A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



now (semper) i bordar ; (there is) wood(land) 

 for 10 swine, (and) 2 acres of meadow ; it 

 was then worth 4 shillings ; now 6. And 

 the manor was then worth 6 pounds ; now 7. 



CUICA [Quick (Bury) 1 ], which was held, in 

 King Edward's time, by Alwin ' Godtuna,' 2 

 as 3 hides, is held of William by the same 

 Richard. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne. Then 3^ ploughs belonging 

 to the men ; now 3. Then 7 villeins ; now 

 6. Now 6 bordars. Then 5 serfs ; now 2. 

 (There are) 20 acres of meadow. Then as 

 now (semper) i mill. Then 47 sheep ; now 52; 

 and 2 colts (pulli). It is worth 100 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF DoMMAUA [DuNMOWJ 



ESTANES [(Great) Easton 3 ] was held, in 

 King Edward's time, by Duna, 4 a free woman, 

 as a manor and as 2 hides. Now William 

 (holds it) in demesne. Then as now (semper) 

 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 4 ploughs 

 belonging to the men ; now 2. Then as 

 now (semper) 4 villeins. Then 3 bordars ; 

 now 8. Then 3 serfs ; now 2. (There was) 

 then wood(land) for 200 swine ; now for 

 150. (There are) 52 acres of meadow. 

 Then i rouncey (runcinus), and 7 beasts 

 (anima/ia), and 60 swine, and 60 sheep. 

 Now i rouncey, 23 beasts, 20 swine, 70 

 sheep, (and) 4 hives of bees. It is worth 

 100 shillings. 



fo. 36b 



CANEFELDA [(Little) Canfield] was held, in 

 King Edward's time, by 2 free men as 2 

 hides less 8 acres. Now William (holds it) 

 in demesne. Then 4 ploughs on the demesne ; 

 now 2. Then 8 ploughs belonging to the 

 men ; now 6. Then i priest and 9 villeins ; 

 now I priest and 7 villeins. Then 3 bor- 

 dars ; now 1 7. Then as now (semper) 2 serfs. 

 Now i mill. (There was) then wood(land) 

 for 1 60 swine ; now for 120. There are 70 

 acres of meadow. Then i rouncey (rundnus), 

 and 8 beasts (anima/ia), and 100 swine, and 

 200 sheep. Now I rouncey, 15 beasts, 50 

 swine, 70 sheep and 9 goats. It was then 

 worth 8 pounds ; now 9.* 



1 In Sheering. Alias Cowick Bury. 



8 He had held land in Stanstead and its neigh- 

 bourhood, across the Hertfordshire border, to the 

 west. 



3 i.e. the manor of Blamsters there. Wrongly 

 identified by Morant as Little Easton (compare 

 Introduction, p. 393). 



4 Or perhaps ' Duua.' 



5 Here is a manor on which the plough-teams 



RODINGES [(High) Roding], which was 

 held, in King Edward's time, by the Abbot 

 of Ely as i manor and as 2^ hides, is held of 

 William by William de Wateville. 6 Then 

 as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne, 

 and 3 ploughs belonging to the men, and i 

 priest and 8 villeins. Then 12 bordars; now 

 1 1 . Then as now (semper) 7 serfs. Wood- 

 (land) for 300 swine, (and) 42 acres of 

 meadow. Then as now (semper) 3 rounceys 

 (runcini), 8 beasts (anima/ia), and 120 sheep. 

 (There are) now 7 swine. It was then worth 

 10 pounds; and when (the manor was) re- 

 ceived, 12 ; now 1 8. 



RODINGES [(Leaden) Roding], which was 

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

 woman as i manor and as 2^ hides, is held 

 of William by Walter. And now there are 

 3^ hides. 7 Then 3 ploughs on the demesne ; 

 now 2 ; and when (the manor was) received 

 3. Then as now (semper) i plough belong- 

 ing to the men. Then 3 villeins ; now I 

 priest and 4 villeins. Then 4 bordars ; now 

 13. Then 4 serfs ; now 2. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 50 swine, (and) 30 acres of 

 meadow. (There are) now 4 beasts (animalia), 

 and 40 swine, 83 sheep, (and) i hive of bees. 

 It is worth 8 pounds. And that hide which 

 is added to this belonged (adjacebat), in King 

 Edward's time, to the abbey of Ely, as the 

 Hundred (court) testifies. 



DOMMAUA [Dunmow 8 ], which was held 

 by Earl ./Elfgar 9 (Algarus\ in King Edward's 

 time, as half a hide, is held of William by 

 Guibert. Then as now (semper) half a plough 

 on the demesne. Now 3 bordars. Then 3 

 serfs ; now none. 10 (There is) wood(land) 

 for 40 swine, and 7 acres of meadow. Then 

 10 swine, and 30 sheep ; now 9 beasts 

 (anima/ia), 30 swine, 80 sheep, 1 2 goats, (and) 

 8 hives of bees. It was then worth 20 

 shillings ; and when received, 30 shillings ; 

 now 35 shillings. 



have decreased from 12 to 8, and the woodland has 

 considerably diminished, while the swine and sheep 

 have been greatly reduced in number. Yet its 

 total value is entered as greater than it was. 



8 He and his wife held several manors of 

 William de Warenne in what is now Brighton 

 and its neighbourhood. 



7 This increase is explained at the end of the 

 entry. 



8 i.e. the manor of Southall there. 



9 Of Mercia, son of Earl Leofric. 



10 This looks like a clear case of the conversion 

 of serfs into bordars. 



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