A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



belonging to the men ; now 2. Then 9 

 villeins ; now 7. Then as now (semper) 8 

 bordars, and 8 serfs. (There is) wood(land) 

 for 100 swine, (and) 7 acres of meadow. 

 Then as now (semper) 6 beasts (animalia). 

 Then 24 swine ; now 40. Then 40 sheep ; 

 now 115. Then i rouncey (runcinus) ; now 

 I and i colt (pullus). Then * hives of 

 bees ; now 3. It was then worth 6 pounds ; 

 now 9. 



HUNDRET OF HlDINGAFORDA [HlNCKFORD] 



BUMESTEDA [(Steeple) Bumpstead *], which 

 was held by a free man as a manor and as 



1 hide and I virgate in King Edward's time, 

 is held by T[ihel] in demesne. Then as 

 now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne, and 



2 ploughs belonging to the men, and 5 vil- 

 leins, and 13 bordars, and 6 serfs. (There 

 is) wood(land) for 20 swine, 15 acres of 

 meadow, (and) now as then (semper) I mill. 

 Then and afterwards it was worth 60 shil- 

 lings ; now 6 pounds. 



STURMERE [Sturmer], which was held by 

 a free woman as a manor and as i^ hides 

 and 1 5 acres in King Edward's time, is held 

 by T[ihel] in demesne. Then as now 

 (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and i 

 plough belonging to the men, and 2 villeins, 

 (and) 3 bordars. Then and afterwards i 

 serf; now 2. (There are) 16 acres of 

 meadow. Then s cows, and 2 rounceys 

 (runcini), and 60 swine, and 3 hives of bees ; 

 now 4 beasts (animalia), and i rouncey, and 



to. 8ab 



i colt (pullus), and 44 swine, and 72 sheep, 

 and 3 hives of bees. It was then worth 40 

 shillings ; now 6o. 4 



STURMERE [Sturmer 5 ], which was held by 

 a free man as a manor and as i^ hides in 

 King Edward's time, is held by T[ihel] in 



1 The number is omitted in the MS. 



* This is the Bumpstead in Hinckford Hundred. 

 Morant (ii. 348) was unable to determine whether 

 one of its manors was held by the Helions, but 

 his own evidence (p. 349) distinctly proves that 

 the manor of Wantons or Waltons there was held 

 of them. The family of Wanton seems to have 

 succeeded that of Chamberlain (see the next 

 manor) as their tenants here. 



3 The number is omitted in the MS. 



* Sturmer, which adjoins Steeple Bumpstead, 

 was held, in two portions under Helion, temp. 

 John, by Philip de Burnham and John the 

 Chamberlain as i knight's fee. Chamberlain's 

 share was half a fee (Red Book of the Exchequer, 



PP- 35 8 > 53> 6 0- 

 6 See preceding note. 



demesne. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne, and I villein, and 6 serfs. 

 (There are) 20 acres of meadow, (and) i mill. 

 Then 6 beasts (animalia), and I rouncey 

 (runcinus), and 12 swine, and 60 sheep ; now 

 12 beasts, and 30 swine, and 100 sheep less 

 2, 6 and i rouncey, and 3 colts (pulli). Then 

 and afterwards it was worth 40 shillings ; 

 now 60. 



TILIBERIA [Tilbury (by Clare)], which 

 was held by a free man as a manor and as 

 i hide and 38 acres in King Edward's time, 

 is held by T[ihel] in demesne. Then as 

 now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne, and 



1 plough belonging to the men, and 5 villeins, 

 and i bordar, and 6 serfs. (There is) wood- 

 (land) for 20 swine, (and) 19 acres of meadow. 

 Then 15 beasts (animalia), and 40 swine, 

 and 80 sheep, and 6 hives of bees ; now 5 

 beasts, and I rouncey (runcinus), and 36 swine, 

 and 63 sheep. Then and afterwards it was 

 worth 60 shillings ; now IOO. 



XXXVIIII. THE LAND OF ROGER 

 'DE RAMIS' 



HUNDRET OF HIDINGFORDA [HINCKFORD] 



RAINES [Rayne 7 ], which was held by 

 Alwin', a free man, as a manor and as i hide 

 and 2O acres in King Edward's time, is held 

 by Roger in demesne. Then as now (semper) 



2 ploughs on the demesne. Then and after- 

 wards 4 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 

 3. Then and afterwards 9 villeins ; now 8. 

 Then as now (semper) 5 bordars. Then and 

 afterwards 4 serfs ; now 3. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 100 swine, and in acres 

 of meadow. 8 (There is) i mill. Then 8 

 cows ; now 3. Then i rouncey ; now none. 

 Then as now (semper) 100 sheep. Then 30 

 swine ; now 40. It is worth now as then 

 (semper) 4 pounds. 



Of this manor Roger holds 30 acres of 

 R[oger], and Wiberga 30 acres ; and this is 

 worth 20 shillings in the above valuation (in 

 eodem pretio). 



6 i.e. 98, unless, as is possible, they were here 

 reckoned by the long hundred (i 20 )- 



7 i.e. the manor of Old Hall there. Morant, 

 not unnaturally, held (ii. 403) that ' undoubtedly 

 this Roger took the surname of Raines or Ramis 

 from this parish,' in which the family had its chief 

 seat. But there is no ground for his supposition 

 that ' Ramis,' which occurs regularly, is a mistake 

 for Raines. 



8 The meadow clause is interlined, and the 

 amount, though clear, is so abnormally large that 

 we should probably suspect error. 



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