A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



22. Then 25 villeins ; now 36. Then I 

 bordar ; now 25. Then as now (semper) 4 

 serfs. (There is) wood(land) for 300 swine, 

 80 acres of meadow, pasture worth (de) 8 

 shillings, and now as then (semper) i mill. 

 Then 6 fisheries ; now i. (There are) now 

 8 beasts (animalia), I rouncey (rundnus), 35 

 swine, 60 sheep, and 20 goats. It was thn 

 worth 15 pounds; now 28 pounds and 2 

 ounces of gold. 



LVI. THE LAND OF FRODO 

 BROTHER OF THE ABBOT 1 



REDEWINTRA [Radwinter], which was held 

 by Orgar as a manor and as I hide and i 

 virgate, is held by F[rodo] in demesne. Then 

 as now (semper) 15 villeins, and 6 bordars, 

 and 3 (serfs ? 2 ), and 3 ploughs on the de- 

 mesne, and 6 ploughs belonging to the men. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine, and 30 

 acres of meadow. Then 10 beasts (animalia}, 

 60 sheep, 50 swine, 25 goats, (and) I hive of 

 bees; now 18 beasts, 140 sheep, 37 swine, 

 30 goats, and 4 hives of bees. It was then 

 worth 8 pounds; now 15. Of this manor 

 Alger' holds of Frodo 30 acres, and (this) is 

 worth 10 shillings in the above valuation 

 (pretio). 



fo. 92 b 



LVII. THE LAND OF SASSELINUS 8 



HUNDRET OF BERDESTAPLA [BARSTABLE] 



STANTMERE [ 4 ] and WINTHELLE 



[ *], which are held by S[asselinus], 



were held by Alric' and Ulwin' as a manor 

 and as 2 hides and 30 acres. Then as now 

 (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 2 

 oxen 6 (boves) belonging to the men. (There 

 is) wood(land) for 40 swine. (There were) 

 then I rouncey (runcinus), and 7 swine, and 



1 i.e. of Baldwin abbot of St. Edmund's. 

 * The word is omitted in the MS. 



3 A tenant-in-chief, as ' Saisselinus,' in Suffolk. 

 As the descent of his fief cannot be traced, the 

 identification of its manors is difficult. 



4 Both these names appear to be now lost, but 

 there can be little doubt that ' Winthelle ' was 

 identical with ' la Windhill,' which occurs in 

 connexion with Ramsden and Downham in a fine 

 of 4 John (1202-3) ar >d wi'h ' Windhull ' which 

 appears in one of the preceding year (Feet of Fines 



for Essex, i. 24, 25), and finally with ' 16 messu- 

 ages called Wyndellond ' held in Ramsden Grays 

 by Sir Thomas Tyrrell at his death in 1476. 

 Morant placed the manors (one cannot tell for 

 what reason) in Stanford-le-Hope. 

 6 i.e. a quarter of a plough-team. 



15 sheep ; now I rouncey, 70 sheep, 18 

 swine, (and) 20 goats. It is worth now as 

 then (semper) 50 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF WJTHAM 



In NUTLEA [Notley 6 ] S[asselinus] holds 

 half a hide and 22 acres, which were held by 

 Levechild in King Edward's time. Then i 

 plough ; now a half. Then I beast (animal) ; 

 now 4 (beasts), and 12 sheep, 6 swine, (and) 



1 rouncey (runcinus). It is worth 10 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF WENSISTREU [WINSTREE] 



LEGRA [Layer], which was held by 2 free 

 men as a manor and as 8 hides in King 

 Edward's time, is held by S{asselinus]. Then 

 4 ploughs on the demesne; now 2. Then 

 as now (semper) 2 ploughs belonging to the 

 men, and i villein, and 17 bordars. Then 8 

 serfs ; now 3. (There was) then wood(land) 

 for 100 swine ; now for 60. (There are) 7 

 acres of meadow. (There were) then 24 

 beasts (animalia), 2OO sheep, 23 swine, 3 

 rounceys (runcini), 4 hives of bees ; now 7 

 beasts, 125 sheep, 9 swine, 3 rounceys, 4 

 hives of bees. It is worth now as then (semper) 

 7 pounds. 7 



HALF HUNDRET OF CLAVEUNGA 

 [CLAVERING] 



PINCEPO [Pinchpoles 8 ], which was held by 

 a free man as a manor and as i hide, is held 

 by S[asselinus]. Then as now (semper) i 

 plough. (There are) now 3 bordars, and i 

 serf. And (there are) 4 acres of meadow. 

 And (there are) 18 sheep and 18 swine. It 

 is worth 20 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF CEFFEURDA [CHAFFORD] 



In CILTEDIC [Childerditch] S[asselinus] 

 holds i manor of i^ hides and 30 acres, 

 which was held by Orgar, a free man, in 

 King Edward's time. Then i plough on 

 the demesne ; now i. Then as now (semper) 



2 ploughs belonging to the men. Then 3 



6 The identity of this small estate is unde- 

 termined. 



7 Although the assessment and valuation of this 

 manor in Domesday make it the most important 

 of those in the Layers, it is altogether omitted by 

 Morant. I strongly suspect that it was Layer 

 Breton, to which Morant assigned only a holding 

 of less than a hide in the hands of Ranulf Peverel. 

 For, as with other of Sasselin's manors, it is after- 

 wards found in the hands of a family, the Bretons, 

 who did not hold it of any fief. 



8 A manor in Manuden. 



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