A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



HUNDRET OF WfiNSISTREU [WlNSTREE] 



LEGA [ *], which was held by Gotre, 



a free man, as a manor and as 4^ hides in 

 King Edward's time, is held of Robert by 

 Robert de Verli. Then 3 ploughs on the 

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

 ploughs belonging to the men. Then 7 

 villeins; now 5. Then 5 bordars ; now 12. 

 Then 7 serfs ; now 3. (There is) wood(land) 

 for 100 swine, (and) now i mill. Then I 



fo. 65. 



rouncey (runcinus); now 8. Then 160 sheep; 

 now 80. Then 20 swine ; now none. It 

 is worth now as then (semper) 4 pounds. 



SALCOTA [Salcot (Verley) 2 ], which was 

 held by i free man as a manor and as i 

 hides in King Edward's time, is held of 

 Robert (de eodem) by the same R[obert de 

 Verli]. Then as now (semper) i plough on 

 the demesne. Then 4 bordars ; now 3. 

 Then as now (semper) i serf. Then no live 

 stock (nickil) ; now 2 rounceys (runcini), 2O 

 swine, 80 sheep, (and) 2 beasts (animalia). It 

 was then worth 26 shillings ; now 30. 



HUNDRET OF WDELESFORDA [UTTLESFORD] 



STANESTEDA [Stansted (Mountfichet)], 

 which was held by a free man as a manor 

 and as 6 hides in King Edward's time, is 

 held by Robert in demesne. 8 Then 4 ploughs 

 on the demesne ; afterwards 2 ; now 3. Then 

 as now (semper) 10 ploughs belonging to the 

 men, and 1 1 villeins, and i priest. Then and 

 afterwards 4 bordars ; now 1 8. Then 8 serfs ; 

 afterwards 4 ; now 3. (There is) wood (land) 

 for 1,000 swine, (and) 2O acres of meadow. 

 Then as now (semper) i mill. Then 8 beasts 

 (animalia); now 1 6. Then 140 sheep ; now 

 1 2O. Then 20 swine ; now 60. Then 40 

 goats ; now 24. (There are) now 2 rounceys 

 (runcini) and 5 asses. To this manor belongs 

 (adjacet) I detached estate (berewita), which 

 is called MAGGHEDANA [Manuden], of i hide ; 



1 This manor, in spite of its size, has not been 

 identified. If its name is a scribal error for 

 ' Legra,' it would be somewhere in the Layers ; but 

 a long search has failed to trace any manor there 

 held of the Stanstead Barony. It should be ob- 

 served that Gotre or Gotra,the English predecessor 

 here, had also preceded Robert de Verli and his 

 overlord at Tolleshunt (Darcy). 



8 Now known as Verley. ' Salcot Wigborough,' 

 now known as Salcott, is immediately adjacent ; 

 only the narrow ' Salcott Creek ' divides them. 



3 This manor was the head of the barony (see 

 p. 301 above for its castle), and yet (as with Bend- 

 fieldbury below) the name of the English holder 

 is not even recorded. 



then as now (semper) I plough (was there) on 

 the demesne, and 2 bordars ; wood(land) for 

 10 swine is there. Then and afterwards (this 

 manor) was worth 8 pounds ; now 1 1 . 



TACHELEIA [Takeley 4 ], which was held 

 by i free man as a manor and as 3 hides and 

 15 acres in King Edward's time, is held by 

 R[obert] in demesne. Then as now (semper) 



2 ploughs on the demesne, and 3 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men, and 3 villeins. (There 

 are) now 8 bordars. Then and afterwards 3 

 serfs ; now 2. There is wood(land) for 200 

 swine, (and) 20 acres of meadow. Then] 2 

 rounceys (runcini) ; now I . Then 1 2 beasts 

 (animalia); now 3. Then 16 sheep; now 

 10. Then 20 swine ; now 38. It is worth 

 now as then (semper) 100 shillings. Peter 

 holds of R[obert] half a hide, and i ox (b") (is 

 there) ; (this) is worth 12 shillings. 



WENDENA [(Great) Wendon], which was 

 held by i free man as a manor and as 7 hides 

 less 6 acres in King Edward's time, is held of 

 R[obert] by Hugh. Then as now (semper) 3 

 ploughs on the demesne. Then 4 ploughs 

 belonging to the men ; and when he received 

 (it), the same ; now 5. Then and afterwards 

 8 villeins ; now 9. There are now 5 bordars. 

 Then and afterwards 6 serfs; now 5. (There 

 are) 24 acres of meadow. Then and after- 

 wards (there was) I mill ; now 2. Then 5 

 sheep, and 7 swine ; now 3 colts (pullt), and 

 30 swine, and 67 sheep. Then and after- 

 wards it was worth 7 pounds ; now 8. 



HALF HUNDRET OF CLAVELINGA 

 [CLAVERING] 



BENEDFELDA [Bendfield(bury) 6 ], which 

 was held by I free man 6 as a manor and as 

 5 hides in King Edward's time, is held by 

 R[obert] in demesne. Then as now (semper) 



fo. 6 5 b 



3 ploughs on the demesne. Then 7 ploughs 

 belonging to the men ; afterwards 6 ; now 4. 

 Then 10 villeins ; afterwards and now 9. 

 Then and afterwards 2 bordars ; now 1 1 . 

 Then and afterwards 7 serfs ; now 4. (There 

 is) wood(land) for 200 swine, 16 acres of 

 meadow, (and) i mill. Then 2 rounceys 



* i.e. the manor of Bassingborns there. 



6 A manor and hamlet in Stansted Mountfichet, 

 but reckoned as in Clavering Hundred. 



6 As with the manor of Stansted (Hall) above 

 his name is not given, but I take him to be the 

 Godwine de Benefelle who is mentioned in the 

 Domesday Survey of Hertfordshire (see the Victoria 

 History of that county, i. 177). 



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