THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



Then as now (semper) I plough on the 

 demesne, and i bordar, and I serf. Wood- 

 (land) for 20 swine, and 9 acres of meadow. 

 There are 3 beasts (animalia) (and) 1 9 (swine ?). 1 

 It was then worth 20 shillings ; now 40. 



PHINCINGHEFELDA [Finchingfield] was held 

 by Ulvric, a free man, in King Edward's 

 time. Now the same Guy holds it of the 

 count as 37 acres. Then as now (semper) 

 i plough. Then i serf ; now 2 bordars. 

 Then wood(land) for 20 swine ; now for 5. 

 (There are) 4 acres of meadow (and) i mill. 

 It is worth 1 6 shillings. 



SMEDETUNA [Smeeton (Hall)*], which was 

 held, in King Edward's time, by i free 

 woman as I manor and as 3 hides, is held 

 of the count by Raner. Then 4 ploughs 

 on the demesne ; afterwards and now 2. 

 Then and afterwards i ploughs belonging 

 to the men ; now i. Then and afterwards 

 4 villeins ; now 3. Then as now (tem- 

 per) 14 bordars and 2 serfs. Wood(land) 

 for 20 swine, (and) 20 acres of meadow. It 

 was then worth 7 pounds ; now 8. These 

 manors were held by Ingelric. 8 



TOPESFELDA [Toppesfield ] , which was 

 held, in King Edward's time, by i free man 

 as 15 acres, is held of the count by Bernard. 

 Then as now (semper) i plough on the 

 demesne, and (there are) i villein, and I 

 bordar. Then i serf; now none. Wood- 

 (land) for 10 swine, (and) 6 acres of meadow. 

 It is worth 2O shillings. 



HUNDRET OF WlTBRICTESHERNA [DENGIE] 



MELDUNA [Maldon], which was held, in 

 King Edward's time, by I free man, as 

 i^ hides and 30 acres, and afterwards by 

 Ingelric, is held of the count by St. Martin 

 of London.* (There were) then as now (sem- 

 per) 6 bordars and 2 serfs and 2 ploughs. 

 Wood(land) for 30 swine, (and) pasture for 

 100 sheep. On the demesne (there are) 2 

 cows, 6 14 swine, (and) 100 sheep. It was 



fo. 9b 



then worth 4 pounds; now 100 shillings. 

 There also (In eadem) 30 acres were held in 

 King Edward's time by i free man, whom 

 Ingelric annexed St. Martin holds (it) now 



1 The word is omitted in the MS. 



* In Hulmcr. 



8 The count's predecessor. It is not clear to 

 how many of the above manors the phrase ap- 

 plies. 



St. Martin-le-Grand, Ingelric's foundation. 



6 See p. 464, note 10, above. 



of the count with (et) another free man 

 who had (de) 30 acres. Ingelric attached 

 (pofuit) these men to his hall. 8 In their land 

 there is and was (est semper) I plough ; and 

 it is worth 20 shillings. 



ULEHAM [Uleham 7 ], which was held in 

 King Edward's time by i free man, and 

 by Ingelric afterwards, as i hide, is held 

 of the count by Robert. It was then worth 

 8 shillings and 4 pence ; now 14 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF LASSENDENA [LEXDEN] 



TEIA [(Great) Tey] was held, in King 

 Edward's time, by i free man as 3$ hides. 

 Now Count Eustace (holds it). (There 

 were) then 6 villeins ; now 2. Then 16 

 bordars; now 35. Then 9 serfs ; now 10. 

 Then 4 ploughs on the demesne ; now 2. 

 Then 6 ploughs belonging to the men (inter 

 homines') ; now 4. (There is) wood(land) 

 for 1 60 swine, (and) 2O acres of meadow. 

 There are 3 rounceys (runcini), 7 beasts 

 (animalia), 68 swine, 80 sheep, (and) 34 

 goats. To this manor belongs an outlying 

 estate (jacet una berewita) of i^ hides less 

 IO acres ; then as now (semper) i bordar 

 and 2 serfs (were there) ; then 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne, (and) now i ; woodland 

 for 24 swine. And (there are) in this manor 

 17 sokemen holding 2 hides and 5 acres, 

 which land is now held by 16 sokemen. 

 Under them (there were) 6 bordars then as 

 now (semper) ; (and) then 2 serfs, (and) now 

 none. Then 6 ploughs between them, (and) 

 now 4. (There is) wood(land) for 30 swine, 

 (and) 12 acres of meadow; and these soke- 

 men could not withdraw themselves (recedere) 

 from this manor. And there also belongs 

 (jacet) to this manor i house in Colchester 

 (colecestra). This manor was then worth 16 

 pounds ; and the same when received. It is 

 now worth 22 pounds blanch (Candidas).* 



There also (In eadem) 5 free men held 

 60 acres and 28 acres (sic), which (free men) 

 did not belong to (erant de) this manor, (and) 

 whom the count now has because his prede- 

 cessor 9 was seised (of them) ; and the value 

 of this land is (included) in the above value 

 (of the manor). 



BOCCHESTEDA [Boxted] was held by Alvric 

 as 4^ hides. Now the count (holds it) in 



* This phrase is of importance. 



7 Now Ulehams farm in Lawling. 



8 i.e. assayed by fire. Compare Diahgui de 

 Scaccario [Clarendon Press, 1902], pp. 34-5. But 

 there are four instances here (pp. 465-7), not 

 three as there stated. 9 i.e. Ingelric. 



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