THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



Merc). Then 5 villeins ; now 3. Then 16 

 bordars ; now 14. Then 8 serfs; now 4. 

 Then 4 ploughs on the demesne ; now 3. 

 Then 4 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 

 2. (There is) wood(land) for 60 swine (and) 

 pasture for 300 sheep. Then 12 saltpans ; l 

 now 5. There are 2 rounceys (runcini), 16 

 beasts (animalia), 40 swine, (and) 400 sheep. 

 It was then worth 10 pounds ; now 100 

 shillings. 



There also (In eadetri) 3 free men held 

 half a hide and i acre (which is) worth 10 

 shillings. 



GOLDHANGRA [Goldhanger], which was 

 held by Elric as i hide and 15 acres, is held 

 of the count by the same Adelolf (de Merc). 

 (There are) now 4 bordars. Then 2 serfs ; 

 now none. Then as now (semper) i plough 

 on the demesne, (and) now half a plough 

 belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 40 

 swine, 3^ acres of meadow, (and) pasture for 

 50 sheep. It was then worth 2O shillings ; 

 now 30. 



TOLESHUNTA [Tolleshunt*], which was 

 held by Almar as 2 hides, and 5 acres, is held 

 by the count in demesne. Then 3 bordars ; 

 now 5. Then as now (temper) 2 serfs and I 

 plough on the demesne, and I plough belong- 

 ing to the men. Wood(land) for 100 swine, 

 (and) pasture for 160 sheep. (There are) 50 

 sheep. 8 It was worth 40 shillings then, and 

 15 shillings when received ; now 20. 



TOLESHUNTA [Tolleshunt], which was held 

 by Ulvric, a free man, as i manor and as I 

 hide and 35 acres, is held of the count by St. 

 Martin.* Then as now (semper) 2 bordars 

 and I plough. Wood(land) for 30 swine. 

 (There is) I beast (animal). It is worth 30 

 shillings. 



In BLACHAM [ ] 4 free men held 



half a hide, which they could sell. Count 

 Eustace holds it now. Then as now (semper) 

 i plough. It was worth 10 shillings (then), 

 and 10 shillings when received ; now 7 shil- 

 lings. 



TOLESBERIA [Tollesbury], which Gud- 

 mund, a free man, held as I manor and as 



1 Of which the memory is preserved in the 

 name of the adjacent Salcote (see Introduction). 



* In Tollesbury. This was afterwards held of 

 the Honour as i fee by the family of Loholt. 



* " past.' clx ov.' 1 ov." The rendering is per- 

 haps doubtful. 



4 St. Martin-le-Grand, London. 



3 hides in King Edward's time, is held of the 

 count by Alm[er]frid. And this is of Inpjel- 

 ric's fee. Then 4 bordars ; now 3. Then 



4 serfs ; now 2. Then 3 ploughs on the 

 demesne ; now 2. Then as now (semper) 

 half a plough belonging to the men. (There 

 is) pasture for 100 sheep, (and) i saltpan. It 

 was then worth 4 pounds ; afterwards and 

 now 3. 



fo. 3>b 



HUNDRET OF TfiNDERINGA [TENDRING] 



CITA [Chiche 6 ], which was held by Ed- 

 ward as I manor and as 3 hides in King 

 Edward's time, and afterwards by Ingelric, is 

 held by the count in demesne. Then 9 

 villeins ; afterwards and now 7. (There are) 

 now 2 bordars. Then 8 serfs ; afterwards and 

 now 2. Then I plough on the demesne ; 

 and when (the manor was) received, none ; 

 now i. Then 6 ploughs belonging to the 

 men ; afterwards and now 3. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 400 swine and 6 acres of 

 meadow. (There are) i cow, (and) 1 1 sheep. 

 It was then worth 12 pounds ; and 40 shillings 

 when received ; now 10 pounds. To this 

 manor belongs (jacet) l outlying estate (btn- 

 wita) called FRATINGA [Frating] of 40 acres, 

 (where is) now half a plough ; it is appraised 

 above. 9 And at BURNA 7 [ ] there are 



30 acres, (where was) then i plough ; now a 

 half ; it is worth 20 shillings. And in 

 FRORWICA [Frowick (Hall)] 8 are 50 acres, 

 (where were) then as now (semper) 3 bordars, 

 and i serf, and i^ acres of meadow ; (there 

 is) now I plough ; wood(land) for 1 2 swine ; 

 it is worth 10 shillings. 



TENDRINGA [Tendring 9 ] was held, in King 

 Edward's time, by Frewin as I manor and 

 as half a hide. Now the count holds it in 

 demesne for the same (tantundem). Then as 

 now (semper) I villein, and 2 bordars, and 2 

 serfs. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; 

 afterwards and now I . Then as now (semper) 

 I plough belonging to the men. (There is) 



6 Now St. Osyth. This manor is that of Earl's 

 Hall there. The name in the MS. is clearly 

 4 Ci/a,' as read in the Record Commission's edi- 

 tion, which is an interesting scribal error ; for in 

 the two other entries relating to the place the name 

 is ' Cice,' and it ought to be ' Cica ' here. Such an 

 error would seem to imply that the scribe was 

 copying from a document which he misread (com- 

 pare p. 395 above). 



i.e. included in the ' 10 pounds.' 



7 ' Ad Burnam.' This leaves it doubtful 

 whether ' Burna ' or 4 Burnam ' is intended. 



In St. Osyth (' Chiche '). 



i.e. the manor of Old Hall there. 



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