A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



mesne. Then I bordar ; now 2. Then 2 

 serfs ; now 3. Then I mill ; now none. 

 Then as now (semper) I rouncey (rundnus) 

 and 7 beasts (anima/ia), and I pig. Then 

 (there were) 55 sheep ; now 45. It is worth 

 now as then (semper) 30 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF L.AXENDENA [LEXDEN] 



PARVA BRICCEIA [Little Birch l ] was held 

 by Wlward as a manor and as half a hide and 

 15 acres in King Edward's time. Hugh 

 holds (it) now, of the queen's gift, for as 

 much (fro tantundem). (There is) wood(land) 

 for IO swine, (and) 4 acres of meadow. 

 Then i bordar, and i serf ; and now the 

 same. Then as now (semper) i rouncey 

 (rundnus), 7 beasts (animalia), 25 swine, 53 

 sheep. Then and afterwards it was worth 

 2O shillings ; now 1 6. 



LXI. THE LAND OF EDMUND 

 SON OF ALGOT * 



HUNDRET OF BERDESTAPLA [BARSTABLE] 



HORNINDUNA [Horndon-on-the-hill 3 ] was 

 held by 2 free men as a manor and as 2^ 

 hides and 15 acres in King Edward's time. 

 Then 3 ploughs on the demesne; now 2. 

 Then 2 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 

 i. Then as now (semper) i villein. Then 

 14 bordars ; now 16. Then 3 serfs; now 

 none. (There is) pasture for 50 sheep, (and) 

 12 acres of meadow. Then (there were) 5 

 beasts (animalia'), I rouncey (rundnus), 2O 

 swine, 150 sheep; now (there are) 35 sheep. 

 It is worth 50 shillings. There also (in eadem 

 villa) there is a certain deacon who has 30 

 acres and a fourth part of the church ; and it 

 is in the king's gift (jacet ad elemosinam regis). 



MATCINGE [Matching 4 ], which was held 

 by Almar Holefest 6 as i hides and as a 



1 Morant assumed this to be the whole manor 

 of Little Birch, but his whole' account is here 

 mistaken (see Introduction, p. 389). 



8 This is one of the rare instances of an English 

 tenant-in-chief. It will be seen, however, that 

 his lands had previously belonged to others. 



3 See Introduction, p. 398. Morant makes it 

 'West Horndon,' i.e. West Thorndon, but it must 

 be one of the manors in Horndon-on-the-hill. 



* Morant placed this entry tentatively under 

 Mucking, but the form of the name makes it cer- 

 tain that Matching is meant, and that the scribe 

 has omitted the Hundredal heading assigning it to 

 Harlow. 



5 This must have been the ' Holefest ' whose 

 estate of Housham Hall in Matching had been 

 secured by William de Warenne (p. 473 above). 

 The case is parallel to that of Ralf Baignard being 

 also entered simply as ' Baignard.' 



manor in King Edward's time, is held by 

 E[dmund]. Then 2 ploughs on the de- 

 mesne ; now I . Then 3^ ploughs belonging 

 to the men ; now 3. Then 7 villeins ; now 

 9. (There are) now 4 bordars. Then 4 

 serfs ; now none. (There is) wood(land) for 

 50 swine, (and) 8 acres of meadow. Then 

 (there were) 7 cows, i pig, 100 sheep less 5, 

 40 goats, I rouncey (rundnus), and 6 hives of 

 bees ; now 4 beasts (anima/ia), 6 9 swine, 24 



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sheep, (and) 2 hives of bees. It is worth 

 now as then (semper) 100 shillings. 



LXII. THE LAND OF ROGER THE 

 MARSHAL 



HUNDRET OF BERDESTAPLA [BARSTABLE] 



NEZENDENA [Newenden 7 ] was held by 

 Alward Dore as a manor and as 40 acres in 

 King Edward's time. It is now held by 

 R[oger]. Then half a plough ; now none. 

 It is worth now as then (semper) 4 shillings. 

 And in NUTLEA [Notley 8 ] (are) 5 acres 

 which were held by Cola, a free man, and 

 are worth 4 shillings. 



BERTUNA [ 9 ] was held by Ulwin 



Hapra as a manor and as half a hide. Now 

 R[oger] (holds it). Then i plough ; now a 

 half. (There is) i acre of meadow. It was 

 then worth 10 shillings; now 5. 



LOHOU [ 9 ] was held by Alwin as a 



manor and as 40 acres. Now R[oger] (holds 

 it). Then as now (semper) half a plough. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 3 swine. It is 

 worth 5 shillings. 



LXIII. THE LAND OF ADAM SON 



OF DURAND MALSOUER (MALIS 



OPERIBUS 10 ) 



HUNDRET OF DOMMAWA [DUNMOW] 

 WILLINGHEHALA [Willingale n ] was held 



6 This appears to be a case in which the 

 ' beasts ' represent or include the cows. 



7 Corruptly ' Nevendon.' 



8 Black and White Notley are in Witham Hun- 

 dred, far away from Newenden. 



9 These small holdings of Roger have not been 

 identified. 



10 This curious Latinization of a name must be 

 construed in light of the fact that Fulcher ' mala 

 opera,' who is entered under Rutland, can be 

 identified as the ancestor of the family who gave 

 name to ' Thorpe Malsor ' in Northamptonshire, 

 which was held by him as 'Alidetorp' in 1086. 



11 It has not been ascertained in which of the 

 Willingales this small estate lay. 



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