A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



100 sheep, (and) 15 swine. It was then 

 worth 60 shillings ; now 4 pounds. 



HANINGEFELDA [(West) Hanningfield], 

 which was held, in King Edward's time, by 

 Godric scipri as I manor and as 2 hides less 

 30 acres, is held of William by Ranulf. Then 

 2 serfs ; now none. Then as now (semper) I 

 plough. (There are) 3 acres of meadow. 

 It was then worth 30 shillings ; now 40. 



BORHAM [Boreham], which was held by 

 Anschill as a manor and as half a hide, is held 

 by William in demesne. Then as now (sem- 

 per) i bordar. Then i serf ; now none. 

 Then i plough ; now a half. (There are) 5 

 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 20 swine. 

 It is worth 10 shillings. 



BELESTEDA [Belstead (Hall) *], which was 

 held by Godric poinc as a manor and as I 

 hide less 10 acres, is held of William by 

 Richard. Then 2 serfs ; now i. Then 2 

 ploughs on the demesne ; now I. (There 

 are) 6 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 20 

 swine. It is worth 40 shillings. 



fo. 38 

 HUNDRET OF UoELESFORT [UTTLESFORD] 



WENDENA [(Little) Wenden], which was 

 held by Uhnar as a manor and as i^ hides 

 and 30 acres, is held of William by Richard. 

 And this is (William's) by exchange (pro 

 escangio). Then as now (semper) 2 villeins 

 and 7 bordars. Then and afterwards i 

 plough on the demesne ; now i. Then as 

 now (semper) i^ ploughs belonging to the 

 men. (There are) 16 acres of meadow. 

 Then 1 7 swine ; now none. Then as now 

 (semper) 50 sheep. It was then worth 40 

 shillings ; now 60. 



EINESWRDA [Eynsworth *], which was 



1 In Broomfield. 



8 Morant identifies this as Wood Hall in Arkes- 

 den, but the Arkesden manors are difficult to dis- 

 tinguish, and their names have been changed or 

 lost. I have had to ascertain their identity through 

 charters entered in the cartulary of (Saffron) Wai- 

 den (Harl. MS. 3697). We have there a grant 

 by Ralf de Arden, Kt., in 24 Hen. III. (1239-40) 

 of ' totum tenementum de Eynesworth in parochia 

 de Arkesden de feodo domini Comitis Warennae ' 

 (fo. 140), references to the ' capella de Eynes- 

 worth' and its endowment (fos. I34d, 139), and 

 lastly mention of an acre of meadow ' in villa de 

 Eynesworth,' abutting on the road from Arkesden 

 to 'Wyggefosse' (fo. 13 3d). Now ' Wyggefosse ' 

 can be definitely identified as another manor in 

 Arkesden, which appears in Domesday as ' Wigghe- 

 pet ' and which is now represented by Rockell's. 



held by Ulmar as a manor and as 2^ hides, 

 is held (of William) by the same R[ichard]. 

 Then 4 villeins ; now 3. Then 3 bordars ; 

 now 8. Then 2 serfs. Then i^ ploughs 

 on the demesne ; and none (nichlf) when 

 (the manor was) received ; now \\ ploughs. 

 Then as now (semper) i\ ploughs belonging 

 to the men. (There are) 10 acres of 

 meadow. There was no stock on the 

 manor when received (Tune nichil recepit) ; 

 now (there are) 32 swine, 52 sheep, 2 beasts 

 (anima/ia), and 3 hives of bees. It was 

 then worth 40 shillings ; now 60. 



In CISHELLA [(Great) Chishall 4 ] 8 free 

 men held i hide and 45 acres. 5 Now 

 William de War[enne] (holds it) by ex- 

 change ; and the same R[ichard] of him. 

 Then 3 ploughs ; now 2 ; and when (it 

 was) received, none (nichil). (There are) 2 

 acres of meadow. It is worth 30 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF ROCHEFORT [ROCHFORD] 



In PACHESHAM [Paglesham e ] William 

 de Gar[enne] 7 holds in demesne I hide, 

 which was held by i free man in King 

 Edward's time. Then as now (semper) I 

 plough on the demesne. Then 4 serfs ; 

 now 3. (There is) pasture for 100 sheep. 

 It is worth 20 shillings. 



In PLUMBERGA [Plumberow 8 ] Ranulf 

 holds of W[illiam] 30 'acres, which were 

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

 Then half a plough ; now i. Then (it 

 was worth) 5 shillings ; now 10. He claims 

 (that he obtained) these estates in exchange 

 for (lands in) Normandy. 9 



HUNDRET OF LEXSENDENA [LEXDEN] 



In FORHAM [Fordham] Alvric held freely 

 (libere) 25 acres. Now William holds them 

 in virtue of the same exchange (pro eodem 



Consequently the road spoken of is that along the 

 Wenden Water, and ' Eineswrda,' therefore, can- 

 not have been Wood Hall, and is probably repre- 

 sented by Chardwell (see also p. 391, note 2 

 above). 



3 The figure is omitted in the MS. 



4 i.e. the manor of Tewes or Lisles there. 



6 Here again William is found in possession of 

 an estate which had been held by a number of 

 free men, and alleging exchange as his title. 



6 i.e. the manors of East Hall and South Hall 

 therein. 



7 i.e. Warenne. 



8 In Hockley. 



9 ' has terras reclamat pro escangio de Nor- 

 mannia.' 



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