally seized (preoccupavit) by 

 Turold * of Rovecestra [Rochester]. 



And the abbey of Ely claims 2 hides and 3 

 virgates, which were held by 2 men ; and the 

 Hundret (court) testifies that these men (ipsl) 

 held their land freely and were only ' com- 

 mended ' to the abbot of Ely. 3 



BEREWIC [ ] was held by Oin 



the Dane, 4 a free man, in King Edward's 

 time. Now Turold 5 (holds it) of the bishop 

 as 6 hides and 37 acres. Then \ villeins; 

 now 6. Then 4 bordars ; now 6. Then 3 

 serfs ; now 5. Then as now (semper) 3 

 ploughs on the demesne, and 2 ploughs 

 belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 100 

 swine, (and) 3 acres of meadow. Then 3 

 rounceys (runcini) ; now 5, and 10 colts (pullf). 

 Then 4 beasts; now 18. Then 16 swine; 

 now 61. Then 60 sheep ; now 126. It 

 was then worth 4 pounds ; now 6. 



LAGHENBERIA [(Old) Lawn ?'] was held by 

 Turchil in King Edward's time as a manor 

 (and) as 2^ hides and 6 acres. Now R[alf 

 the son of Turold holds it] of the bishop 

 similarly (pro tantundem). Then 2 villeins ; 

 now I. Then as now (semper) 5 bordars, 

 and 2 serfs and i plough on the demesne, 

 and I plough belonging to the men. Wood- 

 (land) for 100 swine, (and) 1 7 acres of meadow. 

 Then 3 rounceys (runcini) ; now i . Then 5 

 beasts (animaiia) ; now 9. Then 19 swine ; 



1 'ipsius mansionis.' This is one of the interest- 

 ing cases in which the scribe uses ' mansio ' for a 

 manor (compare p. 416 above). 



8 Father of Ralf their tenant in 1086. 



5 The abbey held the manor of Rettendon ad- 

 joining South Hanningfield on the south-east. 



* 'Oin'dacus.' 



6 This I suspect to be a scribal error for Ralf 

 the son of Turold.' 



* As the Domesday ' Laghemannus ' (see fo. 95^ 

 below) represents Lawman, we should expect 

 ' Laghenberia ' to represent some such form as 

 Lawnbury. Now in Great Waltham, which is 

 close to Broomfield and Boreham, there was a 

 manor of ' Lawn Hall ' or ' Old Lawn,' and 

 ' -bury ' is merely the manorial suffix aa in Mash- 

 bury, Plesheybury and Walthambury just to the 

 south, and Felstedbury to the north. 



now 40. Then 45 sheep ; now no. Then 

 and afterwards it was worth 40 shillings ; now 

 60. 



fo. a;b 



WALFARA [Walkfare(s) 7 ] was held by 

 Anunt the Dane (dacui) in King Edward's 

 time as a manor 8 and as i hides. Now 

 R[alf the son of Turold holds it] of the 

 bishop. Then as now (semper) 2 bordars, 

 and I serf, and I plough. Woodland for 60 

 swine, (and) 1 5 acres of meadow. (There 

 is) I rouncey (runcinus). Then 5 beasts 

 (animaiia) ; now 4. Then 1 5 sheep ; now 

 50. Then 1 1 swine ; now 1 7, (and) i goat. 

 It was then worth 20 shillings ; now 30. 



PACINGS 9 [Patching (Hall) 10 ] was held by 

 Segar in King Edward's time as a manor and 

 as 2 hides and 30 acres. Now R[alf the son 

 of Turold holds it] of the bishop. Then I 

 villein ; now 3. Then as now (semper) 4 

 bordars, and i serf, and i plough on the 

 demesne, and i plough belonging to the men. 

 Woodland for 1 5 swine, 8 acres of meadow, 

 and I mill. Then 3 rounceys (runcini) ; now 

 4. Then 2 beasts (animaiia) ; now 4. Then 

 1 1 sheep ; now 23. It is worth 40 shillings. 



MELESHAM [(Great) Mulsham ? u ] was held 

 by Godric as a manor and as 2 hides and 

 30 acres. Now R[alf the son of Turold 

 holds it] of the bishop. Then i villein ; 

 now 2. Then I bordar ; now 6. Then 4 

 serfs ; now 3. Then as now (semper) 2 

 ploughs on the demesne. Then i ploughs 

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

 for 60 swine, (and) 10 acres of meadow. 

 Then as now (semper) i mill. Then 3 

 rounceys (runcini) and I colt (puilus) ; now 

 2 rounceys and 4 colts. Then 9 beasts 

 (animaiia) ; now 28. Then 47 sheep ; now 

 140. It was then worth 50 shillings ; now 

 4 pounds. 



The other MOLESHAM [(Little) Mulsham ? "] 



7 In Boreham. 



8 ' M[anerium] ' has been interlined above ' III,' 

 and, as the latter has not been deleted, the reading 

 is left doubtful. But the text above is probably 

 correct. 



The plural represents an English ' Patchings." 



> In Broomfield. 



11 In Great Leighs. Morant assigned these 

 entries to Mulsham in Great Lees, but the only 

 ground that he can have had, so far as I know, for 

 doing so is that the manor of Moulsham in Chelms- 

 ford seems to have belonged wholly to Westminster 

 Abbey. And Mulsham in Great Leighs is in the 

 Witham (not the Chelmsford) Hundred portion of 

 the parish. 



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