THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



exchange (in escangio '). Then and after- 

 wards 6 serfs ; now 3. Then 3 ploughs on 

 the demesne ; afterwards and now 2. (There 

 are) 12 acres of meadow. Then i mill ; 

 now none. Then 3 rounceys (runcini) ; now 

 none. Then 3 cows ; now none. Then 

 as now (semper) i oo sheep. Then 60 swine ; 

 now none. Then 23 hives of bees ; now 1 1. 

 It was then worth 4 pounds ; and when 

 received, 50 shillings ; now 60. 



ARCHESDANA [Arkesden *], which was held 

 by Grinchel as a manor and as I hide less 8 

 acres, is held of Rfobert] by Picot. And 

 Robert has (it) by exchange (in escangio). 

 (There are) now 4 bordars. Then as now 

 (there were) 2 serfs, and i plough. (There 

 are) 6 acres of meadow. (There are) now 

 2 beasts (animalia). Then as now (simper) 

 12 swine and 32 sheep. (There are) now 

 2 hives of bees. It is worth 20 shillings. 



ELSENHAM,* which was held by Leftan' 

 as a manor and as i hide, is held of R[obert] 

 by Peter.* And Robert has (it) by exchange 

 (in escangio). Then 4 villeins ; afterwards 

 and now 3. Then and afterwards 3 bordars ; 

 now 6. Then 4 serfs ; now none. Then 

 and afterwards 2 ploughs on the demesne ; 

 now i. Then and afterwards 2 ploughs 

 belonging to the men ; now 3. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 100 swine and 20 acres of 

 meadow. Then as now (semper) i rouncey 

 (runcinus). Then 7 beasts (animalia) ; now 

 I calf (vitulus). Then 1 6 sheep ; now none. 

 Then 8 swine ; now 18. Then 20 goats ; 

 now none. It is worth now as then (semper) 

 40 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF TuRESTAPLA [THURSTABLB] 



TOLISHUNTA [Tolleshunt (Darcy) 6 ], which 



1 Robert,' their Domesday under-tenant, was the 

 ' Robert ' who held ' Rainham ' of Robert Gernon, 

 for all these estates descended together to the 

 Plaiz family as co-heirs of Robert Gernon's fief. 



1 It should be observed that this group of four 

 manors in Uttlesford is entered separately from 

 the two in that Hundred above (p. 5 1 6), and that 

 each of 'the four is alleged to have been obtained 

 by exchange. 



* i.e. the manor of Mynchcns there, so named 

 from the nuns of Campes, whose house held it 

 under the Plaiz family. 



' The identity of this manor seems to have been 

 lost in that of the main and greater manor of Elsen- 

 ham Hall. 



4 This was probably the ' Peter ' who held 

 some land of him in Takcley close by. 



4 i.e. the manors of Gernons and Verli there. 



was held by Gotra* as a manor and as 5$ 

 hides, is held of R[obert] by Robert de Verli. 



fo. Mb 



Then 4 villeins ; now 7. Then 6 bordars ; 

 now 14. Then 3 serfs; now 5. Then as 

 now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 



2 ploughs belonging to the men. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 200 swine, i acre of meadow, 

 pasture for 40 sheep, (and) I saltpan. Then 



3 rounceys (runcini) ; now none. Then 14 

 beasts (animalia) ; now none. Then 40 

 swine; now 20. Then 100 sheep; now 

 60. Then 30 goats ; now 20. (There are) 

 now 8 hives of bees. Then and afterwards 

 it was worth 4 pounds; now 100 shillings. 

 And 2 free men held 30 acres ; then i plough 

 was there ; now none ; it is worth now as 

 then (semper) 10 shillings ; and (Robert) says 

 that he has this land by exchange (in sun 

 escangio). 



XXXIII. THE LAND OF RALF 

 BAIGNARD 



HUNDRET OF WITHAM 



ULTINGA [Ulting], which was held by 

 Hacon as a manor and as i hide and 40 

 acres in King Edward's time, is held of Ralf 

 Baignard by Girard. Then as now (semper) 



4 ploughs on the demesne. Then 3 ploughs 

 belonging to the men ; now ij. Then 

 7 villeins; now 4. (There are) now 12 

 bordars. Then 6 serfs ; now none. (There 

 is) wood(land) for IOO swine, (with) 20 acres 

 of meadow, (and) now as then (semper) 2 

 mills. And 5 acres of land have been added 

 in King William's time and owe him dues 

 (sunt dt sua consuetudine). Then 5 rounceys 

 (runcini)) 2O beasts (animalia)^ 7 swine, (and) 

 70 sheep ; now 4 rounceys, 9 beasts, 24 

 swine, 35 sheep, (and) 2 hives (of bees). It 

 was then worth 4 pounds ; and when re- 

 ceived, (the same); it is now worth 100 

 shillings. 



In LANGEFORT [Langford 7 ] Geoffrey holds 

 of R[alf] 5 free men with (de) 3 virgates of 

 land and i acre, and they (jut) used to render 



fo. fig 



to the king a customary due of 15 pence 

 (xv</. de consuetudine) in King Edward's time. 

 Now as then (semper) they have i^ ploughs 

 and i bordar. (There are) 3 acres (of 



6 See p. 516, note I, above. 



7 In Thurstable Hundred (see below), but only 

 divided from Ulting by the Blackwatcr. Ulting 

 manor is subsequently found extending into Lang- 

 ford. 



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