A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



half a hide and 30 acres ; then and after- 

 wards i plough (was there) ; now none. 

 Roger there received in the demesne i 

 rouncey (runcinum), and 14 beasts (animalia), 

 and 48 sheep, 1 and roo sheep, 1 and 6 swine, 

 (and) 32 goats ; now (there are) 4 beasts, 80 

 sheep, (and) 1 1 swine. It was then worth 

 6 pounds ; and when received, 7 ; it is now 

 worth 60 shillings. And 7 free men held 

 half a hide and 1 1 acres ; then and after- 

 wards 2 ploughs (were there) ; now i ; (there 

 are) 2 acres of meadow ; and (this) is valued 

 in the abovesaid pounds. 8 



HUNDRET OF TENDRINGA 



In BRADEFELDA [Bradfield 3 ] Lewin held 

 half a hide and 15 acres. Then i bordar 

 (was there), and i serf; now none. Then 

 and afterwards i plough ; now none. It 

 was then worth 40 shillings ; and when re- 



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ceived, 30 shillings ; it is now worth 5 shil- 

 lings. 



XLVII. THE LAND OF HUGH DE 

 GURNAI * 



HUNDRET OF HIDINGAFORDA [HINCKFORD] 



LISTUNA [Listen], which was held by a 

 free man as a manor and as half a hide and 

 30 acres, is held (of Hugh) by Geoffrey 

 Talebot. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne, and i plough belonging to 

 the men. Then and afterwards 6 bordars ; 

 now 5. Then and afterwards 3 serfs ; now 

 none. (There are) 30 acres of meadow, 

 (and) half a mill. Then 3 cows with calves, 

 12 sheep, (and) 7 swine ; now 3 cows with 

 calves, 22 sheep, (and) 8 hives of bees. It 

 is worth now as then (semper) 68 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF TENDRINGA [TENDRING] 



ERLEIA [Ardleigh 6 ] was held by Osbert 

 as a manor and as 2^ hides. Now Agnes 



1 This is a literal translation, but the double 

 entry is hard to understand, unless it is due to the 

 use of ' the long hundred ' and implies a total of 

 168. 



2 i.e. its value is included in the total sum given 

 just before. 



3 This manor in Bradfield has not been identi- 

 fied (compare p. 551, note 14). 



4 In Wace's Roman de Rou we read, of the Con- 

 queror's followers : 



' I vint li viel Hue de Gornai 

 Ensemble o li sa gent de Brai." 



6 This manor has not been satisfactorily iden- 

 tified. Morant made it Bovills in Ardleigh, 

 apparently because he had accounted for the 



holds (it of Hugh). Then 16 villeins ; after- 

 wards and now 7. Then 4 bordars ; now 

 none. Then 4 serfs ; now none. Then 

 as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. 

 Then among the men 8 ploughs ; and when 

 (he) received (it), 6 ; now 3. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 40 swine, 3 acres of meadow, 

 and (now) 2 mills. Then 30 sheep (and) 5 

 swine ; now 44 sheep, 8 swine, 7 beasts (ani- 

 malia\ 10 goats, (and) 3 hives of bees. It 

 was then worth 6 pounds ; afterwards and 

 now 4. 



HUNDRET OF LASSENDENA [LEXDEN] 



FORHAM [Fordham], which was held by 

 Esbern as a manor and as 2 hides, is held of 

 Hugh by Geoffrey . 6 Then 10 villeins ; now 

 7. Then 5 bordars; now n. Then 5 

 serfs ; now 4. Then as now (semper) 3 

 ploughs on the demesne. Then 5 ploughs 

 belonging to the men ; now 3. (There is) 

 wood(land) for i oo swine, 1 2 acres of meadow, 

 and now as then (semper) i mill. Then 2 

 rounceys (runcini), and 3 cows with calves, 

 60 sheep, 12 goats, 8 swine, (and) 10 hives 

 of bees ; now 2 rounceys, 8 beasts (animalia), 

 80 sheep, 25 goats, 10 swine, (and) 6 hives 

 of bees. And 3 free men held 13 acres ; 

 then as now (semper) half a plough (was there). 

 It is worth now as then (semper) 7 pounds. 

 And Roger of Poitou (Ptctavensis) took away 

 IO acres from this manor, as the Hundret 

 (court) says. 7 



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XLVIII. THE LAND OF WILLIAM 

 PEVEREL [PIPERELLI] 



TORINDUNA [(East T)horndon 8 ], which 

 was held by Ailmar', a free man, as a manor 

 and as i hides in King Edward's time, is 

 held of William by Drogo. Now there are 

 3^ hides and 21 acres. 9 Then as now 

 (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 

 2 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 3. 

 Then i villein ; now none (nan). Then 4 



other manors there ; but Bovills, according to 

 him, was held of the Honour of Clare. It is 

 difficult to see what this manor was unless it was 

 Bovills, but there is nothing to show if or how it 

 came into the hands of the Clares. 



6 Probably Geoffrey Talbot, his under-tenant 

 at Liston. 



7 Roger held the adjoining manors of Mount 

 Bures and West Bergholt. 



8 i.e. the manor of Abbots there (see Intro- 

 duction, p. 399). 



9 This is a curious and abnormal clause, which 

 appears to be connected with the sokemen's hold- 

 ing lower down in the entry. 



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