THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



now 3 rounceys, 12 beasts, 10 swine, 100 

 sheep, (and) I hive of bees. It is worth 10 

 pounds. 



PELTENDUNA [Peldon], which was held, in 

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

 manor and as half a hide, is held of Suen by 

 Odo. Then as now (semper) half a plough. 

 It is worth 10 shillings. 



EDBURGETUNA [Abberton 1 ] is held (of 

 Suen) by the same (Odo) as 1 5 acres, which 

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

 man. Then I free man ; now I bordar.* 

 There are 5 acres of meadow. It is worth 

 5 shillings. 



The Half Hundret of CLAVELINGA [Claver- 

 ing] is Suen's, and the pleas of the said 

 Hundret are worth (reddunt) to him 25 shil- 

 lings a year. 8 



HALF HUNDRET OF CLAVELINGA [CLAVERING] 



CLAVELINGA [Clavering 4 ], which was held, 

 in King Edward's time, by Robert Fitz 

 Wimarc (fPimarc<e) as i manor and as 15 

 hides. 6 Then and afterwards 4 ploughs on 

 the demesne ; now 5. Then as now (semper) 

 25 ploughs belonging to the men, and 17 

 villeins. Then and afterwards 9 bordars ; 

 now 37. Then and afterwards 8 serfs ; now 

 12. (There was) then wood(land) for 800 



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swine ; now for 600. (There are) 35 acres 

 of meadow. (There was) then i mill. And 

 I plough (more) could again be employed 

 (potest restaurari) in this manor. 6 Then 3 

 rounceys (runcini), and 25 beasts (animalia), 

 50 swine, 40 sheep, 15 goats, (and) 12 hives 

 of bees ; now 2 rounceys, and i colt (pul/us), 

 14 beasts, 21 swine, 90 sheep, 23 goats, (and) 

 5 hives of bees. It was then worth 20 pounds ; 

 now 30. 



1 i.e. the manor of Badcocks there. 

 ' This should be observed as an instance of the 

 process of social depression (see Introduction, p. 



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8 See Introduction, p. 345, and p. 487, note 5. 



4 Including Langley. 



* See Introduction, p. 345 and p. 292 above. 



* It will be observed that this estimate does 

 not tally with the figures above, which show that 

 the ploughs were not deficient but were actually 

 one more in number than they had been. The 

 word ' restaurari ' seems to exclude the hypothesis 

 that the arable area had been increased by the 

 diminution of the woodland. Possibly the scribe 

 reversed the figures of the demesne ploughs by a 

 slip. 



BERDANE [Berden] was held, in King 

 Edward's time, by Godman, a sokeman of 

 Robert (Fitz Wimarc). It is now held of 

 S[uen] by Alvred as a manor and as 2 hides. 

 Then as now (semper) i plough on the 

 demesne, and 2 ploughs belonging to the 

 men, and 4 villeins, and 5 bordars. Then 

 and afterwards 4 serfs ; now none. (There 

 is) wood(land) for 10 swine, and 2 acres of 

 meadow. Then 14 swine, and 25 sheep; 

 now 3 rounceys (runcini), and 2 colts (pulli), 

 and 13 beasts (anima/ia), and 21 swine, 122 

 sheep, 8 goats, (and) i hive of bees ; it was 

 then worth 30 shillings ; now 40. 



HUNDRET OF WIBRICTESHERNA [DENGIE] 



HAINTUNA [Asheldham? 7 ], which was held, 

 in King Edward's time, by i free man, is 

 held of S[uen] by Ralf as a manor and as half 

 a hide and 37 acres. Then as now (semper) 

 I plough on the demesne. Then 3 bordars ; 

 now 2. (There are) 5 acres of meadow. 

 It is worth 20 shillings. Robert Fitz 

 Wimarc (Wimarcte) had this land after the 

 coming of King William. 8 



Of the abovesaid manor, namely CLAVE- 

 LINGA [Clavering], Ansgot holds of Suen half 

 a hide and 30 acres ; and Wicard 3 virgates, 

 and Robert half a hide and 1 5 acres ; and 

 Ralf 15 acres. 9 And among them all (inter 

 totum) there are 14 bordars, and 3^ ploughs. 

 And the whole is worth 4 pounds in the 

 above valuation (in eodem pretio). 10 



HUNDRET OF LEXENDENA [LEXDEN] 



EILAND [Horkesley n ] was held by R[obert] 

 as I manor and as 5^ hides. Now S[ucn] 

 holds it in demesne. Then as now (semper) 

 1 8 villeins. Then 33 bordars ; now 42. 

 Then as now (semper) 7 serfs and 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne, and 10 ploughs belonging 

 to the men. (There is) wood(land) for 600 



7 See p. 488, note i, above. 



8 It will be observed that this entry of a manor 

 in Dengie Hundred is interpolated in the midst 

 of the account of Clavering and its Half Hundred. 

 I suspect it to be a duplicate (see Introduction, 

 p. 410). 



9 Compare p. 484, note 6, above. 



10 This entry should obviously have followed 

 immediately on that of Clavering. 



11 Then part of the great manor of ' Eiland ' 

 (now Nayland), divided by the Stour into two 

 portions, of which one lay in Suffolk and the 

 other, consisting of the two Horkesleys, in Essex. 

 The whole had been held by Robert Fitz Wimarc 

 (sec Introduction, p. 408). 



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