A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



ploughs on the demesne ; now i . (There 

 is) now I plough belonging to the men. 

 Then as now (semper) 4 villeins. (There 

 are) now 2 bordars. Then 2 serfs ; now 

 none ; and none (nee) when he received (it). 

 (There is) wood(land) for 30 swine, (and) 1 6 

 acres of meadow. Then and afterwards it 



fo. 6a 



was worth 40 shillings ; now 4 pounds. 



SCELGA [Shellow (Bowells)], which was 

 held by i free man as 35 acres in King 

 Edward's time, is held of G[eoffrey] by 

 William. (There is) wood(land) for 20 

 swine, (and) 4 acres of meadow. It was 

 then worth 5 shillings; now 10. This estate 

 (terra) belonged to Rodinges [Roding], 1 a 

 manor of Eudo Dapifer, in King Edward's 

 time, and the Abbot of Ely claims, with the 

 Hundret (court) as his witness (teste kundret), 

 both the estate (terram) and the manor of 

 Rodinges. 



In DOMMAUA [Dunmow] Geoffrey holds 

 in demesne 30 acres, which were held by a 

 sokeman of Ansgar. Then as now (semper) 

 half a plough. Then i bordar ; now 3. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 10 swine, (and) 4 

 acres of meadow. It was then worth 7 

 shillings; now IO. 



RODINGES [(White) Roding *], which was 

 held, in King Edward's time, by Ansgar, and 

 by a certain woman, Leuid', under Ansgar, 

 as half a hide, is held (of Geoffrey) by 

 (Geoffrey?) Martell'. (There are) 4 acres 

 of meadow. It was then worth 10 shillings ; 

 now 12. 



HUNDRET OF WITBRICTESHERNA [DENGIE] 



FENNE [Stow Maries ? *], which was held 

 by Friebern, a free man, in King Edward's 

 time, as a manor and as 4 hides in King 

 Edward's time, 3 is held of G[eoffrey] by 

 Hugh. Then as now (semper) 4 villeins. 

 Then 2 bordars ; now 7. Then 2 serfs ; 

 now none. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne. Then i plough belonging 

 to the men ; now a half. (There is) wood- 

 (land) for 40 swine, (and) pasture for 30 

 sheep. Now as then (semper) it is worth 60 

 shillings. The same Hugh has also i hide 

 which was held by a free man (and was) 



1 See p. 492, and p. 505, note 2, above. 



2 See Introduction, p. 394. This is a duplicate 

 entry (ibid p. 410). 



8 These words are repeated as above in the 

 MS. 



worth 2O shillings. And he also (Idem) has 

 37 acres, which were held by I free man ; 

 then half a plough (was there, and) now 

 none ; it is worth 5 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF UDELESFORDA [UTTLESFORD] 



WALEDANA [(Saffron) Walden], which was 

 held by Ansgar as a manor and as 1 9^ hides 

 in King Edward's time, is held by GJeoffrey] 

 in demesne. Then and afterwards 8 ploughs 

 on the demesne ; now 10. Then as now 

 (semper) 22 ploughs belonging to the men. 

 Then and afterwards 66 villeins ; now 46. 

 Then and afterwards 1 7 bordars ; now 40. 

 Then and afterwards 1 6 serfs ; now 2O. 

 Then and afterwards (there was) wood(land) 

 for 1,000 swine ; now for 800. And (there 

 are) 80 acres of meadow. Then as now 

 (semper) i mill. To this manor there used 

 to belong, in King Edward's time, 13 soke- 

 men (there are) now 14 holding 6^ hides; 



fo. 6zb 



then and afterwards 8 ploughs (were there) ; 

 now 8; then and afterwards 10 bordars; 

 now 14 ; then and afterwards (they had) 

 wood(land) for 50 swine ; now for 30 ; 

 (there are) 2O acres of meadow, (and) the 

 third part of a mill. Then 6 rounceys (run- 

 cini), II beasts (animalia), 2OO sheep, HO 

 swine, 40 goats, (and) 4 hives of bees ; now 

 9 rounceys, 10 beasts, 243 sheep, 100 swine, 

 20 goats, (and) 30 hives of bees. Then and 

 afterwards it was worth 36 pounds ; it is now 

 worth 50 pounds. 



Of this manor Odo holds i hide and i 

 virgate, and Renald' I hide less 12 acres; 

 and 2 ploughs (are there), and 13 bordars; 

 and (this) is worth 50 shillings in the above 

 valuation (in eodem pretio).* 



CISHELLA [(Great) Chishall B ], which was 

 held by Ulfeih, a free man, as a manor and 

 as 2^ hides in King Edward's time, is held of 

 G[eoffrey] by William Garden. 6 Then 3 

 ploughs on the demesne ; afterwards and 

 now 2. Then 3 ploughs belonging to the 

 men ; afterwards and now none. Then and 

 afterwards 9 villeins ; now none. Then as 



4 This great and valuable manor was the seat of 

 the other Mandeville castle (see p. 301 above). 

 Here again we have two small holdings of Norman 

 followers, pointing to a baron's residence ; and, as 

 at Pleshey (p. 509, note 6, above), there is great 

 increase in the bee hives. 



5 i.e. the manor of Gardens there, which 

 derived its name from its Domesday under- 

 tenant or his heirs. See also pp. 451, 471 above 

 and p. 569, note 8, below. 



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