THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



mill. Pasture for 300 sheep. 1 Then 2 

 rounceys (runcini), and 6 beasts (animalia), 

 30 swine, (and) 300 sheep. Now 2 rounceys, 

 and 2 colts (////), and 33 beasts, 40 swine, 

 and 136 sheep. It was then worth 6 pounds ; 

 now 10 pounds.* Of this manor Geoffrey 



fo. 44 



holds half a hide ; and there is there i bor- 

 dar, and i plough ; and it is worth 20 shil- 

 lings in the above valuation (in eodem pretio). 



WACHELINGA [(Great) Wakering] is held 

 by Suen in demesne as 5^ hides. Then as 

 now (semper) 2 villeins, and 1 8 bordars, and 

 2 ploughs on the demesne ; and a third could 

 be employed (fieri). Then 3 ploughs belong- 

 ing to the men ; now 5. (There is) wcod- 

 (land) for 40 swine, (and) pasture for 300 

 sheep. Then 4 rounceys (runcini), 9 beasts 

 (animalia), 38 swine, (and) 115 sheep. Now 

 4 rounceys, 2 beasts, no sheep, (and) 27 

 swine. It was then worth 9 pounds ; now 

 10. Of this manor Garner and W[ ] 



hold i hide, and have 2 ploughs ; and it is 

 worth 30 shillings in the above valuation (in 

 eodem pretio). 



PRITTB WELLA [Prittlewell 8 ] is held by 

 Suen in demesne as 7^ hides. Then 7 

 villeins ; now 4. Then 14 bordars ; now 

 23. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now 

 3. Then 7 ploughs belonging to the men ; 

 now 9. There is pasture* for 12 swine, 

 (and) pasture for 200 sheep. Then 2 rounceys 

 (runcini), 8 beasts (anima/ia), 30 swine, and 

 IOO sheep. Now I rouncey, 3 colts (pull'i), 

 13 beasts, 65 swine, 196 sheep, 6 66 goats, 

 (and) 9 hives of bees. 



Of this land I free man holds i virgate, 

 which he had power to sell, but the soke 6 

 belonged to (jacuit in) this manor. And to 

 the church of this manor 30 acres of another 

 estate (terra) were added by 2 men. (The 

 manor) was then as now (semper) worth 12 

 pounds. Of this manor Grapinel 7 holds 



1 Compare Introduction, p. 371. 



* Here again is a great increase in value, where 

 the details do not suggest it, and might rather lead 

 us to expect a fall. 



* i.e. the manor of Prior's Hall there. 



4 ' Pastura,' evidently a scribal error for ' silva ' 

 (i.e. wood[land]). 



8 ' cc oves, iiij minus.' If, as is probable, the 

 ' long hundred ' was meant, this would denote 236. 



* The profits of jurisdiction. Compare Intro- 

 duction, p. 358. 



7 Evidently the ancestor of Warin Grapinel 

 who held a third of a knight's fee in Prittlewell, 

 of the Honour of Raylcigh, temp. Henry III. 

 (Red Book of the Exchequer, p. 739). 



half a hide ; and 2 bordars (are there), and I 

 plough ; and it is worth 10 shillings in the 

 above valuation (in eodem pretio). 



ESSOBERIA [Shoebury 8 ] was held by Robert 

 Fitz Wimarc (Wimarca) after King Edward's 

 death. 9 Now Suen (holds it) in demesne as i 

 manor and as 5 hides. Then as now (temper) 

 9 villeins. Then 4 bordars ; now 6. Then 

 as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, 

 and 8 ploughs belonging to the men. There 

 are 3 acres of meadow, (with) wood(land) for 

 20 swine. Then 2 rounceys (runcini), 4 

 beasts (animalia), 12 swine, (and) 100 sheep. 

 Now 2 rounceys, 16 swine, (and) 64 sheep. 

 Then and afterwards it was worth 6 pounds ; 



now IO. 10 



CARENDUNA [Canewdon] is held by Suen 

 in demesne as 6 hides and 30 acres. Then 

 22 villeins ; now 16. Then 2 bordars ; 

 now 8. Then 3 serfs; now i. Then 2 

 ploughs on the demesne ; now 3, and a 

 fourth could be employed (fieri). Then 10 

 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 6. 

 (There is) pasture for 600 sheep. 11 Then 3 

 rounceys (runcini), 10 beasts (animalia), 24 

 swine, and 336 sheep. Now 3 rounceys, 

 and 5 beasts, 20 swine, (and) 342 sheep. 



fo. 44b 



It was then worth 12 pounds; now 13. In 

 this manor Hugh de Montfort (monteforti) 

 has I hide ; and it is worth 20 shillings. 

 Of this manor 2 Frenchmen hold (as 

 follows) : Girold i hide, and John 30 

 acres ; and 3 bordars are there and i 

 plough ; and it is worth 40 shillings in 

 the above valuation (in eodem pretio). S[uen] 

 has also (here) I hide, with (et) 4 bordars 

 and i plough, which was held, in King 

 Edward's time, by i free man, who had its 

 soke (cum soca) ; it is worth 20 shillings. 



TORPEIA [(Nor)thorp 1 *], which was held by 

 Godric, a thegn of King Edward, is held of 



It is hardly possible to distinguish with cer- 

 tainty between North and South Shoebury in 

 Domesday, for they were both held by Suain of 

 Essex, but as South Shoebury was subsequently 

 given by his heir to Prittlewell Priory, it was 

 probably the manor which Suain retained in de- 

 mesne, as entered in the text above. 



9 It is possible that this is a euphemism for 

 Harold's reign, which the Normans treated as an 

 interregnum. 



10 Here again is a great rise, for which it seems 

 impossible to account. 



11 See Introduction, p. 371. 

 u In Southchurch. 



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