THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



65 swine, 354 sheep, (and) 4 hives of bees. 

 It was then worth i o pounds ; now 1 7 ; and 

 it was leased hr(fuit ad firmam ad] 30 pounds 

 under Eudo himself. 1 To this manor there 

 belong (adjacent") 30 acres ; they were worth 

 30 pence ; now 36. There also belong 20 

 acres of WRINGEHALA [ ] which are 



held by I sokeman ; (they were) then worth 

 2O pence ; now 3 shillings. 



LALINGE [Lawling*], which was held by 

 Ulvric cassa, in King Edward's time, as a 

 manor and as 3^ hides ; 3 is held of E[udo] by 

 Richard. Then 4 serfs ; now 3. Now i 

 bordar. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; 

 now I . Then I rouncey (runcinus) ; now 

 none. Then 87 sheep ; now 63. It was 

 then worth 60 shillings ; when (the manor 

 was) received 40 shillings ; now 4 pounds. 



STEPLA [Steeple], which was held, in King 

 Edward's time, by Norman as a manor and 

 as 3 hides and 35 acres, is held of E[udo] by 

 the same R[ichard]. Then as now (semper) 

 i bordar, and 2 serfs, and 2 ploughs. (There 

 is) wood(land) for 10 swine. Then 6 beasts 

 (anima/ia) ; now 27. Then as now I roun,- 

 cey (runcinus) and 15 swine. Then 120 

 sheep ; now 160. It is worth 4 pounds. 



DONA [Down (Hall) 4 ], which was held, in 

 King Edward's time, by Modinc as a manor 

 and as 2 hides and 20 acres, is held of E[udo] 

 by the same Rfichard], Then as now (sem- 

 per) 2 bordars, and 2 serfs, and i plough. 

 (There is) pasture for 100 sheep. Then I 

 rouncey (runcinus) ; now 3. Now 3 beasts 

 (anima/ia). Then 1 2O sheep ; now 1 60 less 

 i. It is worth 60 shillings. 



LANDUNA [ '], which was held, in 



King Edward's time, by 4 free men as half 

 a hide and 20 acres, is held of E[udo] by 

 the same R[ichard]. Then as now (semper) 

 half a plough. It is worth 10 shillings. 



ACLETA [ 8 ], which was held, in 



King Edward's time, by Modinc as a manor 



1 This last clause is interlined. 



* In Latchingdon. 



8 ' pro iii hidis T.R.E. et dim'.' 



* In Bradwell-by-Sea (see Introduction, p. 392). 



* The present ' Eastlands ' in Bradwell-by-Sea 

 is styled ' Land farm ' in Chapman and Andre's 

 map (1772-4), but I know of nothing to identify 

 it as ' Landuna.' 



There is a ' Hockley ' in Bradwell-by-Sea, 

 but one can hardly suggest so great a distortion of 

 the name, nor is there anything to suggest the 

 identification. 



and as i* (hides) 7 and 10 acres, is held of 

 E[udo] by the same (Richard). Then as 

 now (semper) i bordar and i plough. (There 



Co. jo 



is) pasture for 100 sheep. Then as now 

 (semper) 2 beasts (anima/ia), and 80 sheep, 

 and 9 swine. Then and afterwards it was 

 worth 40 shillings ; now 50. 



HUNDRET OF RoCHEFORT [RoCHFORD] 



HECHWELLA [Hawlcwell], which was held, 

 in King Edward's time, by Ulmer as a 

 manor and as 3^ hides less 15 acres, is held of 

 Eudo by Pirot. 8 Then 1 1 villeins ; now 8. 

 Then as now (semper) 5 bordars. Then 2 

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

 ploughs on the demesne. Then 6 ploughs 

 belonging to the men ; now 5. There are 

 4 acres of meadow, (with) woodland for 10 

 swine. Then 2 rounceys (runcini), and 5 

 beasts (anima/ia), 102 sheep, (and) 20 swine ; 

 now 1 6 beasts, 106 sheep, 20 swine, (and) 2 

 hives of bees. Then and afterwards it was 

 worth 6 pounds ; now 7.* 



In the abovesaid Hundret of DOMMAWA 

 [Dunmow] Richard holds of Eudo i manor 

 of 9 acres which is called BROCHESHEVOT 

 [Broxted], which, in King Edward's time, was 

 held of the Abbot of Ely by 2 sokemen. 10 

 Then 3 ploughs on the demesne ; now 2j. 

 Now I plough belonging to the men, and 2 

 villeins. Then 3 bordars ; now 5. Then 

 3 serfs ; now i . (There is) wood(land) for 

 100 swine, (and) 6 acres of meadow. Then 

 I rouncey (runcinus), and 3 beasts (anima/ia), 

 and 1 6 swine; now 5 beasts, (and) 33 swine. 

 Then and afterwards it was worth 60 shil- 

 lings ; now 4 pounds. 



SCELGA [Shellow], which was held, in King 

 Edward's time, by Ulmar, a free man, as a 

 manor and as half a hide, is held by Eudo in 

 demesne. Then as now (semper) half a plough 

 on the demesne. (There are) now 2 bordars. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 16 swine, (and) 4 



7 The word is omitted in the MS. 



8 From whom the family of Perot which subse- 

 quently held the manor, by knight service, of the 

 Honour of Rayleigh. He was an under-tenant 

 of Eudo in other counties also. 



* This entry is duplicated below (see Intro- 

 duction, p. 41 1). 



10 See p. 450 above, where the former tenure of 

 the land by sokemen is ignored. 



The circumstance that the title to this estate was 

 contested is doubtless the cause of its being entered 

 here out of due course, instead of under Eudo's 

 holding in the Hundred of Dunmow. 



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