THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



by 5 free men as a manor and as half a hide 

 in King Edward's time. Then 2 ploughs ; 

 now i. (There are) now 6 bordars. It is 

 worth 10 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF HlDINGFORT [HlNCKFORD] 



HORSTEDAFORT [ *] was held by 



Godric, a free man, as 15 acres in King Ed- 

 ward's time. It is now held by A [dam]. 

 Then and afterwards I plough ; now a half. 

 Then as now (semper) 5 bordars. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 1 1 swine, (and) 3 acres of 

 meadow. It was then worth 10 shillings ; 

 now 13. 



LXIIII. THE LAND OF GOSCELM 

 THE LORIMER* (LOREMARU) 



HUNDRET OF BEVENTREU [BECONTREE] 



ILEFORT [Ilford] was held by 2 free men 

 as a manor and as 3 hides less 30 acres in 

 King Edward's time. Then 2 ploughs on 

 the demesne; now I. Then 2^ ploughs 

 belonging to the men ; now i. Then 7 

 villeins ; now 4. Then 4 bordars ; now 6. 



fo. 94b 



Then i serf; now none. (There is) wood- 

 (land) for 2O swine, 2O acres of meadow, 

 (and) now i mill and i fishery. It is worth 

 now as then (semper) 4 pounds. 



LXV. THE LAND OF JOHN 



NEPHEW (NEPOTIS) OF WALERAM 3 



HUNDRET OF WDELESFORT [UTTLESFORD] 



ALSENHAM [Elsenham] was held by 

 Meruena, a free woman, as a manor and as 4 

 hides in King Edward's time. Then as now 

 (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 

 and afterwards 7 ploughs belonging to the 

 men ; now 6. Then as now (semper) 8 

 villeins. Then and afterwards i bordar ; now 

 12. Then as now (semper) 5 serfs. Then 



1 Suggests one of the old fords on the Colne or 

 the Blackwater in this Hundred ; but the name 

 seems to be now lost, unless it is represented by 

 ' Hersted ' (now Herbted) Hall on the western 

 edge of the Hundred, in a detached portion of 

 Birdbrook, which is shown on Chapman and 

 Andre's map with ' Hersted Green ' adjoining it. 

 But it is away from any ford. 



* i.e. a maker of horses' bits. He is entered 

 under the king's manor ofWitham as holding a 

 hide which had owed dues to it, and under Bark- 

 ing as having abstracted 24 acres from the nun- 

 nery's manor there. 



* He gave the church of Elsenham to the abbey 

 of St. Stephen at Caen, to which house his uncle 

 Waleram had been a benefactor in Essex. 



(there was) wood(land) for 1300 swine ; and 

 when he received (it), for IIOO; now for 

 1000. (There are) 12 acres of meadow, 

 (and) now as then (semper) i mill. And 

 (there are) 220 sheep, and 8 cows, and 60 

 swine, and i rouncey (runtinus), and i colt 

 (pullus). Then and afterwards it was worth 

 6 pounds ; now 8. 



LXVI. THE LAND OF WILLIAM 

 THE DEACON 4 



HUNDRET OF WENSISTREU [WINSTREE] 

 PELTENDUNA [Peldon] was held by Tur- 

 chil, a free man, as a manor and as 5 hides in 

 King Edward's time. Then as now 2 

 ploughs on the demesne, and 2 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men. Then 4 villeins ; now 

 3. Then 9 bordars; now 10. Then 2 

 serfs ; now 4. (There is) wood(land) for 60 

 swine, I saltpan, and i church with (de) 30 

 acres (of glebe, on which) now as then (semper) 

 is half a plough. And there is I sokeman 

 with (de) 17 acres. Of these 5 hides Hamo 

 Dapifer took away (tulit) 80 acres of arable 

 land and 200 acres of marsh, all of which 

 belonged to this manor (both) in King Ed- 

 ward's time and after the coming of King 

 William, as the Hundret (court) testifies, and 

 this land taken by him (bane occupationem) we 

 have taken (percepimus 6 ) into the king's 

 hands. The abovesaid manor including this 

 (cum hoc Mo) was worth then, and when re- 

 ceived, 6 pounds ; and now it is worth 100 

 shillings ; and what has been taken away 

 from it is worth 20 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF HID(I)NGFORT [HINCKFORD] 



SCALDEFORT [Shalford 6 ] was held by Godere> 

 a free man, as a manor and as half a hide in 

 King Edward's time. Then and afterwards 

 i plough; now i. Then 3 serfs; now i 

 bordar. (There is) wood(land) for 12 swine, 



fo. 95 



(and) 7 acres of meadow. It was then worth 

 40 shillings ; now 50. 



LXVII. THE LAND OF WALTER 

 THE COOK 



HUNDRET OF HIDINGFORT [HINCKFORD] 

 SCALDEFORT [Shalford 8 ] was held by a free 



* See Introduction, p. 418. 



6 This is one of the rare and interesting cases in 

 which the Domesday Commissioners speak in their 

 own persons (see Introduction, p. 412). 



6 There were several manors in Shalford, and 

 the identity of this holding has not been ascer- 

 tained. 



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