THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



now (semper) 6 bordars. Then and after- 

 wards 6 serfs ; now I . (There is) wood- 

 (land) for 30 swine, (and) 6 acres of meadow. 

 Then 200 sheep and 10 swine ; now 220 

 sheep, 30 swine, 66 goats, (and) 3 beasts. 

 Then and afterwards it was worth 6 pounds ; 

 now IOO shillings. 1 There also (In eadem 

 villa) the same (Hugh) holds 3 hides and 17 

 acres, which were held by 5 free men in 

 King Edward's time ; then 5 ploughs (were 

 there) ; and when he received (it) 2 ; now 

 none ; (there are) now I villein and 3 bor- 

 dars ; (there are) 4 acres of meadow ; then 

 and afterwards it was worth IOO shillings; 

 now 40 ; G[eoffrey] claims (to have obtained) 

 these lands by exchange (pro escangio). 



In MUNEH ALA [Manhall *] a certain English- 

 man holds of G[eoffrey] 3 virgates which were 

 held by a free man in the time of King 

 Edward ; and in King William's time he 

 became (effectut eft) Geoffrey's man of his 

 own accord s ; and the men of Geoffrey say 

 that afterwards the king granted (it) to 

 Geoffrey in exchange (pro escangio), but 

 neither the man himself nor the Hundret 

 (court) bears witness in favour of Geoffrey 

 (testimanium Goitfrido perhibeni). In that land 

 was then i plough ; now I half. Then as 

 now (semper) 3 bordars ; and there are 7 

 acres of meadow. It is worth 10 shillings. 



BLICHANGRA [Birchanger 4 ], which was 

 held by I sokeman of Ansgar as half a hide 

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

 by Germund. 6 Then as now (semper) I 

 plough on the demesne, and 3 bordars. Then 

 and afterwards (there was) wood(land) for 40 

 swine ; now for 30. It was then worth 20 

 shillings ; now 10. 



HUNDRET OF CLAVELINGA [CLAVERING] 



In PLICEDANA [Pledgdon 6 ] Richard holds 

 (of Geoffrey what was held by) a sokeman 

 of Ansgar (as) i hide and 20 acres 7 in King 

 Edward's time. Then i plough ; now none. 



1 A rather small decrease in view of the total 

 disappearance of all the villeins and their ploughs. 



* A manor in (Saffron) Walden (see p. 473, 

 note 2, above. 



3 See Introduction, p. 358. 



4 Not the manor of Birchanger Hall, which 

 belonged to St. Valery. 



6 This was Germund de St. Ouen, who held 

 of Geoffrey also in Herts and Bucks. 



6 A hamlet in Henham, which however was 

 assessed in Clavering Hundred. 



7 ' tenet Ricardus soc* Angari i hidam et xx 

 acres.' I have no hesitation about supplying in 

 the text the words within brackets, which must 

 have been omitted by a scribal error. 



Then as now (semper) 3 bordars. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 10 swine, (and) 10 acres of 



to. 63 



meadow. It is worth now as then (semper) 

 21 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF WITBRICTESHERNA [DENGIE] 



PHENNA [Stow Maries ?], which was held 

 by Friebern as a manor and as 3 hides, is held 

 (of Geoffrey) by Hugh de Verli. Then as 

 now (semper) 2 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. Then 5 swine, 

 (and) 30 sheep ; and now 70 swine. It is 

 worth 60 shillings. There also (In eadem) 

 the same (Hugh) holds 37 acres ; then half 

 a plough (was there) ; now none ; it is worth 

 5 shillings. 8 



WENESWIC [ 9 ], which is held (of 



Geoffrey) by Godfrey and Evrard, was held 

 by Ansgar, in King Edward's time, as 5 

 hides and 40 acres. Then as now (semper) 

 2 villeins. Then 4 bordars ; now 7. Then 

 as now (semper) 3 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne. Then 2 ploughs belonging to the 

 men ; now i^. It is worth 4 pounds. There 

 also (In eadem) 6 free men held I hide and 

 40 acres, which is (now) held by the same 

 Godfrey and Evrard ; it was then worth 20 

 shillings ; now 10. 



XXXI. THE LAND OF THE COUNT 

 OF OU [EU] 



TURRUC [(West) Thurrock 10 ], which was 

 held by Harold as a manor and as 1 3 hides, 

 is held by the count in demesne. Then 12 

 villeins; now 17. Then 16 bordars; now 

 45. Then 16 serfs; now 8. Then 6 

 ploughs on the demesne ; now 5. Then 

 IO ploughs belonging to the men ; now 13. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 200 swine, 40 acres 

 of meadow, (and) pasture for 500 sheep. Then 

 i fishery ; now 2. Then as now (semper) 5 

 cows, 3 rounceys (runcinf), 16 swine, (and) 

 550 sheep. It was then worth 12 pounds ; 

 now 30. And there are 7 houses at London 

 which belong (jacent) to this manor and are 

 (included) in this rent (firma). 11 



8 This is the duplicate entry (see p. 5 1 2 above). 



9 This manor, although considerable, has not 

 been identified. 



10 Wrongly identified as Grays Thurrock by 

 Morant (see Introduction, p. 388). 



11 Here again the valuation proves to be the 

 actual rent, which is significant in view of an 

 increase of 1 50 per cent (see p. 364 above). 



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