THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



30 swine, (and) 1 1 acres of meadow, (and) I 

 mill. It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 

 60 ; and (this) is (included) in the valuation 

 of Stansteda [Stansted in Halstead], (that is) 

 in (the) 9 pounds. 1 



XLV. THE LAND OF WILLIAM 

 DE SCOHIES* 



HUNDRET OF ANGRA [ONGAR] 



MORTUNA [Moreton], which was held by 

 Sexi' as a manor and as i hide and 20 acres, 

 is held by William in demesne.* Then 4 

 villeins; now 3. Then as now (semper) 16 

 bordars. Then 6 serfs ; now 4. Then 

 and afterwards 3 ploughs on the demesne ; 

 now 2. Then and afterwards 2 ploughs 

 belonging to the men ; now i^. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 400 swine, (and) 20 acres of 

 meadow. Then * rounceys (runcini) ; now 

 4. Then 8 cows and 6 calves ; now 1 1 beasts 

 (animalia). 6 (There are) now 36 sheep. Then 

 60 swine; now 14. Then 30 goats; now 

 60. It was then worth 8 pounds ; now 10. 

 And I free man held 43^ acres ; now Wil- 

 liam has annexed them (invasit) ; and (the 

 man) did not belong to this manor ; Ralf 

 holds (this) of William (de eo) ; then as now 

 (semper) i villein (was there), and 2 bordars, 

 and i serf, and I plough on the demesne, and 



fo. 89 



half a plough belonging to the men ; it is 

 worth now as then (semper) 20 shillings, but 

 hitherto (William) has had 30 shillings. 6 



XLVI. THE LAND OF ROGER OF 

 POITOU [PICTAVENSIS] 7 



HUNDRET OF LESSENDENA [LEXDEN] 



BURA [(Mount) Bures] was held by Ulmer 

 as a manor and as I hide. Now R[oger] 

 holds it for as much (pro tantundem). Then 

 6 villeins ; and the same when (he) received * 

 (it) ; now 5. Then as now (semper) 9 bor- 

 dars. Then and afterwards 8 6 serfs ; now 



* See p. 550, note 6, above. 



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

 ties, in Dorset, and on the Welsh border. 



8 It was he who gave the church of Moreton 

 to the Abbey of St. Stephen, Caen. 



* The number is omitted in the MS. 



5 Here again animaKa seems to be used to de- 

 note or to include cows. 



6 Compare the cases in Introduction, pp. 363-4. 



7 A younger son of Roger de Montgomeri, 

 Earl of Shrewsbury, and holder, like his father, of 

 a vast fief. 



8 This is a good instance of thc/brmu/<r ' quando 

 recepit * and ' post ' being used indifferently to 



4. Then and afterwards 3 ploughs on the 

 demesne ; now 2. Then and afterwards 3 

 ploughs belonging to the men ; now i|. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 300 swine, 12 

 acres of meadow, and now as then (semper) 

 i mill. And further (adhuc) there belong 

 now as then (semper) 3 villeins and 2 bordars 

 who have I plough. 9 (There were) then 2 

 rounceys (runcini), 14 beasts (animalia), 80 

 sheep, 28 swine, (and) 26 goats ; now 7 

 beasts, 54 sheep, (and) 6 swine. It was then 

 worth 7 pounds ; now 1 1 ; and when re- 

 ceived, the same. 10 And 8 free men held 

 half a hide and 30 acres ; then as now (semper) 

 3 ploughs (were there), and (there are) 3 

 acres of meadow, (with) wood(land) for 30 

 swine ; this is appraised above. 11 



BERCOLT [(West) Bergholt] was held by 

 Lewin Croc ls as a manor and as i hide and 

 25 acres. Now Roger holds it similarly 

 (simi/iter ls ). Then 7 villeins ; afterwards and 

 now 5. Then 5 bordars ; and when (he) 

 received (it) 7 ; now 5. Then as now 

 (semper) 2 serfs. Then and afterwards 2 

 ploughs on the demesne ; now i . Then 

 and afterwards 2 ploughs belonging to the 

 men ; now I. (There is) wood(land) for 300 

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

 (semper) i mill. To this manor belongs a 

 detached estate (i terewita) which is called 

 BRADEFELDA u [Bradfield ?] (and is held) as 



denote the intervening date between 1066 and 

 1086. 



9 This is an abnormal clause. 



10 i.e. 1 1 pounds. 



11 i.e. the value of this holding is included in 

 that of the whole manor. 



18 As Lefwin' (i.e. Lcofwine) Croc he had 

 similarly preceded Roger in possession of the 

 manor of Buxhall, Suffolk (fo. 350), of which an 

 intervening holder was Girald', that is to say, the 

 ' Reimund Girald ' who had similarly been the 

 intervening holder, I have suggested (p. 354 above), 

 in Essex. 



13 This is the equivalent of ' pro tantundem ' 

 in the entry of the manor preceding. 



14 This is a very difficult passage. It will be 

 seen on the next page that Bradfield in Tendring 

 Hundred was and had been held by the same lord, 

 but it seems improbable that part of this distant 

 parish should be entered as a mere berewite of 

 Bergholt, and then another part entered under 

 Bradfield itself. Moreover the local pronunciation 

 of Bergholt as ' Barfel ' or ' Barfold ' may preserve 

 the memory of a lost place-name. On the other 

 hand it will be observed that the spelling of the 

 name ' Bradefelda ' is alike in both entries. 



Lastly, ' Bradefelde ' is the name of a ' terra ' in 

 Fordham or Bergholt mentioned in the cartulary 

 of St. John's, Colchester (pp. 178, 279, 469), but 

 hardly as a separate estate. 



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