A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



S[uen] by Odo ; and Robert Fitz Wimarc 

 (IFimarce) had (it), after King Edward's 

 death, 1 as I manor and as I hide and 30 

 acres. Then i villein ; now 2. Then 4 

 bordars ; now 6. Then 4 serfs ; now i. 

 Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne, and i plough belonging to the 

 men. There is pasture for 100 sheep. Then 

 I rouncey (runcinus), and 7 beasts (anima/ia), 

 19 swine, (and) 68 sheep ; now 6 beasts, 34 

 swine, 160 sheep, and 2 hives of bees. It 

 was then worth 40 shillings ; afterwards and 

 now 60. 



ROCHEFORT [Rochford], which was held, 

 in King Edward's time, by i free man as a 

 manor and as 2^ hides, is held of Suen by 

 Alvred. Then as now (semper) 5 villeins. 

 Then 4 bordars ; now 12. Then 2 serfs ; 

 now 3. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; 

 now 3. Then 3 ploughs belonging to the 

 men ; now 4. And i free man holds 30 

 acres. And there belong (jacenf) further to 

 this manor 2 acres of meadow, wood(land) 

 for 20 swine, (and) i mill. Then i rouncey 

 (runcinus), and 8 swine, and 1 1 sheep ; now 

 3 rounceys, and 2 colts (pulli), and 10 beasts 

 (animalia), and 21 swine, and 160 sheep and 

 23 sheep. 2 It was then worth 100 shillings ; 

 now 7 pounds. 



STANBRUGE [(Great) Stambridge s ], which 

 was held, in King Edward's time, by i free 

 man as i manor and as i^ hides and "j\ acres, 

 is held of S[uen] by Wiard. Then as now 

 (semper) 2 bordars, and i serf. And half a 

 plough (was there) then ; now i . (There is) 

 pasture for 100 sheep. It was then worth 10 

 shillings ; now 25. 



ESSOBERIA [Shoebury *], which was held, in 

 King Edward's time, by i free man as I 

 manor and as 4 hides, is held of S[uen] by 

 Walter. Then as now (semper) 4 villeins. 

 Then 6 bordars ; now 8. Then 2 serfs ; 

 now none. Then 2 ploughs on the de- 

 mesne ; now 3. Then as now (semper) 2 

 ploughs belonging to the men. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 12 swine. The fourth hide 



1 See p. 485, note 9, above. 



8 This entry is very suggestive of the sheep 

 being reckoned by the ' long score ' of 24. In 

 that case ' 160' means 8 score, i.e. 192. But it 

 is quite possible that the scribe here made one of 

 his slips, and that his 23 'sheep' are goats, for at 

 Prittlewell above we find that goats had been added 

 since the Conquest. 



3 i.e. the manor of Barton Hall there. 



4 See p. 485, note 8, above. 



of the four (ex f>') is held by I free man. 5 

 (There is) pasture for 100 sheep. Then I 



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rouncey (runcinus), and 2 beasts (animalia), 

 and 40 sheep ; now I rouncey, and 6 beasts, 

 I pig, (and) 115 sheep. Then and afterwards 

 it was worth 6 pounds ; now 8. 



WACHERINGA [(Little) Wakering], which 

 was held, in King Edward's time, by i free 

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

 S[uen]. And this was held by Robert Fitz 

 Wimarc (Wimarcce) after King Edward's 

 death. 6 Then i bordar, and 1 5 serfs 7 ; 

 now 10 bordars. Then as now (semper) 2 

 ploughs on the demesne, and i plough belong- 

 ing to the men. (There is) pasture for 300 

 sheep. Then 2 beasts (animalia), and 100 

 sheep. Now i rouncey (runcinus), and 2 

 beasts, 115 sheep, and I hive of bees. It 

 was then worth 3 pounds ; afterwards and 

 now 4. Of this same manor Robert holds 



1 hide and Godric a half, and (this is) worth 

 40 shillings in the above valuation (in eodem 

 pretio). 



SUTTUNA [Sutton], which was held, in King 

 Edward's time, by 2 free men as a manor and 

 as 2\ hides and 30 acres, is held of S[uen] by 

 Ascelin. (There are) now 8 bordars. Then 

 4 serfs ; now none. Then as now (semper) 



2 ploughs on the demesne, and half a plough 

 belonging to the men. (There is) pasture for 

 300 sheep. Then 2 rounceys (runcini) and 

 40 swine, (and) 200 sheep ; now 7 beasts 

 (anima/ia), (and) 1 60 sheep. Then and 

 afterwards it was worth 60 shillings ; now 

 4 pounds. 



PLUMB[ER]GA [Plumberow 8 ], which was 

 held by Robert Fitz Wimarc (Wimarcte) as a 

 manor and as i hide, is held of S[uen] 

 by the same A[scelin]. Then i bordar and 

 I serf; now 8 bordars. Then i ploughs 

 on the demesne ; now I, (and) half a plough 

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

 for 30 swine, (and) pasture for 100 sheep. 

 (There is) now i mill. Then I rouncey 

 (runcinus), 7 beasts (anima/ia), 30 swine, 100 

 sheep, (and) 40 goats ; now 2 rounceys and i 

 colt (pu//us), 3 beasts, 2O swine, 100 sheep, 

 (and) 23 goats. It was then worth 20 shil- 

 lings ; now 40. 



6 This entry is obviously misplaced. 



6 See note i above. 



7 This number is so exceptionally large as to 

 excite suspicion. 



8 A manor in Hockley. 



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