THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



ploughs on the demesne. Then i plough 

 belonging to the men ; now i. Then as 

 now (simper) 2 villeins. Then 3 bordars ; 

 now 5. Then 6 serfs ; now 4. (There are) 

 1 8 acres of meadow, and i mill, and i soke- 

 man with (de) 15 acres. Then i rouncey 

 (runcinus), 4 beasts, and 4 calves, 60 sheep, 

 (and) 1 6 swine ; now 2 rounceys, 4 cows, 1 

 and 4 calves, 80 sheep, (and) 36 swine. It 

 is worth now as then (semper) 4 pounds. 



TERLINGA [Terling], which was held by 

 Ailmar', a king's thegn,* as a manor and as 2\ 

 hides and 30 acres in King Edward's time, is 

 held of R[anulf] by Richard. Then as now 

 (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 3 

 ploughs belonging to the men. Then 1 1 vil- 

 leins ; now 5. (There are) now n bordars. 

 Then 5 serfs ; now none. (There is) wood- 

 (land) for 1 50 swine, 20 acres of meadow, (and) 



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pasture for 100 sheep. 8 Then i mill ; now 

 2. And (there belong to this manor) 2 

 houses in Colchester ; one renders 6 pence, 

 and the other 14 (pence). And (there is) i 

 free man with (de) 5 acres, and he used to 

 render 10 pence to RanulPs predecessor, and 

 Rfanulf] now receives the same (s'tmir). Then 

 12 beasts (anima/ia), 180 sheep, 50 goats, 

 (and) 40 swine ; now 2 rounceys (runcinf), 

 and 2 colts (pulli), 8 beasts, 75 sheep, 16 

 goats, (and) 34 swine. It was then worth 8 

 pounds ; and when received, the same ; now 

 6 pounds. 



FAIRSTEDA [Fairsted], which was held by 

 Brictmar as a manor and as 55 acres 4 in 

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

 Turold. Then as now 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne, and 2 ploughs belonging to the men, 

 and 4 villeins. Then 7 bordars; now 10. 

 Then 4 serfs ; now 3. (There is) wood(land) 

 for 100 swine, 40 acres of meadow, pasture 

 worth (de) 4 pence, (and) now i mill. Then 

 I rouncey (runcinus), 1 3 sheep, (and) 6 swine ; 

 now 2 rounceys, 124 sheep, 32 swine, 4 

 cows with calves, (and) 3 hives of bees. 

 And, in King Edward's time, 15 acres be- 

 longed (jacebant) there, of which Saswal' 



1 Here the cows (vaectr) obviously represent 

 the beasts (animalia), as if the terms had the same 

 meaning (see Introduction, p. 367, and p. 532, 

 note 2, below. 



1 This would clearly be the Ailmar* who had 

 held Hatfield (Peverel). 



1 This is one of the exceedingly rare cases of 

 such pasture being mentioned as appurtenant to 

 an inland manor (compare Introduction, p. 369). 



4 This is a strangely low assessment. 



disseised (him), and they (now) belong (jacent) 

 to the fief of Geoffrey de Magna Villa. 6 It 

 was then worth 4 pounds; now 100 shil- 

 lings. 



HUNDRET OF BfiVENTREU [BECONTRIE] 



HAME [(East and West) Ham 8 ], which 

 was held by Alestan, a free man, as a manor 

 and as 8 hides and 30 acres in King Edward's 

 time, is held by R[anulf] in demesne. And 

 King William gave this manor to R[anulf] 

 Peverel (piperello) and Robert Gernon (grenoni). 

 Then 5 ploughs on the demesne ; now 4. 

 Then 8 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 

 12. Then 32 villeins ; now 48. Then 16 

 bordars ; now 79. Then as now (semper) 3 

 serfs. (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine, 

 (and) 60 acres of meadow. Then 9 mills ; 

 now 8. 7 Then I rouncey (runcinus), I cow, 

 (and) 3 swine ; now 2 rounceys, 2 colts 

 (pulli), 2 cows with calves, 20 swine, (and) 

 60 sheep. It was then worth 1 6 pounds ; 

 and when they received (it), 12 pounds. It 

 is now worth 24 pounds. And of this manor 

 R[obert] Greno has a moiety. 



HUNDRET OF DOMMAWA [DUNMOW] 



CICCHENAI [Chickney], which was held by 

 Siward, a ( c i ') thegn of King Edward, 8 as a 

 manor and as 2^ hides, is held of R[anulf] by 

 Garin'. 6 Then as now (semper) 3 ploughs on 

 the demesne, and 2 ploughs belonging to the 

 men. Then 2 villeins ; now none. Then 

 7 bordars ; now I priest and 14 bordars. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 60 swine, (and) 20 

 acres of meadow. Then 2 rounceys (runcini), 

 3 cows with calves, 60 sheep, 20 swine, (and) 

 24 goats ; now 3 rounceys, 6 cows (with) 

 calves, 100 sheep, 30 swine, (and) 30 goats. 



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It was then worth 100 shillings ; now 7 

 pounds. 



6 Geoffrey de Mandeville held at Notley and 

 Ridley Hall close to Fairstcad, but his tenant at 

 both was Walter. There is no mention of these 

 I 5 acres under Geoffrey's fief, and Scw.il (Saswalo), 

 though an under-tenant of his in other counties, 

 does not occur as such in Essex. 



8 This is the duplicate, mutatis mutandis, of 

 the entry on p. 515 above. 



i See p. 515, note 2. 



8 See Introduction, p. 346. 



9 He was also the under-tenant of all Ranulfs 

 manors in Norfolk except Billingford, which was 

 held by Humfrey (on whom see p. 532, note 5, 

 below). His holding was represented under John 

 by 5 knight's fees, then in the hands of William, 

 and afterwards of Mathcw, Peverel. 



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