THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



UDECHESHALE [ ],' which was held 



by Ulwin as a manor and as I hide, is held 

 by Aubrey in demesne. Then as now (sem- 

 per) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 3 

 ploughs belonging to the men ; now i. 

 Then 1 1 villeins ; now 6. Then 2 bordars ; 

 now 4. Then as now (semper) 4 serfs. (There 

 is) wood(land) for 100 swine (and) 48 acres of 

 meadow. Then 6 beasts (animal\a\ 2 roun- 

 ceys (runcini), 20 swine, 60 sheep, (and) 3 

 hives of bees ; now 8 beasts, 2 rounceys, 30 

 swine, 80 sheep, (and) 3 hives of bees. It is 

 worth now as then (temper) 60 shillings. To 



fo. 7b 



this estate (terra) have been added I virgate 

 and 8 acres, which were held by a free man 

 in King Edward's time ; now Ralf holds (it) 

 of A[ubrey] ; then as now (semper) i plough 

 (was) on the demesne ; then I bordar ; now 

 3 ; (there is) wood(land) for 30 swine, (and) 

 9 acres of meadow ; it was then worth 16 

 shillings ; now 30. 



HUNDRET OF UDELESFORT [UlTLESFORD] 



TUNRESLEA [Thunderley*], which was held 

 by Ailmar', a free man, as a manor and as 5 

 hides in King Edward's time, is held of 

 A[ubrey] by Ralf. Then and afterwards 2 

 ploughs on the demesne ; now 3. Then as 

 now (semper) 3 ploughs belonging to the men, 

 and I priest, and 1 1 villeins, and 5 bordars. 

 Then and afterwards (there was) wood(land) 

 for 100 swine ; now for 80. (There are) 12 

 acres of meadow. Then 120 sheep, 40 

 swine, 60 goats, 8 beasts (animalia), 3 roun- 

 ceys (runcini), (and) 5 hives of bees ; now 140 

 sheep, 60 swine, (and) the rest unchanged 

 (allud similiter). Then and afterwards it was 

 worth 6 pounds ; now 7. 



HALF HUNDRET OF CLAVELINGA [CLAVERING] 



UGGHELEA [Ugley *], which was held by 

 Ulwin as a manor and as 5 hides, is held of 

 A[ubrey] by Ralf. Then as now (semper) 3 

 ploughs on the demesne, and 4 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men. Then 1 villeins ; after- 

 wards and now 7. Then and afterwards i 

 bordar ; now 10. Then and afterwards 6 

 serfs ; now 2. Then and afterwards (there 

 was) wood(land) for 200 swine ; now for 160. 

 There are 25 acres of meadow. Then 5 



1 This place has not been identified. The 

 abundance of meadow points to its lying in a river 

 valley. 



1 Now united with Wimbish. 



1 See, for the descent of Ugley, my paper on 

 ' A charter of Alice of Essex ' in Eisex Arch. Trans. 

 [n.s.] viii. 330. 



beasts (animalia), 50 swine, 160 sheep, 2 

 rounceys (runcini), 50 goats, (and) 2 hives of 

 bees ; now 3 beasts (animalia), 22 swine, 80 

 sheep, 4 rounceys, 20 goats, (and) 2 hives of 

 bees. It was then worth 6 pounds ; now 8. 



HUNDRET OF HIDINGFORDA [HINCKFORD] 



HAINGHEHAM [(Castle) Hedingham], which 

 was held by Ulwin' as a manor and as 2 

 hides, is held by Aubrey in demesne. Then as 

 now (semfier) 4 ploughs on the demesne, and 6 

 ploughs belonging to the men, and 1 5 villeins, 

 and 7 bordars, and 8 serfs. (There is) wood- 

 (land) for 200 swine, and 30 acres of meadow. 

 (There was) then I mill ; now none. (There 

 are) now 6 arpents (arpennl) of vineyard. 

 Then 1 1 beasts (anima/ia), 1 40 sheep, 80 

 swine, and 4 rounceys (runcini) ; now 160 

 sheep, 100 swine, i rouncey, (and) 100 goats. 

 And (there were ?) 13 sokemen who could not 

 withdraw themselves (recedere), holding i hide 

 and 10 acres ; then as now (semper) 7* 

 ploughs (were there) ; then 1 5 villeins ; 

 now 1 8 ; (there are) now 22 bordars; 

 then 6 serfs ; now 2, having 3 ploughs ; 6 

 (there is) wood(Iand) for 60 swine, (and) 43 

 acres of meadow ; then as now (semper) i 

 mill was there. It 6 was then worth 13 

 pounds; now 2O. To this manor* belong 

 (jacent) 15 burgesses in Sudberia [Sudbury], 

 and they are appraised in (the total of) those 

 2O pounds. Of this manor 6 Robert Blund' 

 holds 35 acres ; Garin' 25 acres ; Pincun' 

 1 5 acres ; Godun 1 5 acres ; (and) they have 5 

 fo. 77 



ploughs ; and (these holdings) are worth 7 

 pounds in the above valuation (in eodem pretio).' 1 



* ' ii ' is interlineated above v, as if to change 

 5 into 7. 



5 This of course must not be taken as implying 

 that these ploughs belonged to the serfs. They 

 were probably the ploughs employed on that por- 

 tion of this estate which had now been turned into 

 demesne. 



6 It should be observed that this estate is valued 

 as a whole and is spoken of as a ' manor,' although 

 it was clearly divided, under Edward, between 

 the 'manor' of Wulwine and the estate of the 

 sokemen, the latter having its own woodland, 

 meadow and mill. This therefore is a good in- 

 stance of a Norman lord fusing into one ' manor ' 

 the lands of his English predecessor and those of the 

 latter's sokemen. 



1 These (comparatively) small holdings on a 

 large manor in the hands of foreigners arc, like 

 vineyards, a sign of the residence of a Norm.in 

 baron, and imply consequently that Aubrey had 

 already a residence at Hedingham (Castle), the seat 

 of his descendants (compare pp. Z94, 383, 484, 

 note 6). 



It should be observed that these holdings are 



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