A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



In TOLESHUNTA [Tolleshunt (Darcy)] 

 Robert de Verli holds (of Robert) 40 acres 

 which belong to (jacent in) this Hundret and 

 are appraised in (his) manor. 1 



HUNDRET OF TENDRINGA [TENDRING] 



ACCLEIA [(Great) Oakley], which was held 

 by Alvric Camp * as a manor and as i O hides 

 in King Edward's time, is held by Robert in 

 demesne. Then and afterwards 1 2 villeins ; 

 now ii. Then and afterwards 2O bordars ; 

 now 30. Then and afterwards 10 serfs; now 

 5. Then as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the 

 demesne. Then I o ploughs among the men ; 

 now 9. (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine, 

 8 acres of meadow, (and) now i mill. (There 

 are) 2 salt-pans. (There is) pasture for 20 

 sheep. Then 10 rounceys (runcini) ; now 4. 

 Then 10 beasts (animalid) ; now 5. Then 

 as now (semper) 20O sheep less 20. Then 20 

 swine; now 15. It was then worth II 

 pounds ; and when received, (the same) ; it is 

 now worth 16 pounds. Of this manor Ralf 

 holds 2 hides and 10 acres; and 13 bordars 

 (are there), and i plough ; and it is worth 30 

 shillings in the above valuation (in eodem pretio). 

 And the land of a certain free man, which is 

 called TENDRINGA, is held by Robert, and 

 Walter holds it of him as a manor and as I 

 hide less 15 acres. 3 Then 5 villeins; now 2. 

 Then 3 bordars ; now 7. Then 3 serfs ; 

 now none. Then as now (semper) I plough 

 on the demesne. Then 3 ploughs among 

 the men ; now 2. (There is) wood(land) for 

 20 swine and i acre of meadow. Then 2 

 rounceys (runcini) ; now 4. Then 2 beasts 

 (animalid) ; now IO. Then 2O swine ; now 

 27. Then 49 sheep ; now 60. Then 24 

 goats ; now 37. (There are) now 3 hives of 

 bees. It was then worth 20 shillings ; now 

 30. R[obert] received this in exchange (in 

 suo escangid). 



DICHELEIA [Dikeley 4 ], which Alestan' held 

 as a manor and as i hide and 37^ acres, 

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

 (semper) 8 bordars. Then i serf ; now none. 

 Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now i. 

 Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs belonging to 



1 See below. The Tolleshunts abut on Wins- 

 tree, not on Chelmsford Hundred, and no portion 

 of Tolleshunt Darcy is now in either of them, 

 though these ' 40 acres ' were assessed in Chelms- 

 ford Hundred at the time of Domesday. 



8 See Introduction, p. 353. 



3 This must be the manor of ' Gernons' there 

 which descended with Great Oakley to the family 

 of Plaiz. 



4 A manor in Mistley (now Dickley Hall). 



the men. (There is) wood(land) for 10 swine 

 and 2 acres of meadow. Then 7 beasts (ani- 

 malid) ; now 8. Then I rouncey (runcinus) ; 

 now 4. Then 37 sheep ; now 51. Then 7 

 swine; now 15. Then as now (semper) 20 

 goats. It is worth 20 shillings. 



ERLEIA [Ardleigh], 5 which was held by 

 Scapi' as a manor and as half a hide and 30 

 acres, is held of R[obert] by William. And 



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it is appurtenant (facet) to a certain manor in 

 Sudfolc [Suffolk 6 ], but belongs to (pertinet in) 

 this Hundret. 7 Then i villein ; now none. 

 Then as now (semper) i serf. Then 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne ; when he received (it), i ; 

 now none. Then 2 bordars ; now none. 

 (There is) i acre of meadow. It was then 

 worth 40 shillings ; and when received, 2O ; 

 now 5. 



HUNDRET OF UDELESFORT [UTTLESFORD] 



WIDINTUNA [Widington], which was held 

 by Ingulf as a manor and as 3 hides and i 

 virgate, is held of Rfobert] by Robert. And 

 Robert (Gernon), as he says, has (it) by ex- 

 change (in escangio). Then 5 villeins ; now 4. 

 Then 3 bordars ; now 5. Then as now 5 

 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 

 4 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 2. 

 (There are) 10 acres of meadow. Then 3 

 sheep ; now 65. Then 24 swine ; now 

 49. It was then worth 60 shillings ; now 

 4 pounds. 



SCORTEGRAVA [Shortgrove 8 ], which was 

 held by Ulwin' and Grinchel as a manor and 

 as 2 hides, is held (of Robert) by the same 

 Robert. 9 And Robert (Gernon) has (it) by 



5 Morant identifies this as the manor of Mose 

 there, but on what grounds there is nothing to 

 show. 



6 This is a very important clause, for it identi- 

 fies Scapi', the former holder, as the Scapi' or 

 Scalpi', a ' thegn of Harold,' whose manors in 

 Suffolk had been obtained by Robert Gernon, who 

 had enfeoffed in them, as his under-tenant, William 

 'de alno' (ii. fos. 319-20). This gives us the 

 name of the William who, at Ardleigh also, was 

 his under-tenant, and who was obviously the an- 

 cestor of the Richard ' de Aune ' who held 4 

 knight's fees of Robert's successor in 1166 (Red 

 Book of the Exchequer, p. 349). These four fees 

 fell eventually to the share of Aveline, wife of 

 Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, at whose death they 

 were found to include land in Ardleigh. 



7 i.e. for purposes of assessment. 



8 In Newport. 



9 This estate adjoined Widington, and the two 

 descended together. It is probable also that 



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