THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



fo. 



HUNDRET OF TENDRINGA 



BENETLEIA [(Great) Bcntley], which was 

 held by Ulwin as a manor and as 3 hides, 

 is held by A[ubrey] in demesne. 1 Then and 

 afterwards 7 villeins ; now 6. Then 5 bor- 

 dars ; now i o. Then as now (semper) 4 serfs. 

 Then 4 ploughs on the demesne ; now 3. 

 Then among (the men * were) 5 ploughs ; now 

 4. (There is) wood(land) for 150 swine, 6 

 acres of meadow, pasture for 150 sheep, (and) 

 I saltpan. Then 3 rounceys (runcini), 100 

 sheep, 20 beasts (animalia), and 40 swine ; 

 now 100 sheep, and 3 rounceys, 26 beasts, 

 (and) 40 swine. It was then worth 6 pounds ; 

 now 10. 



DRUVRECURT* [Dovercourt], which was 

 held by Ulwin' as a manor and as 6 hides, is 

 held by A[ubrey] in demesne.* Then 8 vil- 

 leins; now 6. Then 6 bordars; now 12. Then 

 as now (semper) 6 serfs, and 3 ploughs on the 

 demesne, and 6 ploughs belonging to the 

 men. (There are) 3 acres of meadow, (with) 

 pasture for 200 sheep. Then 3 rounceys 

 (runcini), 12 beasts (animalia), 2OO sheep, 

 (and) 40 swine ; and now the same (simiiiter). 

 It was then worth 6 pounds ; now I2. 8 



FULEPET [Beaumont 6 ], which was held by 

 Ulwin' as a manor and as 2 hides, is held of 

 Afubrey] by Edward. Then as now (semper) 



where a house was held by the man who bore this 

 name (p. 576). 



White Colne, as a parish, is only half the size 

 of that of Earls Colne, but can hardly be repre- 

 sented by Miblanc's holding alone. Here, as in so 

 many cases, Morant did not use properly the evi- 

 dence given by himself. In White Colne there 

 were two manors, Barwick Hall and Inglcdcsthorp, 

 of which the latter is of interest to the student of 

 place-names as an addition to the small list of Essex 

 ' thorpes.' It is clear, from Morant's oven evidence, 

 that Barwick Hall was held of the Clares, and is 

 therefore Richard Fitz Gilbert's holding ' in colun ' 

 (fos. 403-41), which Morant nowhere identifies. 

 Ingledesthorp I hold (also from his own evidence) 

 to have been obtained, with Dovercourt, ' in mar- 

 riage' by Bigot from de Vereand held accordingly. 



1 It continued to be so held by the family for 

 more than 500 years, and one of their seats was 

 there. 



* ' homines ' is omitted in the MS. 



* The name, which is Druurecurt in the MS., 

 should probably be read as above. The Kentish 

 Dover is twice entered as Dovre. 



4 It included the site of Harwich. 



6 There is, apparently, nothing whatever to ac- 

 count for this doubling of value. 



6 For this identification see the Introduction 

 (p. 396). 



17 villeins. Then 3 bordars ; now i. Then 

 3 serfs ; now none. Then 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne ; now i . Then as now (semper) 5 

 ploughs belonging to the men. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 1 5 swine, I o acres of meadow, 

 (and) 2 saltpans. Then 12 beasts (animalia) t 

 1 50 sheep, 30 swine, (and) 2 rounceys (run- 

 cini) ; now 4 beasts, 100 sheep, 30 swine, i 

 rouncey, (and) 3 hives of bees. It was then 

 worth 100 shillings ; now 8 pounds. To 

 this manor belongs I sokeman, who could not 

 withdraw himself (recedere) from the land 

 without permission (licentia) of Aubrey's pre- 

 decessor, and who holds (tenens) 2 hides less 

 1 5 acres ; then 2 villeins (were there) ; now 

 none ; then 2 bordars ; now 3 ; then i serf ; 

 now none ; then as now (semper) i plough 

 (was) on the demesne ; then I plough among 

 the men ; now none ; (there is) wood(land) for 

 50 swine, (and) 2 acres of meadow 5 it was 

 then worth 20 shillings ; now 40.' 



HALF HUNDRET OF FROSSEWELLA [FRESH- 

 WELL] 



BUMESTEDA [(Helions) Bumpstead 8 ], which 

 was held by Ulwin' as a manor and as 2 

 hides, is held of Afubrey] by Adelelm*. 9 

 Then as now (semper) 7 villeins, and 3 bordars, 

 and 4 serfs. Then and afterwards 2 ploughs on 

 the demesne ; now 2$. Then and afterwards 

 2 ploughs belonging to the men ; now i^. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 20 swine, (and) 5 

 acres of meadow. Then 7 beasts (animalia), 

 8 swine, I rouncey (runcinus), 5 sheep, 15 

 goats, (and) 3 hives of bees; now 12 beasts, 

 40 swine, 5 rounceys, 80 sheep, 40 goats, 

 (and) 5 hives of bees. It was then worth 5 

 pounds ; now 8. 



fo.je 



REDEWINTRA [Radwinter 10 ] was held as 

 a manor and as half a hide and 15 acres 

 by Alvric (the) sokeman ; he could sell the 

 land, but the soke and sake" remained (in 

 that case) with Aubrey's predecessor (remanebat 

 antecessori Alberict). Miblanc (Dim[idiuf~\ 

 b/anc[us]Y* holds it of A[ubrey]. Then 4 

 villeins; now 2. Then I bordar ; now 5. 

 Then i serf; now 2. Then i plough on 

 the demesne ; now 2. Then 2 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men ; now I. (There is) 



7 This holding, with its ' z villeins ' is an ex- 

 ceptionally large one for a sokeman. 



8 i.e. the manor of Bumpstead Hall there. 



9 See p. 534, note 5, above. 



10 See p. 495, note 9, above. 



11 i.e. the (profits of) jurisdiction. 

 18 See p. 534, note 1 1, above. 



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