THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



HALF HUNDRET OF MELDUNA [MALDON] HUNDRET OF TURESTAPLA [THURSTABLE] 



In MELDUNA [Maldon *] Robert (Fitz 

 Wimarc held Haifa hide. Now S[uen] holds 

 (it) and Guner' * of him. And in this land 

 the king receives (habet) 4 shillings of cus- 

 tomary due, and (it) does its share (facit ad- 

 jutorium) with the other burgesses in finding 

 a horse for the host (invenire caballum in ex- 

 ercitu) and towards (ad) making a ship.* But 

 Suen receives (habet) the other dues. Then 

 as now (semper) I bordar and i plough. And 

 it is worth 2O shillings. 



HUNDRET OF TENDRINGE 



ALMESTEDA [Elmstead] was held by Robert 

 Fitz Wimarc. Now Suen (holds it), and 

 Siric' 4 of him, as i manor and as 8 hides. 

 Then 14 villeins; now 13. Then 31 bor- 

 dars ; now 36. Then 6 serfs ; now I. Then 

 3 ploughs on the demesne ; now 4. Then 

 19 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 18. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 500 swine, 22 acres 

 of meadow, and pasture for 60 sheep. Then 

 as now (semper) i mill, and i saltpan. Then 

 3 rounceys (runcini), and 1 8 beasts (animalia\ 

 and 30 swine, 150 sheep, 40 goats, and 5 

 hives of bees ; now 5 rounceys, 10 beasts, 

 32 swine, 190 sheep, 80 goats, (and) 2 hives 

 of bees. It was then worth 9 pounds ; now 



FULETUNA [Foulton 8 ], which was held by 

 Bricsi as i hide less 10 acres and as i manor, 

 is held of S[uen] by Odard. This (Bricsi) 

 held this land freely (libere) ; and when the 

 king came into this land 8 he became an out- 

 law, and Rfobert Fitz Wimarc] received his 

 land. S[uen] had (it) afterwards. Now as 

 then (semper) there is there i bordar, and i 

 serf, and I plough. And (there are) 2 acres 

 of meadow, (with) pasture for 100 sheep. He 

 received nothing then ; 7 now (there are) 6 

 beasts (animalia), and 10 swine, and 20 sheep, 

 and 2 hives of bees. It was then worth 10 

 shillings ; now 20. 



1 This seems to represent the manor of South- 

 ouse and Sayen there. 



* This was probably the ' Gunner ' who held of 

 him at Little Totham (below). 



9 This passage is discussed in the Introduction, 

 (p. 386). Its construction may be open to ques- 

 tion. 



* He also held of Suain manors at Stapleford 

 (Tany) and West Thorndon, which all descended 

 together. 



8 In Ramsey. 



* The euphemism for the Norman Conquest. 



7 i.e. there was no live stock on the demesne 

 when it came into Robert's hand*. 



TOLESHUNTA [Tolleshunt *], which was 

 held by Brun as a manor and as i hides and 

 40 acres, is held of S[uen] by Odo. Robert 



fo. 48b 



had (it) after the king came into this land, 8 and 

 now S[uen] has (it). There arc now there 4 

 bordars. Then (there were) 2 serfs ; now I . 

 There is wood(land) for 12 swine, (and) pas- 

 ture for 20 sheep. Then 2 beasts (anima/ia), 

 and i rouncey (runcimts), and 20 sheep ; now 

 12 beasts, 2 rounceys, 12 swine, (and) 80 

 sheep. It was then worth 20 shillings ; now 

 25- 



TOTHAM [(Little) Totham] was held, in 

 King Edward's time, by Gunner 9 ; and he 

 still holds (it) under Suen as 30 acres. Then 

 as now 3 bordars. Then half a plough ; now 

 the same (simi/iter). (There is) wood(land) 

 for 20 swine, (and) pasture for 60 sheep. It 

 is worth 10 shillings. 



fo. 49 



XXV. THE LAND OF EUDO 

 DAPIFER lo 



HUNDRET OF WITHAM 



BRACHESTEDA [(Great) Braxted], which 

 was held by a king's thegn as i manor and as 

 2 hides less 15 acres, is held of E[udo] by 

 Richard. 11 Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on 

 the demesne, and 3 ploughs belonging to the 

 men. Then 5 villeins ; now 6. Then 4 

 bordars ; now 6. Then 2 serfs ; now none. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 300 swine, (and) 

 30 acres of meadow. Now half a mill. 

 (There is) i sokeman of 4 acres. Then 2 

 rounceys (runcini) and 1 4 beasts (animaiia), 40 

 swine, (and) 80 sheep ; now i rouncey, 6 

 beasts, 46 swine, 110 sheep, (and) 4 hives of 

 bees. It is worth 8 pounds. 



HALF HUNDRET OF HERLAUA [HARLOW] 

 HERLAUA [Harlow 1 *], which was held, in 



8 This estate has not been satisfactorily identi- 

 fied. 



9 See p. 355, note 3, above. 



10 I preserve the name in this familiar form, 

 though the meaning of Dafifer is ' seneschal,' 

 which was the office held by Eudes (son of Hu- 

 bert de Ryes). 



Eudo's manors are difficult in some cases to 

 distinguish because the fief was dislocated at his 

 death (see, for him, Introduction, p. 347). 



11 This was Richard de Sackville (see Introduc- 

 tion, p. 379). 



'* This holding, large though it is, cannot, it 

 seems, be identified. 



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