THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



as a manor and as i hide and 35 acres, is held 

 (of Hamo) by Gudmund. Then 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne ; now i. Then I plough 

 belonging to the men ; now none. Then 3 

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

 Then 4 serfs ; now 2. Then wood(land) for 

 100 swine ; now for 80. There are 15 acres 

 of meadow. Then 2O sheep ; now 50. 

 Then 16 swine ; now 1 1. It was then worth 

 100 shillings ; and when he received it, 4 

 pounds ; now 60 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF HERLAUA [HARLOW] 



SIRICESLEA [Rise-Marses *], which was held 

 by Harold as half a hide, in King Edward's 

 time, as belonging to (ad) the manor of Hat- 

 felde [Hatfield Broadoak] is held of Hamo by 

 Ralf.* Then I plough on the demesne ; 

 now a half. Then i serf ; now I villein. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 20 swine, (and) 3^ 

 acres of meadow. It was then worth 10 

 shillings ; now 7. 



HUNDRET OF DoMMAWA [DuNMOW] 



DOMMAWA [Dunmow 8 ], which was held, in 

 King Edward's time, by I free man as 30 

 acres and 7^ acres have been added in King 

 William's time is held of Hamo by Serlo. 

 Then as now (semper) half a plough on the 

 demesne, and 2 bordars. (There is) wood- 

 (land) for 40 swine, (and) 4 acres of meadow. 

 It is worth 1 6 shillings. 



RODINGES [Roding Marci*], which was 

 held of Harold by Widi', in King Edward's 

 time, as a manor and M if hides, is now held 



1 In Hatfield Broadoak. The suffix ' Marses ' 

 makes it practically certain that this must represent 

 Ralf de Marci's holding in Hatfield. There was 

 however a reputed manor called ' the Lea ' in 

 another part of Hatfield, which Morant identified 

 with the ' Bineslea ' of Domesday owing to his 

 curious error in supposing that the Hundred of 

 ' Thunreslau ' lay in this part of the country. 



* This is the entry which definitely proves that 

 ' Ralf was Ralf de Marci (see p. 500, note 9, above). 



8 The holding is too small to be identified. 



4 In Margaret Roding, but formerly a chapelry 

 of Stondon Marci (see Morant ii. 189). It is now 

 the manor of Marks in the south of Margaret 

 Roding. I assume the identity from the suffix 

 Marci being added to both the places, and from 

 the fact that the name of Marks must have been 

 derived from the family of Mark or Merc of 

 whom Stondon also was held. It should, however, 

 hardly be necessary to observe that the name of 

 this family was wholly distinct from that of the 

 Marcis with which Morant so strangely confused 

 it. He further suggested that this manor of Marks 

 might have been named ' from Marcellus who had 

 it at the time of the general survey,' as tenant 



of Hamo by Serlo (as) i hide and 1 5 acres.* 

 Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne and i plough belonging to the men. 

 Then 4 villeins ; now 3. Then 2 bordars ; 

 now ii. Then 2 serfs; now i. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 100 swine, (and) 16 acres of 

 meadow. It was then worth 4 pounds ; and 

 when received 40 shillings; now 100 shil- 

 lings. Of this land Eudo Dapifer holds 45 



fo. sjb 



acres, which Hamo claims.* 



HUNDRET OF WENSISTREU [WINSTREE] 



WIGHEBERGA [(Little) Wigborough], which 

 was held, in King Edward's time, by Goti', a 

 free man, as a manor and as 7 hides of land 

 and i of wood(land), 7 is held of Hamo by 

 Viel (Pitalis). Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne. Then 2 ploughs belonging 

 to the men ; now I . Then as now (semper) 

 3 villeins and i bordar. Then 6 serfs ; now 

 4. (There is) pasture for 200 sheep. Then 

 IO beasts (anima/ia); now 14. Then 60 

 sheep ; now 260. Then as now (semper) 6 

 rounceys (runcini), and 10 swine. Then as 

 now it was worth 7 pounds. Of this land 

 Bernard has taken away (tulit) the abovesaid 

 hide of wood(land) and holds it (as belonging) 

 to the fief of Baignard, 8 and Engelric took 

 away (tulit) half a hide of land, which is 

 (now) held by Count Eustace. 9 



of William de Warenne. But his own footnotes 

 show that William had nothing here ; and the 

 ' Marcellus ' of whom he speaks was really a 

 ' Martel ' and a tenant of Geoffrey de Mandeville. 

 Nor is there any evidence that he held this manor. 



The above identification is confirmed by the 

 cartulary of Tiltey Abbey in Lady Warwick's pos- 

 session, in which is entered (fos. 32b 33) a quit- 

 claim to Hamo de Marci of half a virgate held 

 ' in villa de Roinges Serhmti tie Marci de eodcm 

 Serlone.' 



8 The difference is accounted for by the fact 

 that Eudo had taken away, as stated in the text, 

 45 acres. It will be observed that this reckoning 

 again implies that the (geld) hide was composed of 

 1 20 (geld) acres. 



6 See p. 492 above for Eudo's holdings in the 

 Rodings. 



7 Compare Introduction, p. 376. 



8 It must have been annexed to the manor of 

 Barnwalden (now Barn Hall) in Tolleshunt 

 Knights, which was held by Bernard of (Ralf) 

 Baignard 1086. No other manor in the neigh- 

 bourhood satisfies this condition. The rare men- 

 tion of a ' hide ' of woodland should be observed. 

 Domesday assigns to Barnwalden woodland for 

 200 swine. 



9 This must refer to Langenhoe, to which, it is 

 recorded in Domesday, Engelric had added inter 

 alia half a hide under King William. 



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