A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



the same ; now 4 pounds. Then there were 

 there 5 free men with i^ hides ; now (there 

 are) 4 men ; then i?r ploughs (were there) ; 

 now I. Then I bordar ; now 3. Then I serf; 

 now none ; it was then worth 30 shillings ; 

 now 20. 



TOLESHUNTA [Tolleshunt 1 ], which was 

 held by Ailmar' * as a manor and as 3 hides 

 and 8 acres, is held of R[alf] by Bernard. 

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

 5 bordars. Then 4 serfs j now i . Then as 

 now (semper) i^ ploughs on the demesne, and 

 2 ploughs belonging to the men. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 200 swine, (and) pasture for 

 2O sheep. (There are) 5 saltpans. Then 2 

 rounceys (runcini), 6 beasts (animalia), 2O 

 swine, (and) 100 sheep ; now 2 rounceys, 5 

 beasts, 20 swine, 100 sheep, (and) 28 goats. 

 It is worth now as then (semper) 60 shillings. 

 In the same vill (are) 8 free men with (de) i 

 hides and 14 acres; then as now (semper) 

 2 bordars (were there), and 2 ploughs ; it is 

 worth 20 shillings ; R[alf] Baignard has this 

 land by exchange (pro escangid). 



XXXIIII. THE LANDS 3 OF RANULF 

 PEVEREL [PIPERELLI] 



HUNDRET OF BfiRDESTAPLA [BARSTABLfi] 



In BURA [Bowers (Gifford *)] Serlo holds 

 of Ranulf I hide. 6 (There is) I plough 

 (with) i serf. This was held by Alestan, a 

 free man. (There is) pasture for 120 sheep. 

 Then I rouncey (rundnus), 100 sheep, 14 

 swine, (and) 4 calves (vituli) ; now 2 roun- 

 ceys, 100 sheep, 14 swine (and) 4 calves. It 

 was then worth 2O shillings ; now 40. 



PHENGE [Vange 6 ], which was held by a 



1 The identity of this manor is not satisfac- 

 torily proved. Morant placed it, as Barnwalden 

 (see note 523 above), in Tolleshunt Knights, but 

 the mention of marsh (' pasture for sheep ') and of 

 saltpans points to its touching the coast, which 

 Tolleshunt Knights does not, though the other 

 Tolleshunts do. 



8 This was, not improbably, the ' Agelmarus ' 

 of the preceding entry. Bishop ^Ethelmaer of 

 East Anglia was entered in Domesday both as 

 ' Agelmarus ' and as ' Ailmarus.' In any case this 

 Ailmar' can be absolutely identified as the ' Ailmar' 

 melc ' of an entry in the Survey of Colchester (p. 

 577, note 12, below). 



8 The plural form (urn) is here employed. 



4 This estate must have been granted out by 

 the Crown to be held in serjeanty after the 

 escheat of Ranulf's fief. 



6 ' i hide ' is interlined. 



8 This estate cannot be traced, unless it was 

 combined with the one preceding it. 



free man as a manor and as i hide, is held or 

 R[anulf] by the same Serlo. The free man 

 (gut) became the man of Ranulf Peverel's pre- 

 decessor in King William's time, but did not 

 give him his land. When the king gave (the) 

 land to Ranulf, he took seisin of this (saisivit 

 illam) with the rest. 7 In this land (qua) there 



fo. 7 



was then i plough ; now none. (There is) 

 pasture for 30 sheep. It was then worth 20 

 shillings ; now 10. 



INGA [ ], which was held by Alsid' 



as a manor and as i hide and 20 acres in 

 King Edward's time, is held (of Ranulf) by 

 the same Serlo. Then as now (semper) i 

 plough. Then 3 bordars ; now 4. (There 

 is) wood(land) for 30 swine. It was then 

 worth 2O shillings ; now IO. 



HUNDRET OF WITHAM 



HADFELDA [Hatfield (Peverel)], which was 

 held by Ailmar' as a manor and as 9 hides and 

 82 acres, is held by R[anulf] in demesne. 

 Then as now (semper) 5 ploughs on the 

 demesne. Then 13 ploughs belonging to 

 the men ; now 1 1 . Then 1 2 villeins ; now 

 13. Then 12 bordars; now 38. Then 10 

 serfs ; now 7. (There is) wood(land) for 

 700 swine, (and) 50 acres of meadow. Then 

 2 mills ; now I. Then 6 rounceys (runcini), 

 and 4 colts (pulli), and 6 cows, and 8 calves 

 (vtt'), 150 sheep, (and) 100 swine; now 5 

 rounceys, 4 colts, 5 cows, 7 calves, 57 sheep, 

 39 swine, (and) 20 goats. It was then worth 

 1 6 pounds ; now 20 ; and the same when he 

 received it. 8 Of this manor Serlo and Ernulf 

 and Richard hold 3 hides and 20 acres ; 9 and 

 (this) is worth 4 pounds in the above valua- 

 tion (in eodem pretio). And 5 knights (milites) 

 hold of R[anulf] 4 hides and 15 acres, which 

 were held by 13 free men in King Edward's 

 time ; then as now 7 ploughs (were there, 

 and) 1 6 bordars, (and) 2 villeins, (and) 2 serfs, 

 and I mill ; (this) is worth 4 pounds. 



BLUNDESHALA [Blunts Hall 10 ], which was 

 held by Brictmar as a manor and as i\ hides 

 in King Edward's time, is held of R[anulf] 

 by Humfrey. 11 Then as now (semper) 2 



7 This is an important, but difficult passage. 



8 ' Et hoc manerium recepit tantum valens ut 

 modo.' 



9 Here again we find on the chief manor of the 

 baron small holdings in the hands of his Norman 

 followers (see p. 484, note 6, above). 



10 A manor in Witham. 



11 See p. 532, note 5, below. 



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