A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



HUNDRET OF WlTBRICTESHERNA [DfiNGIE] 



PURLAI [Purleigh *], which was held by 

 Lewin as a manor and as 3^ hides, is held 

 by Walter in demesne. Then as now (sem- 

 per) 2 villeins. (There is) now i bordar. 

 Then 3 serfs ; now I. Then 2 ploughs on 

 the demesne ; now i. Then as now (sem- 

 per) half a plough belonging to the men. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 60 swine. Then 

 as now (semper) 8 beasts (animalia). Then 5 

 rounceys (runcini) ; now 4. Then 152 sheep; 

 now 80. Then 62 swine ; now 47. (There 

 are) now 23 goats. It is worth now as then 

 (semper) 60 shillings. 



EISTANES [(Little) Easton "], which was 

 held by Dodinc as a manor and as 2 hides 

 in King Edward's time, is held by Walter in 

 demesne. Then 6 ploughs on the demesne ; 

 now 4. Then 5 villeins, and i priest ; now 



1 priest, and 3 villeins. Then 2 bordars ; 

 now 25. Then 7 serfs ; now i. Then 

 (there was) wood(land) for 800 swine ; now 

 for 400. (There are) 26 acres of meadow, 

 and i mill. Then as now (semper) 6 cows, 

 and 4 calves. (There are) now 15 beasts. 

 Then 2 rounceys (runcini) ; now 6. Then 

 80 sheep ; now 120. Then 74 swine ; now 

 62. Then 24 goats ; now 34. (There are) 



2 hives of bees. It was then worth 7 pounds ; 

 now 8. 



PURLEIGH [Purleigh 3 ], which was held 

 by Lewin cilt 4 as a manor and as 5 hides 

 in King Edward's time, is held by Walter in 

 demesne. Then 10 villeins ; now 5. Then 

 i bordar ; now 6. Then as now (semper) 4 

 serfs, and 3 ploughs on the demesne, and 4 

 ploughs belonging to the men. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 100 swine (and) pasture for 

 100 sheep. It was then worth 7 pounds ; 

 it is now worth 6 pounds. 



FENNA [Stow Maries ? 5 ], which was held 

 by a free man as a manor and as 2 hides, is 

 held of Walter by i knight. Then as now 

 (semper) 2 bordars, and i serf, and i plough. 

 And it is worth 50 shillings. 



1 See note 3 below. 



2 In Dunmow Hundred (see Introduction, 



P- 393)- 



s These holdings of Walter at Purleigh certainly 

 seem to be represented, as Morant showed, by the 

 manors of Frerne and Jakelets there. 



4 See p. 541, note 12. It is probable that this 

 was also the Leofwine (Lewin') who had preceded 

 him in his other Purleigh holding and possibly his 

 predecessor at ' Colne ' (see note 6 below). 



6 See p. 512. 



HUNDRET OF LASSENDENA [LEXDEN] 



COLUN [Colne (Engaine) 6 ], which was 

 held by Lewin as a manor and as half a hide 

 and 1 3 acres, is held of Walter by I knight. 

 Then as now (semper) 1 2 bordars, and 2 serfs, 

 and 2 ploughs on the demesne, and i plough 

 belonging to the men. (There is) wood(land) 

 for 100 swine, 13 acres of meadow, (and) 

 then as now (semper) i mill. Then 6 beasts 

 (animalia) ; now 2. Then 2 rounceys (run- 

 cini) ; now none. Then 12 sheep ; now 24. 

 Then 16 swine ; now 14. (There are) now 

 13 goats and 3 hives of bees. It is worth 

 now as then (semper) 40 shillings. 



fo. 87 



HUNDRET OF TENDRINGA [TENDRING] 



WICA [Wix], which was held by Queen 

 Edith (Edeva) as a manor and as 4 hides, is 

 held by Walter in demesne. Then as now 

 (semper) 1 4 villeins. Then i 8 bordars ; now 

 28. Then 4 serfs ; now 3. Then as now 

 (semper) 4 ploughs on the demesne. Then 

 and afterwards 12 ploughs belonging to the 

 men ; now 8. (There is) wood(land) for 

 100 swine, (and) 8 acres of meadow. Then 

 12 beasts (animalia) ; now 14. Then as 

 now (semper) 2 rounceys (runcini). Then 

 IOO sheep; now 84. Then 40 swine; now 

 71. Then 30 goats ; now 34. Then 7 hives 

 of bees ; now 10. Then and afterwards it 

 was worth 6 pounds and 10 shillings ; it is 

 now worth 10 pounds. And Queen E[dith] 

 gave this land to Walter after the coming of 

 King William. 



BRUMLEIA [(Little) Bromley], which was 

 held by Queen E[dith] as a manor and as 2 

 hides less 20 acres, is held of Walter by I 

 knight. Then as now (semper) i villein. 

 Then 17 bordars; now 15. Then 4 serfs; 

 now 3. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on 

 the demesne. Then among the men (were) 

 6 ploughs ; now 4. (There is) wood(land) 



6 Morant made no mention of this entry under 

 the Colnes, and Mr. Chisenhale-Marsh had to 

 leave it unidentified. It can, however, be shown 

 conclusively to relate to the manor of Qverhall in 

 Colne Engaine. For Morant observed that ' this 

 manor is ancient, and an entire lordship, not 

 holding of any of the adjoining manors of Colne 

 Engaine, Wakes, or Earls, but of the manor of 

 Witnesham with Cockefelde in Suffolk, paying a 

 peppercorn yearly if demanded' (ii. 219). Now 

 Witnesham was held in Domesday by Walter the 

 deacon, and, moreover, had been previously held 

 by 'Lewin a free man' (fo. 427^), who was 

 clearly identical with his predecessor at Colne 

 Engaine (compare Introduction, p. 351). 



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