A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



afterwards 2 bordars ; now 3. Then as 

 now (semper) 2 serfs. Then and afterwards 

 (there was) wood(land) for 30 swine ; now 

 for 20. (There are) 18 acres of meadow. 

 Then and afterwards it was worth 40 shil- 

 lings ; now 64. 



WESTUNA [Weston *], which was held by 



4 free men, who were of (Earl) Algar's soke, 

 as i hide and 50 acres in King Edward's 

 time, is held (of Roger) by Hugh de Hosdenc. 

 Then as now (semper) 5 ploughs on the 

 demesne. Then and afterwards 5 bordars ; 

 now 10. Then and afterwards 9 serfs ; now 

 4. (There is) wood(land) for 6 swine, 24 

 acres of meadow, (and) now i mill. Then 

 and afterwards it was worth 60 shillings ; 

 now 4 pounds. 



XLIIII. THE LAND OF ROBERT 

 MALET * 



HUNDRET OF HfiDINGFORT [HlNCKFORD] 



STANESTEDA [Stansted (Hall) 3 ], which was 

 held by Goduin', a free man, as a manor and 

 as i hide in King Edward's time, is held of 

 Robert by Hubert. 4 Then as now (semper) 

 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then and after- 

 wards 5 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 

 4. Then 10 villeins ; afterwards 8 ; now 4. 

 Then as now 7 bordars. Then 7 serfs ; 

 now 6. Then (there was) wood(land) for 

 500 swine ; now for 400. (There are) 10 

 acres of meadow. Then (there was) i mill ; 

 now 2. To this manor belong (adjacet) \\ 

 hides and 5 2 acres, which were held by 6 soke- 

 men in King Edward's time. Then 4 ploughs 

 (were there) ; now 4^. Then and afterwards 

 6 bordars ; now 24. Then 4 serfs ; now I. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 30 swine, (and) 16 

 acres of meadow. Then 1 6 beasts (animalia), 



5 rounceys (runcini), 60 sheep, 50 goats, 40 

 swine, (and) 10 hives of bees; now 10 

 beasts, 50 sheep, 26 goats, 40 swine, (and) 8 

 hives of bees. It was then worth 6 pounds ; 

 now 9. And (there is) I sokeman, who 

 could not withdraw himself from the land 

 (recedere a terra), holding I o acres ; and (this) 

 is worth 2 shillings. 



1 Alias Westons, a manor in Foxearth and 

 Listen. 



8 Lord of the great fief afterwards known as the 

 Honour of Eye. 



3 A manor in Halstead. 



* This was Hubert de Monchensy, who held 

 of him several manors in Suffolk, including 

 Edwardstone, which he made his chief seat. 



6 Their number is not mentioned. 



6 See the closing lines of ' Parva Colun ' in the 

 text (p. 551, col. *) 



GoiDiNGHAM, 7 which was held by a free 

 man, Goduin', as a manor and as 2 hides in 

 King Edward's time, is held of R[obert] by 

 the same Hubert. Then 3 ploughs on the 

 demesne ; afterwards and now 2. Then as 



fo. 88b 



now (semper) 6 villeins, and 5 bordars. Then 

 and afterwards 6 serfs ; now 2. Then as 

 now (semper 8 ) 1 6 acres of meadow. To this 

 manor there used to belong (adjacebani) 4 

 sokemen with (de) 17 acres and i acre of 

 meadow. Then 10 beasts (animalia) and 2 

 rounceys (runcini), 50 sheep (and) 40 

 swine (?) 9 ; now 12 beasts, I rouncey, 260 

 sheep, 65 swine, (and) 5 hives of bees. It 

 was then worth 60 shillings ; now 6 pounds. 



HUNDRET OF LASSENDENA [LEXDEN] 



COLUN [(Wakes) Colne 10 ], which was held 

 by Assorin as a manor and as i hide and 30 

 acres, is held by R[obert] in demesne. Then 

 as now (semper) 7 villeins, and 15 bordars. 

 Then 4 serfs ; now 3. And then as now 

 (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne. Then 

 among the men (were) 5 ploughs ; now 4. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 400 swine, i mill 

 now as then (semper), (and) 1 3 acres of mea- 

 dow. Then 1 2 beasts (animalia), 3 rounceys 

 (runcini), 60 swine, 40 goats, (and) 20 sheep ; 

 now 6 beasts, 20 swine, 30 sheep, (and) 3 

 hives of bees. It is worth now as then 

 (semper) 6 pounds. And there was then i 

 sokeman who held freely (libere) I virgate ; 

 Robert has (it) now ; then as now (semper) 

 half a plough was there ; it was then worth 

 8 shillings ; now 7. 



PARVA COLUN [Colne (Engaine)], which 

 was held by Goduin' as a manor and as I 

 hide and i virgate, is held of R[obert] by 

 Walter. 11 Then 8 bordars; now 17. Then 

 4 serfs ; now I. (There is) wood(land) for 



7 A manor in Bulmer. 



8 In other cases it is taken for granted that the 

 meadow land is unchanged. 



xl. cap'orc" in MS. 



10 This identification is clearly proved, as 

 Morant showed, by the entry in the Red Book of 

 the Exchequer (p. 504) : ' Comes Wintoniae ij 

 feoda in Columb de honore de Eye.' From this 

 Saer de Quenci, Earl of Winchester (whence the 

 names 'Colne Saer' and 'Colne Quincy '), the 

 manor descended to the Wakes. So late as 1428 

 its church was returned as that of ' Colne Quincy ' 

 (Feudal Aids, ii. 193). 



11 This was Walter de Caen, who held largely 

 under Robert in Norfolk and Suffolk (see my 

 paper on ' The Manor of Colne Engaine ' in 

 Essex Arch. Tram, [n.s.] viii. 192-8). 



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