THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



for 40 swine (and) 4 acres or meadow. Then 

 9 beasts (animalia) ; now 7. Then 2 roun- 

 ceys (runcini) ; now 4. Then IOO sheep ; 

 now 200. Then 12 swine ; now 30. 

 (There are) now 2 hives of bees. It was then 

 worth 5 pounds ; now 4. 



HUNDRET OF UDELESFORDA [UlTLESFORD] 



CESTREFORT [(Little) Chesterford], which 

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

 as 5 hides, is held of Walter by i knight. 1 

 Then as now (semper) 10 villeins. Then 4 

 bordars ; now 1 6. Then 4 serfs ; now I . 

 Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne, and 3 ploughs belonging to the 

 men. (There is) wood(land) for 20 swine, 

 8 acres of meadow, (and) now as then (semper) 

 i mill. Then 2 beasts (animalia) ; now 4. 

 Then i rouncey (runcinus) ; now none. 

 Then 36 sheep ; now 43. Then 1 6 swine ; 

 now 34. (There are) now 23 goats. It 

 was then worth 100 shillings ; now 6 

 pounds. 



fo. 7b 



XLIII. THE LAND OF ROGER 

 BIGOT * 



HUNDRET OF HIDINGFORT [HINCKFORD] 



HIDINGHAM [(Sibil) Hedingham], which 

 was held by 15 free men in King Edward's 

 time, is held of R[oger] by Garenger 8 as 

 25 acres. 4 Then as now (semper) 5^ ploughs 

 were there, and i villein, and 2 serfs. There 

 is wood(land) for 70 swine, (and) 1 1 acres of 

 meadow. It was then worth 40 shillings ; 

 now 4 pounds. There also (in eadem villa) 

 3 free men held 48^ acres of land in King 

 Edward's time ; now they are held of R[oger] 

 by the same G[arenger]. Then as now 

 (temper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 2 

 ploughs belonging to the men, and 5 villeins. 

 Then 6 serfs ; now 4. Then (there was) 

 wood(land) for 2OO swine; now for 160. 



1 The persistent repetition of this phrase (' I 

 miles ') on Walter's fief is a characteristic freak of 

 the Domesday scribe. 



* A tenant-in-chief in the three eastern counties 

 and ancestor of the Bigots, Earls of Norfolk. 



* He was also under-tenant of that portion 

 which was held by Roger 'de Ramis* (see p. 543 

 above). In Suffolk he held a similar position as 

 under-tenant of both ; and this led to trouble. 

 For Roger ' de Raimis ' there laid claim to all the 

 free men that Warenger was holding, as in the 

 entry above, of Roger Bigot, and the Hundred 

 Court could not say which of the Rogers was 

 in the right, ' because Warenger was a tenant of 

 both' (fp. 35ob). 



* This low assessment should be noted. 



There are 24 acres or meadow, (and) now i 

 mill. It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 

 60. Of these 48 acres the Hundred (court) 

 does not testify that Roger was seised of them 

 by the king's act (de parte regis). These two 

 estates (terras) are held by Garenger ; and 

 Roger claims them ; but the Hundred (court) 

 does not testify in his favour (ted nee hundret 

 ei testatur). 



PEBENERS [Pebmarsh], which was held by 

 3 free men in King Edward's time, 8 is held 

 of R[oger] by the same G[arenger]. Then as 

 now (semper) 1^ ploughs, and I bordar. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 8 swine, and 3^ 

 acres of meadow. It was then worth 40 

 shillings ; now 4 pounds. 



OVITUNA [Ovington], which was held by 

 a free man as a manor and as i hide and 30 

 acres in King Edward's time, is held by 

 Rfoger] in demesne. Then as now (semper) 

 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 2 ploughs 

 belonging to the men. Then 4 villeins ; 

 afterwards and now 3. Then 6 bordars ; 

 afterwards and now 5. Then as now (sem- 

 per) 2 serfs. (There are) 24 acres of meadow. 

 It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 4 

 pounds. 



BELCHAM [Belchamp (Otton) 8 ], which 

 was held by 6 free men as I hide and 38^ 

 acres in King Edward's time, is held of 

 R[oger] by Robert de Vaux (vals). Then 

 as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne. 

 Then and afterwards i plough belonging to 

 the men ; now a half. Then 3 villeins ; 

 afterwards and now 2. Then and after- 

 wards 9 bordars ; now 1 2. Then 4 serfs ; 

 afterwards and now i . (There is) wood(land) 

 for 30 swine, (and) 1 5 acres of meadow. It 

 was then worth 60 shillings ; now 100. 



HENI [(Little ?) Henny 7 ], which was held 

 by 5 free men as i^ hides less 4 acres in King 

 Edward's time, is held of R[oger] by the 

 same R[obert de Vaux]. Then as now 



fo. 88 



(semper) 4 ploughs on the demesne. Then 4 

 villeins ; afterwards and now i . Then and 



8 The assessment is not mentioned. 



6 i.e. the manor of Vaux there, so named from 

 the Domesday under-tenant and his descendants. 



7 It is difficult to identify precisely the Domes- 

 day entries under Henny ; but Great Henny 

 certainly belonged to Ranulf Peverel, and as Little 

 Henny is subsequently found in the hands of the 

 De Veres, I imagine that it came to them from 

 Bigot. 



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