THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 





(rundni) ; now 3. Then I beast (animal) ; 

 now 14. Then 80 sheep; now 30. Then 

 50 swine ; now 40. Then and afterwards it 

 was worth 100 shillings; now 7 pounds. To 

 this estate belongs (terra adjacef) now as then 

 (semper) i sokeman with (de} 30 acres. 



In BOLITUNA [Bollington *] Robert holds 

 in demesne i$ hides and 15 acres. Then \\ 

 ploughs ; afterwards and now I . Then as 

 now (semper) 2 bordars. Then 10 swine, and 

 28 sheep ; now I beast (animal), 2 swine, and 

 4 sheep. It is worth now as then (semper) 25 

 shillings. In this manor Robert holds of 

 R[obert] half a hide, and has half a plough ; 

 and it is worth 10 shillings in the above 

 valuation (in eodem pretio). 



PHERNHAM [Farnham*], which was held 

 by i free man as a manor and as 2 hides in 

 King Edward's time, is held by Robert in 

 demesne. Then as now (temper) 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne, and 2 ploughs belonging to 

 the men. Then and afterwards 2 villeins ; 

 now I ; then as now (semper) 8 bordars ; then 

 and afterwards 8 serfs; now I. Then and 

 afterwards wood(land) for 2OO swine ; now 

 for 150. (There are) 10 acres of meadow. 

 Then 4 rounceys (rundni) ; now 2. Then 

 1 5 beasts (animalia) ; now none. Then 40 

 swine; now 17. Then 60 sheep; now 30. 

 (There are) now 39 goats, and 3 hives of 

 bees. It was worth 40 shillings ; now 50. 



MENGHEDANA [Manuden 3 ] was held by 4 

 free men as a manor and as 4 hides in King 

 Edward's time. It is now held of R[obert] 

 by 4 knights. Then as now (semper) 3 

 ploughs, and 2 villeins, and 5 bordars, and I 

 serf. (There is) wood(land) for 30 swine, 

 (and) 13 acres of meadow. Then 8 beasts 

 (animalia), and 80 sheep, and 2O goats, and 2O 

 swine ; now 5 beasts, and 33 swine, and i 

 colt (pullus), and 44 sheep, and 8 goats. It 

 was then worth 50 shillings ; now 60. 



HONDRET OF HlDINGFORDA [HlNCKFORD] 



MAPLEDESTEDA [(Great) Maplestead], 

 which was held by Ulwin', a free man, as a 

 manor and as half a hide in King Edward's 

 time, is held of R[obert] by Ilger'. 4 Then as 

 now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 

 3 ploughs belonging to the men, and 5 villeins. 

 Then and afterwards 2 bordars ; now 6. 



1 A manor in Ugley. 



* i.e. the manor of Hertisho-bury there. 



* i.e. the manor of Manuden Hall there. 



* See note 5 below. 



Then and afterwards 4 serfs ; now 2. Then 

 fo.ee 



wood(land) for 100 swine ; now for 60. 

 (There are) 26 acres of meadow. Then I 

 rouncey (rundnus), and 8 beasts (animalia), 

 and 10 swine, and 20 sheep, and 20 goats ; 

 now i rouncey, and 14 beasts, and 18 swine, 

 and 80 sheep, and 23 goats, and 2 hives of 

 bees. It is worth 60 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF L.AXEDANA [LfiXDEN] 



WIDEMONDEFORT [Wormingford], which 

 was held by Goduin* as a manor and as i^ 

 hides and 10 acres, is held of R[obert] by 

 Ilger'. 5 Then 3 villeins ; now 4. Then 2 

 bordars ; now 8. Then as now (semper) 4 

 serfs. Then 3 ploughs on the demesne ; 

 now 4. Then as now 2 ploughs belonging 

 to the men. (There is) wood(land) for 100 

 swine, 16 acres of meadow, (and) now I 

 mill. (There is) i fishery. 6 Then i rouncey 

 (rundnus) ; now 6. Then 5 beasts (animalia) ; 

 now 33- Then 40 swine ; now 60. Then 

 6 sheep; now 2OO. Then 15 goats; now 

 47. (There are) now 7 hives of bees. It 

 was then worth 4 pounds ; now 6. And in 

 King Edward's time (there were) 19 sokemen 

 holding 2^ hides less 6 acres, whom Robert 

 has by exchange (in sue escangio), as he says, 

 (and) who are held of him by the same Ilger' ; 

 and they have 8 bordars ; 2 ploughs (are 

 there) now as then (semper) ; (there are) 4 

 acres of meadow, (with) wood(land) for 16 

 swine ; it is worth now as then (semper) 40 

 shillings ; and these sokemen, as the county 

 (court) testifies, could not withdraw them- 

 selves (removere) from that manor. And I 

 villein, of whom Robert was seised, was taken 

 away by Reimund' Girald', 7 and Roger of 

 Poitou has (him) still. 8 



WIVNHOU [Wivenhoe *], which Alvric 

 held as a manor and as 5 hides less 1 5 acres, 

 is held of R[obert] by Nigel. Then as now 

 (semper) 5 villeins. Then 6 bordars ; now 2O. 

 Then I serf ; now 2. Then as now (semper) 



6 It can be shown that Ilger was succeeded in 

 this as in the preceding manor by the family of 

 de Windsor as under-tenants (see The Ancestor, i. 

 IS). 



6 This is far away from the other fisheries in 



the county. 



7 Predecessor of Roger of Poitou (see p. 432, 

 note 8, above). 



8 Roger held the adjoining manors of Mount 

 Bures and West Bergholt. 



' Which forms a detached portion of Lexden 

 Hundred. 



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