THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



bordars ; now n. Then 3 sens; now 2. 

 Then i cow, 60 sheep, (and) 1 1 swine ; now 

 5 cows, 15 swine, (and) 60 sheep. Then 

 4 sokemen, and now the same (simi/iter), hold- 

 ing 2i hides and 2 1 acres of the same land ; 

 and 56 acres have been taken thence. 1 

 (There is) wood(land) now as then (semper) 

 for 100 swine, (and) pasture for 60 sheep. 

 It was then worth 60 shillings; now 100. 



HUNDRET OF CEFFEURDA [CHAFFORD] 



TURRUC [(Grays) Thurrock *], which was 

 held by Ailmar' as a manor and as 3 hides 

 and 42 acres in King Edward's time, is held 

 by W[illiam] in demesne. Then 2 villeins ; 

 now 3. Then II bordars; now 18. Then 

 as now (semper) 2 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne. Then 4 ploughs belonging to the 

 men ; now 5. (There is) pasture for 100 

 sheep, (and) now as then i fishery. Then 2 

 villeins (vi//[ani]), a 58 sheep, i rouncey (run- 

 cinus) ; now 5 cows, 4 calves, 85 sheep, (and) 

 8 swine. It was then worth 6 pounds ; and 

 when received, (the same) ; now 12 pounds 

 and an ounce of gold. To this manor there 

 belonged (In hoc manerio jacebant) in King 

 Edward's time 9 sokemen holding 3 hides ; 

 now there are 5 sokemen, and they hold i^ 

 hides ; and Gilbert, a man of the Bishop of 

 Bayeux, holds i$ hides less 10 acres, and the 

 Hundret (court) knows not how * ; 2O acres 

 also, which used to belong to this manor 

 (jacebant in hoc manerio) in King Edward's time, 

 are held by Anschetil, a man of the Bishop 

 of London, and the Hundret (court), simi- 

 larly, knows not (how). 6 



XLIX. THE LAND OF RALF DE 

 LIMESI (LIMESEIO) 



BRANDUNA [Brundon 6 ], which was held 



1 It is not clear whether this clause refers to 

 the holding of the sokemen or to the whole manor. 

 The latter, perhaps, is the more probable. 



* See Introduction, p. 388. 



* This is clearly a scribal error, for the clause 

 relates to live stock. The scribe seems to have 

 repeated the ' then z villeins ' from above. 



4 On reference to p. 458 above we see that this 

 Gilbert is entered as having held a hide and a half in 

 Stifford of the bishop, although at the time of the 

 Survey he had been succeeded by (Ralf) son of 

 Turold. The entry adds that this hide (tie), 

 'except 10 acres,' had belonged to William 

 Peverel's manor of Thurrock in King Edward's 

 time. 



5 On page 458 also this Anschetil is entered as 

 holding at Thurrock of the Bishop of Bayeui, but 

 he also held there of the Bishop of London (p. 440). 



* In Hinckford Hundred. 



by a free man, in King Edward's time, as a 

 manor and as 2 hides less 15 acres, is held 

 by Ralf in demesne. Then as now (semper) 

 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 3 ploughs 

 belonging to the men, and 7 villeins, and 7 



fo. gob 



bordars, and 4 serfs. (There is) wood(land) 

 for 10 swine, 32 acres of meadow, (and) i 

 mill. It was then worth 4 pounds ; after- 

 wards and now 6. To this manor Harduin' 7 

 added, in King William's time, 20 acres ; 

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

 (there is) now I bordar ; (there was) then 

 wood(land) for 20 swine ; now for 6 ; it is 

 valued above. 8 



In NIUETUNA 9 [ ] belongs (jacet) 



I sokeman, who has half a plough now as 

 then (semper) ; and (this) is worth 3 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF ANGRA [ONGAR] 



CINGHE WELLA [Chigwell 10 ], which was 

 held by Harold of King Edward as a manor 

 and as 7 hides, is held by R[alf] in demesne. 11 

 Then as now (semper) 19 villeins, and 2 

 bordars, and 2 ploughs on the demesne. 

 Then 16 ploughs belonging to the men ; 

 now II. (There is) wood(land) for 800 

 swine, 31 acres of meadow, (and) now as 

 then (semper) i mill. It was then worth 8 

 pounds ; now I O. And 6 free men dwelt 

 in 2 hides and 15 acres; Robert Gernon 

 (Greno) has them now by the King's gift, as 

 he says ; lf and they then had 3 ploughs ; 

 now 2 ; wood(land is there) for 40 swine, 

 and 8 acres of meadow ; I mill (was there) 

 then ; now none ; (this) is worth 40 shil- 

 lings now as then (semper). And a certain 

 free man holds and held 30 acres ; Peter the 



7 Not, as Morant assumed, Hardwin de Sealers, 

 but, probably, the Hardwin who had preceded 

 William de Scohies in the possession of certain 

 lands in Norfolk and Suffolk, in which counties he 

 is charged with similar action. It would appear 

 by an entry on fo. 383 that he had lost his land 

 by forfeiture. 



8 i.e. the value of this holding is comprised in 

 that which has been given for the whole manor. 



9 This small holding has not been identified. 



10 The manor of Chigwell Hall. 



11 For his similar succession to Harold at Am- 

 well, Herts, see the Introduction, p. 338. It 

 should be observed that Harold is here described 

 as holding ' of King Edward,' but this does not 

 affect the conclusion enunciated on pp. 336-7 

 above. 



18 Yet they are not mentioned in the entry of 

 his holding in that Hundred on p. 518 above. 



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