A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



demesne. Then as now (semper} 5 villeins 

 and 1 8 bordars. Then 2 serfs ; now none. 

 Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, (and) now 

 the same. Then as now 6 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men. (There is) wood(land) 

 for 300 swine and 8 acres of meadow. 

 Then i mill ; now none. And (there is) 

 I sokeman, who could not withdraw him- 

 self (recedere), holding half a hide ; then half 

 a plough (was there, and) now none. (There 

 are) 2 acres of meadow, 13 beasts (animalia), 

 35 swine, 140 sheep, 25 goats, (and) 3 

 rounceys (runcini). Then and afterwards 



fo. 30 



it was worth 8 pounds ; now 1 2 (pounds) 

 blanch (Candidas). 1 



DUNULANDA [(East) Donyland] was held 

 by Edric as a manor and as i^ hides. It 

 is now held by the count in demesne. 

 Then as now (semper) 10 bordars. Then 

 4 serfs ; now I . Then 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne ; now i. Then 2 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men ; now i . (There is) 

 wood(land) for 100 swine, 6 acres of meadow, 

 (and) pasture for 100 sheep. Then and 

 afterwards it was worth 40 shillings ; now 

 3 pounds. On the demesne are 80 sheep. 

 There also i free man held half a hide, 

 which is now held by the count ; but 

 Ingelric had it, and the Hundred (court) 

 knows not how he came to have (habuerit) it. 

 It is worth 5 shillings. 



BRICCEIA [(Great) Birch], which was held 

 by Edric as i manor and as 3 hides, and 

 afterwards by Ingelric, is held of the count 

 by Hugh. Then 13 villeins ; now 6. 

 Then 5 bordars; now 17. Then 6 serfs; 

 now 4. Then 3 ploughs on the demesne ; 

 now 2^. Then 8 ploughs belonging to 

 the men ; now 6. There is wood(land) 

 for i oo swine (and) 1 6 acres of meadow ; 

 and (there are) 2 houses in Colchester (cole- 

 cast ro) which belong (jaceni) to this manor, 

 and I sokeman, who could not withdraw 

 himself (recedere), with (de) 13 acres; now 

 as then (semper] he has half a plough. In 

 the demesne (were) then i rouncey (runcinus), 

 now 3 ; then 20 beasts (animalia), now 10 ; 

 then 35 swine, now 34 ; then 140 sheep, 

 now 1 2O ; then 40 goats, now 20. Then 

 and afterwards it was worth 6 pounds ; now 

 100 shillings. 



ESTORP [East Thorpe], which was held 

 in King Edward's time by Edric, a free 



1 See p. 465, note 8, above. 



man, as a manor and as i hide and 25 

 acres, is held of the count by the same 

 (Hugh). Then 2 bordars ; now 8. Then 

 4 serfs ; now 2. Then 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne ; now i. Then i plough be- 

 longing to the men (inter homines) ; now 3. 

 Wood(land) for 30 swine, (and) 6 acres of 

 meadow. Then I rouncey (runcinus) and 

 1 6 beasts (animalia), and 15 swine, and 30 

 sheep ; now i o swine and i rouncey. It 

 was then worth 40 shillings ; now 30. 



COLUN [Colne (Engaine) 2 ], which was 

 held by Alvric biga, in King Edward's 

 time, as i virgate and 10 acres, is held of 

 the count by Robert. Then i bordar ; 

 now 3. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne ; now i plough belonging 

 to the men (inter homines). Then 5 serfs ; 

 now 3. (There are) 13 acres of meadow, 

 (and) wood(land) for 40 swine. It was 

 then worth 30 shillings ; now 40. This 

 Alvric held this land freely, but Ingelric 

 had it after the king came, and the Hundred 

 (court) knows not how. 



DUNILANDA [(East) Donyland] which was 

 held by Godric of Colchester (col<s castro 3 ) as 

 25 acres, is held by the same (Robert). It 

 is worth 12 pence. 



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HUNDRET OF ANGRA [ONGAR] 



STANFORT [Stanford (Rivers)] was held 

 by Lewin in King Edward^s time, and 

 afterwards by Ingelric, as i manor and as 

 9 hides. Now the count holds it in demesne 

 as the same (pro tantundem). Then as now 

 (semper) 24 villeins. Then 2 bordars ; now 

 17. Then 22 serfs ; now 16. Then 10 

 ploughs on the demesne ; and when (the 

 manor) was received, 7 ; now 5. Then as 

 now (semper) 15 ploughs belonging to the 

 men. (There is) wood(land) for 400 swine, 

 (and) 50 acres of meadow. Then as now 

 (semper) I mill, 4 rounceys (runcini), 40 

 beasts (animalia), 1 1 swine, (and) 233 sheep. 

 It was then worth 24 pounds, and the same 

 when received ; now 40 pounds blanch 

 (b/ancas).* 



There also (In eadem) a free man held 40 

 acres, but Ingelric took him and added him 

 to this estate (accepit eum adjungens isti terrte) ; 



8 Wrongly identified by Morant and his suc- 

 cessors as Wakes Colne (see my paper on ' The 

 Manor of Colne Engaine' in Essex Arckttol. Trans. 

 [n.s.] viii. 192-8). 



3 See pp. 415-6 above. 



4 i.e. assayed by fire (see p. 465, note 8, above). 



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