A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



wood(land) for 30 swine and 2 acres of 

 meadow. Then 2 rounceys (runcini) ; now 

 4. Then 4 beasts (anima lia) ; now 7. Then 

 as now (semper) 2O swine. Then 40 sheep ; 

 now 100. Then 14 goats ; now 20. It was 

 then worth 40 shillings ; now 60. 



ELESFORDA [Alresford], which was held by 

 Edward as i manor and as 2 hides and 50 

 acres, is held of the count by Haco[n]. Then 

 4 bordars ; now 7. Then 6 serfs ; now 2. 

 Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; and when 

 (the manor was) received none ; now half (a 

 plough). Then i plough belonging to the 

 men ; now a half. There is wood(land) for 

 100 swine, 3 acres of meadow, (and) pasture 

 for 2O sheep. It is worth 60 shillings. 



FRIETUNA [Frinton], which was held by 

 Harold, in King Edward's time, as i manor 

 and as 3 hides, and was afterwards held by 

 Ingelric, is held of the count by Ralf de 

 Marci. Then 6 villeins ; now 4. Then 3 

 bordars ; now none. Then 2 serfs ; now i . 

 Then as now (semper) i plough on the 

 demesne. Then 2 ploughs belonging to the 

 men ; now half (a plough). (There is) pas- 

 ture for 60 sheep. (There are) 2 beasts 

 (animalia), 7 -swine, (and) 2O sheep. It was 

 then worth 60 shillings ; now 4 pounds and 

 JO shillings. 



BIRICHOU [Bircho 1 ], which was held by 

 Ingelric of St. Paul('s) of London 2 as i 

 manor and as 3 hides, is held of the count by 

 Robert. 3 Then 6 bordars ; now 8. Then 



fo. 33 



2 serfs ; now I . Then 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne ; now none. Then i plough be- 

 longing to the men (inter homines) ; now 2. 

 There is wood(land) for 10 swine, (and) pas- 

 ture for i oo sheep. Then 2 rounceys ; now 

 none. Then 8 beasts (animalia) ; now none. 

 Then 13 sheep ; now none. Then 6 swine ; 

 now none. It was then worth 60 shillings ; 

 now 4 pounds and 7 shillings. 4 



HOILANDA [(Little) Holland], which was 

 held by Lefstan as i manor and as 4 hides 



1 In Kirby ; now, by corruption, Birch Hall. 



* It had clearly been part of the soke of Ead- 

 wulfsness, which belonged to the canons of St. 

 Paul's and which included Kirby. 



3 Who also held of him at Colne (Engaine). 



4 This is a remarkable instance of a manor on 

 which the plough-teams had decreased from 3 to 2, 

 while all the other live stock had disappeared, being 

 valued nearly 50 per cent higher than it was 

 before ! 



in King Edward's time, and afterwards by 

 Ingelric, is held of the count by Adelolf (de 

 Merc). Then n villeins; now 8. Then 

 as now (semper) 5 bordars. Then 2 serfs ; 

 now i. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; 

 now i. Then 6 ploughs belonging to the 

 men (inter homines] ; now 2. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 50 swine, (and) pasture for 

 100 sheep. (There are) 13 swine, (and) 14 

 sheep. It was then worth 6 pounds ; now 4. 



LELEFORDA [Lawford 6 ], which was held by 

 Alvric in King Edward's time, and afterwards 

 by Ingelric, as a manor and as 2 hides, is held 

 of the count by the same (Adelolf). Then 4 

 villeins; now i. Then 7 bordars; now 10. 

 Then 4 serfs ; now I . Then 2 ploughs on 

 the demesne ; now I . Then 4 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men (inter homines) ; now 2. 

 Wood(land) for I o swine, 6 acres of meadow, 

 pasture for 2OO sheep, 4 beasts (animalia), 80 

 sheep, I rouncey (runcinus), (and) 8 swine. 

 Then as now (semper) it was worth i o pounds. 

 There also (In eadem) half a hide and 30 

 acres were held by 3 sokemen, whom Ingelric 

 annexed (invasit) ; and Count Eustace now 

 holds them, 6 and the same Adelolf (holds 

 them) of him ; they had (inter eos) then 2 

 ploughs, now I ; there are 2 acres of meadow ; 

 it is worth 20 shillings. 



TENDRINGE [Tendring 7 ], which was held 

 by ./Etnod as a manor and as i hide less 15 

 acres, is held of the count by Bernard ; and 

 this is of Ingelric's fee (feudo). Then 8 vil- 

 leins ; now 6. Now 6 bordars. Then 6 

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

 ploughs on the demesne, and 3 ploughs be- 

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

 for 200 swine, (and) 2 acres of meadow. 

 Then as now (semper) it was worth 4 pounds. 



HuNDRET OF UDELESFORT [UTTLESFORD] 



CRISTESHALA [Chreshall] was held by Ing- 

 war 8 as i manor and as 6 hides in King 

 Edward's time. Now Count Eustace holds 

 it in demesne (as) of Ingelric's fee (feudo). 

 Then as now (semper) 32 villeins. Then 6 

 bordars ; now 13. Then as now (semper) 6 



fo. 33b 



serfs and 3 ploughs on the demesne, and 1 6 

 ploughs belonging to the men. There is 

 wood(land) for 20O swine, and 8 acres of 



5 i.e. Dale Hall in Lawford. 



6 Compare p. 43 5 above, where Ingelric's aggres- 

 sions at Lawford are differently stated. 



7 i.e. Old Hall in Tendring. 



8 See Introduction," p. 352. 



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