A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



man as a manor and as half a hide in King 

 Edward's time. 1 Then and afterwards i^ 

 ploughs ; now I . Then as now (semper) I 

 villein and 3 bordars. Then and afterwards 



2 serfs ; now i. (There is) wood(land) for 

 8 swine, (and) 1 1 acres of meadow. Then 

 (there were) 2 rounceys (runcini) and 12 beasts 

 (anima/ia), and 60 swine, and 53 sheep, and 



3 goats; now 10 beasts, and 8 swine, and 

 53 sheep, and 20 goats, and 5 hives of bees. 

 It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 50. 



In ASSEWELLA [Ashwell (Hall)] * Felaga 

 held half a hide as a manor ; now Walter 

 (holds it). Then 3 bordars ; now 7. Then 

 I \ ploughs ; now I . (There is) wood(land) 

 for 60 swine, (and) 1 1 acres of meadow. Then 

 (there were) i cow, and 30 swine, and 5 sheep ; 

 now 4 beasts (anima/ia 3 ) and 8 swine, and 53 

 sheep. It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 

 60. 



LXVIII. THE LAND OF MODUIN * 



HUNDRET OF BERDESTAPLA [BARSTABLE] 



WICFORT [Wickford] was held by Eduin' 

 Grut 5 freely as a manor and as half a hide. 

 Then as now (semper) I plough, and I bordar. 

 (There are) 4 acres of meadow. It is worth 

 10 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF WITHAM 



In WITHAM M[oduin] holds i hide which 

 was held by Harold. Then as now (semper) 

 i plough. Then I bordar ; now 2. (There 

 is) wood(land) for 12 swine. (There were) 

 then 8 acres of meadow ; now 4 ; and Geoffrey 

 Baignard 6 took away the rest (tulit alias). Then 

 (there were) 4 swine ; now 7. Then 20 sheep ; 

 now 40. Then 4 beasts (animalia) ; now 10. 



1 This is suggestive of the identity of this hold- 

 ing with the half hide of ' soke ' recorded, under 

 the main manor of Shalford (p. 43 1 above), to have 

 passed into the possession of Walter son of Guibert, 

 who would, in that case, be Walter the cook. 



* A manor in Finchingfield. 



3 This seems to be one of the cases in which 

 animalia represent cows. 



4 This is an English name. A note below will 

 show that its bearer had possibly held land in Essex 

 under the Confessor. 



5 The predecessor of Robert Gernon in a 

 manor to the north-west in Chelmsford Hundred. 



6 This ' Goiffridus Baignard ' must be the ' Gaos- 

 fridus Bainard ' who occurs in Norfolk as a consider- 

 able under-tenant of Ralf Bainard (fos. 247^, 248, 

 249, 250, 25 1, 253). We must infer therefore 

 from this entry that he was under-tenant of the land 

 held by Ralf Bainard in Witham (see p. 429 above). 



(There are) now 2 rounceys (runcini). It is 

 worth 20 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF WITBRICTESHERNA [DENGIE] 



CRICCHESEIA [Cricksea] was held by Alward' 

 as a manor and as i hide in King Edward's 

 time. Then 2 bordars ; now i. Then as 

 now (semper) i plough. (There is) pasture for 

 40 sheep. (There are) now 85 sheep. It is 

 worth now as then (semper) 30 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF WENSISTREU [WINSTREE] 



LEGRA [Layer r ] was held by a free man as 

 a manor and as 2 hides in King Edward's time. 



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Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the de- 

 mesne. Then 5 bordars ; now 4. Then as 

 now (semper) 2 serfs. (There is) wood(land) 

 for 2O swine. Then (there were) 32 sheep ; 

 now 100. Then i cow with a calf; now 10 

 beasts (animalia}. (There are) now 40 goats, 

 and 2 rounceys (runcini}. Then 7 swine; now 

 10. It is worth now as then (semper} 60 

 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF LASSENDENA [LEXDEN] 



CREPINGES [Creping (Hall) 8 ] was held by 

 Alward' as i virgate of land. 9 Now Moduin' 

 holds (it). Then i plough ; now a half. (There 

 are) 2 acres of meadow, (with) wood(land) for 

 40 swine. It is worth 10 shillings. It was 

 held by I free man. 



In DUNILANDA [(East) Donyland] Laghe- 

 mann' held i virgate. Moduin' holds (it) now. 10 

 Then as now (semper) i bordar. Then and 

 afterwards half a plough ; now none. It was 

 then worth 10 shillings ; now 6. 



HUNDRET OF TENDRINGA 



TENDRINGA [Tendring 11 ] was held by Alvric' 

 as 1 5 acres. Now Mod[uin'] holds it as a manor 

 and for as much. 18 Then 2 serfs ; now i . Then 

 as now i plough. It is worth 20 shillings. 

 (There was) then as now (semper} i rouncey 

 (runcinus) ; now (there are) 4 swine, and 4 

 goats, and IO sheep, and 6 beasts (animalia) ; 

 this (stock) is on (in) the demesne. 



7 This is one of the holdings in the Layers that 

 cannot be satisfactorily identified. 



8 A manor in Wakes Colne. 



9 The addition of terra to virgate, as mere sur- 

 plusage, should be noted. 



10 'Moduin" occurs below (p. 561) as a former 

 tenant of land here, which is in accordance with 

 his possession of an English name. 



u One of the unidentified holdings there. 

 12 i.e. the same assessment. 



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