THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



a manor and as 3^ hides. Then 8 villeins ; 

 afterwards and now 6. Then as now (semper) 

 2 bordars. Then 2 serfs ; now i . Then and 

 afterwards 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now 

 I. Then and afterwards 3 ploughs belonging 

 to the men ; now 2. (There is) wood(land) 

 for 40 swine, (and) 6 acres of meadow. Then 

 I rouncey (runcinus), and 2 swine, and 213 

 sheep. Now 2 rounceys, and I beast (animai), 

 32 swine, (and) 200 sheep. Then as now 

 (semper) it was worth 4 pounds. 



XXVII. THE LAND OF HUGH DE 

 MONTFORT 



HUNDRET OF BERDESTAPLA [BARSTABLE] 



RAMESDANA [Downham 1 ], which was 

 held, in King Edward's time, by 3 free men 

 as a manor and as 2 hides and 40 acres, is 

 held of Hugh by Osbern. Then as now 

 (semper) I plough on the demesne. Then 

 half a plough belonging to the men ; now I. 

 Then 3 bordars; now 5. Then I serf; 

 now none. (There is) wood(land) for 60 

 swine, (and) 3 acres of meadow. Then 2 

 beasts (animalia), and 3 swine, and 60 sheep ; 

 now I rouncey (runcinus), and 2 beasts, and 

 9 swine, and 70 sheep. It is worth 40 

 shillings. In the same vill are 30 acres 

 which belong to the church and are worth 

 30 pence. 



HUNDRET OF WITHAM 



CHELLEVADANA [Kelvedon],* which was 

 held, by Gudmund, a king's thegn,* as a 

 manor and as 3$ hides, is held of Hugh by 



William son of Grossa (gross*).* Then as 

 now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, then 

 4 ploughs belonging to the men ; now I. 

 Then as now (semper) 9 villeins, and 3 serfs, 

 and 5 bordars. (There is) wood(land) for 50 

 swine, 25 acres of meadow, (and) I mill. 

 Then I rouncey (runcinus), and 4 beasts 

 (animalia), and 7 swine, and 40 sheep ; now 

 2 rounceys (and) 140 sheep. It was then 

 worth 6 pounds ; now 7. 



HUNDRET OF BEVENTREU [BECONTREE] 



LEINTUNA [Leyton] which was held, in 

 King Edward's time, by Alsi as a manor and 



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as 3 hides and 30 acres, is held by Hugh in 

 demesne. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; 

 now I. Then I plough belonging to the 

 men; now i. Then 6 villeins; now I 

 priest and I villein. Then 4 bordars ; now 

 3. Then 2 serfs ; now none. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 1 50 swine, (and) 30 acres of 

 meadow. Then 60 sheep ; now 4 swine, 

 and 60 sheep. It was then worth 30 shil- 

 lings ; now 40. And one of these hides 

 used to pay, in King Edward's time, a cus- 

 tomary due (consuetudinem) to Havelingae 

 [Havering] a manor of the king ; and now 

 it does not pay. 5 



HUNDRET OF WITBRICTESHERNA [DENGIE] 



PURLAI [Purleigh], which was held, in King 

 Edward's time, by Gudmund, 6 a free man, as 

 a manor and as 4 hides, is held by Hugh in 

 demesne. Then as now (semper) 5 villeins. 



Then 6 bordars ; now 7. Then 6 serfs ; 



was held of the Honour of Lisle, in which case it 

 would have descended with Eudo's manor in 

 Arkesden, where Roger also had a manor. As 

 Eudo obtained Roger's manor of Hallingbury, he 

 may have secured other manors of his also. 



1 This considerable manor has not hitherto been 

 identified. Morant ignores the entry altogether, 

 and Mr. Chisenhale-Marsh assigned it vaguely to 

 Ramsden. The clue is found in the lists of fees in 

 Hugh de Montfort's honour (that of ' the Con- 

 stable ') owing ward to Dover Castle. Among the 

 Essex ones ' Dunham ' figures as one fee (Red Book 

 of the Exchequer, pp. 6 1 4, 707, 718); and Dun- 

 ham ' is dearly Downham, which adjoins the 

 Ramsdens, and which docs not occur by name in 

 Domesday. This ' Dunham ' is wrongly placed by 

 the editor of the Red Book in Kent (p. 1162) 

 he does not know where. 



1 This valuable manor was that of Felix Hall, as 

 it was subsequently named, and seems to have ex- 

 tended into Little Coggcshall, Bradwell, Great 

 Braxted and Inworth. 



1 See the Introduction, p. 346. 



1 4Q7 



now 5. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on 

 the demesne. Then 3 ploughs belonging 

 to the men ; now 2 ; and a third could be 

 employed (fieri). There is wood(land) for 

 700 swine. Then as now (semper) 3 rounceys 

 (runtini) and 1 6 beasts (animalia). Then 300 

 sheep ; now 306. Then 30 swine ; now 

 35. It was then worth 8 pounds ; after- 

 wards and now 7. 



LACHENTUNA [Latchingdon 7 J was held by 



4 See p. 567 below for the aggression of this 

 tenant in conjunction with his lord. He was also 

 under-tenant of Hugh at Dagworth (near Haugh- 

 ley), Suffolk, and at Bonnington in Kent. 



6 See p. 430 above for the reference to this un- 

 der Havering. 



6 See note 3 above. 



7 Latchingdon itself, not, as supposed by Morant, 

 Purleigh (or Latchingdon) Barns in Purleigh (see 

 Introduction, p. 391). It was subsequently granted, 



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