THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



villeins ; now 4. Then as now (temper) 6 

 bordars. Then 2 serfs ; now none. (There 

 is) wood(land) for 100 swine, (and) pasture 

 for 60 sheep. (There were) then 50 sheep, 

 24 swine, 4 rounceys (runcini), 12 beasts 

 (animalia) ; now 4 beasts, 12 sheep, 6 swine, 

 i rouncey. It was then worth 60 shillings ; 

 now 4 pounds. And there was on (in) this 

 land i sokeman with (de) 15 acres, which he 

 had power to sell ; but the soke belonged 

 to (jacebat in) Warleia [Little Warley], St. 

 Paul's land ; then as now (semper) half a 



fo. J3 



plough (was there) ; it is worth 3 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF UOELESFORT [UlTLESFORD] 



BANHUNTA [Bonhunt *], which was held 

 by Alvric, a free man, as a manor and as 2 

 hides in King Edward's time, is held by 

 S[asselinus] as a manor. * When he received 

 (it, there were) 4 bordars ; and now (the 

 same). Then as now (semper) i plough on 

 the demesne. (There is) now half a plough 

 belonging to the men. (There are) 10 acres 

 of meadow. Then i beast (animal) and i 

 pig ; now 30 sheep, 2 beasts, (and) I rouncey 

 (runcinuj). Then and afterwards it was worth 

 40 shillings ; now 55. 



LVIII. THE LAND OF GILBERT 

 FITZ TUROLD" 



HUNDRET OF UDELESFORT [UTTLESFORD] 



WICAM [Wickham (Bonhunt)] was held 

 by Sexi', a free man, as a manor and as 3 

 hides and 13 acres in King Edward's time. 

 Then and afterwards 8 villeins ; now 9. 

 Then and afterwards 8 bordars; now II. 

 Then as now (semper) 3 serfs and 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne, and 3 ploughs belonging 

 to the men. Then and afterwards (there 

 was) wood(land) for i oo swine ; now for 60. 

 (There are) 10 acres of meadow. It is worth 

 now as then (semper) 7 pounds. Then (there 

 were) i rouncey (runcinus), 50 sheep, 30 

 swine, 36 goats ; now I rouncey, 40 sheep, 

 30 goats, 26 swine, 2 beasts (animalia). 



1 A manor in Wickham Bonhunt. 



* This is a good example of the meaningless 

 addition of ' pro manerio.' 



1 A tenant-in-chief in seven counties and an 

 under-tenant in four. He had held an important 

 position on the Welsh border under William Fitz 

 Osbern, Earl of Hereford (see the Victoria History 

 of Worcestershire, i. 241, 266). 



LIX. THE LAND OF WILLIAM 

 LEVRIC * 



SCILCHEHAM [ ] was held by 



Ansgot, a free man, as a manor and as 8 

 hides in King Edward's time. Then as now 

 (semper) 6 villeins. Then 8 bordars ; now 10. 

 Then as now (semper) 3 serfs and 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne, and 3 ploughs belonging to 

 the men. (There is) pasture for 100 sheep. 

 It is worth now as then (simper) 6 pounds. 



LX. THE LAND OF HUGH DE ST. 

 QUINTIN e 



HORNINDUNA [Horndon (on the hill) 7 ] was 

 held by Winge as a manor and as i hides in 

 King Edward's time. Then as now (semper) 

 I plough on the demesne. Then 3 bordars ; 

 now 4. (There is) wood(land) for 10 swine, 

 (and) the 8th part of a fishery. Then as 

 now (semper) there were I rouncey (runcinus), 

 I beast (animal), 30 sheep, I pig. It is 

 worth 20 shillings. Of this land Goduin' 

 abstracted (abstulit) 2 ' mansiones.' 8 



HUNDRET OF WENSISTREU [WINSTREE] 

 WIGHEBERGA [Wigborough 9 ] was held by 

 Alvric, a free man, as a manor and as 2 hides. 



fo. 93 b 



Then as now (semper) i plough on the de- 



* This singular name is well ascertained, and its 

 abnormal character attracted the notice of Prof. 

 Freeman. William's chief estate was in Gloucester- 

 shire, but he also had some land in Oxfordshire. 



8 This manor, although considerable, at its 

 assessment and valuation show, has not been 

 identified, nor can the descent of William's fief be 

 traced. The mention of pasture for sheep implies 

 that ' Scilcheham ' was on the coast, but it is not 

 assigned to any Hundred either here or on p. 574 

 below, where it occurs as ' Sciddeham." The 

 latter form is distinct from the other, and suggests 

 that there has been some confusion on the part of 

 the scribe between 'ch ' and ' d." There are cases 

 in Domesday of ' cl ' and ' d ' being so confused. 



6 The rest of Hugh's fief was in Dorset and 

 Hants. It seems to have been broken up, and 

 Morant's statements on the subject are erroneous. 



7 See Introduction, p. 398. Morant does not 

 mention this estate under Horndon. 



8 The offender was Godwine ' Gudhen ' (or 

 ' Cudhen '), and his aggression heads the list of 

 such actions on p. 566 below. '.Mansiones' ii a 

 rare and difficult word in Domesday. At Hanning- 

 field (p. 459 above) it is used of a manor, while in 

 towns it denotes a house (see Introduction, p. 4 1 6). 

 In Suffolk (fo. 415) 'II mansiones ' is used to de- 

 note two considerable manors. 



Morant asserted this to be the manor of 

 Mulshams in Great Wigborough, but appears to 

 have had no ground for that assertion. 



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