A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



50 sheep. It was then worth 7 shillings ; 

 now 8. 



HUNDRET OF WlTBRICTESHERNA [DfiNGIE] 



FANBRUGE [(North) Fambridge] was held by 

 Godric', a free man, as a manor and as 8 hides 

 in King Edward's time. Now T[hierri] (holds 

 it) in demesne. Then 12 villeins ; now 2. 

 (There are) now 10 bordars. Then 10 serfs ; 

 now 5. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on 

 the demesne. Then 4 ploughs belonging to 

 the men ; now 2. (There is) wood(land) for 

 200 swine. There were here 2 free men who 

 had 50 acres over and above (prteter) the afore- 

 said hides. (There were) then 2 rounceys (run- 

 cini), 10 beasts (anima/ia), 10 swine, (and) 150 

 sheep ; now 2 rounceys, 5 asses, 8 beasts, 20 

 swine, (and) 200 sheep. It is worth now as 

 then (semper) 7 pounds. 



Thierri (Tedricus) holds i^ hides, in ex- 

 change for Cogheshala [Coggeshall *], which 

 were held by Tiselin". Then 2 ploughs ; now 

 none. Then 3 bordars ; now none. (There 

 is) wood(land) for 3 swine, (and) 12 acres of 

 meadow. It was then worth 20 shillings ; 

 now 10. 



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HUNDRET OF ROCHEFORT [ROCHFORD] 



SUTTUNA [Sutton s ], which was held by a 

 free man as a manor and as 2 hides and 30 

 acres in King Edward's time, is held by 

 T[hierri] in demesne. Then as now 2 

 ploughs on the demesne, and 6 serfs. Then 

 i bordar ; now 9. (There is) wood(land) for 

 50 swine, pasture for 100 sheep, and 4 acres 

 of meadow. To this manor there used to 

 belong (jacebanf) 3 free men. One (of them) 

 held half a hide, and could depart (abire 3 ) 

 without the permission (licentid) of the lord of 

 this manor (ipsius mansionis) ; and another held 

 30 acres, which are (now) held of T[hierri] 

 by Grimbold, and are worth 10 shillings; 

 and the third (held) 30 acres, which are held 

 (of Thierri) by Hunold and are worth 10 

 shillings, 4 and (these also) could depart. 6 



* See p. 567, line 15, below. 



* Morant made this to be Temple Sutton alias 

 Little Sutton in Prittlewell and Sutton ; but I 

 cannot find any evidence for this identification. 

 It will be seen below (p. 566) that Thierri had laid 

 hands on the holdings of freemen adjoining his 

 own estates. 



3 This probably means that he could place him- 

 self under the protection of another lord. 



4 The words ' and are ... shillings ' are inter- 

 lined. 



6 The words ' sine licentia domini ipsius man- 

 sionis ' must be understood here after ' abire.' 



T[hierri] received on (in) the demesne 2 roun- 

 ceys (runcinas) and 7 beasts (animalla\ 6 swine, 

 100 sheep, (and) 6 hives of bees ; now (there 

 are) 2 rounceys, 7 beasts, 21 swine, (and) 106 

 sheep. It was then worth in all (inter totum) 

 4 pounds ; now 7. Of this manor Robert 

 holds of T[hierri] half a hide ; and (there 

 are there) 2 bordars, and 2 ploughs, and (this) 

 is worth 10 shillings in the above valuation 

 (in eodem pretio). And to this manor there 

 belonged i sokeman who could not withdraw 

 himself (recedere). 



LXXII. THE LAND OF ROGER 



'GOD SAVE THE LADIES' (D[EU]S 



SALVET D[OMI]NAS 6 ) 



HUNDRET OF WITHAM 



RUENHALE [Rivenhall 7 ] was held by Ulsi', 

 a free man, as a manor and as 30 acres in King 

 Edward's time. Then as now (semper) i plough. 

 It is worth 20 shillings. 



HUNDRET OF HIDINGFORT [HINCKFORD] 



FELSTEDE [Felsted] was held by Ulsi' under 

 Earl JEAfgur 8 (Algaro) as a manor and as half 

 a hide and 30 acres. Then as now (semper) 

 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 3 serfs. (There 

 is) wood(land) for 20 swine, (and) 10 acres of 

 meadow. It was then worth 30 shillings ; 

 now 40. 



BADUUEN [(Great) Baddow 9 ] was held by 

 Ulsi', a free man, as a manor and as i^ hides. 

 Then i bordar ; afterwards and now 3. Then 

 as now (semper) 4 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne. (There is) wood(land) for 40 swine, 

 and 8 acres of meadow. It is worth now as 

 then (semper) 40 shillings. 



6 It is no doubt only a coincidence that a 

 ' William Godsave, Esq.' was a landowner at Cold 

 Norton when Morant wrote. 



7 One of the small estates there. 



8 It is to be observed that both Felsted and 

 Great Baddow (see next entry) had been held by 

 Earl jElfgar and were given by the Conqueror to 

 the abbey of the Holy Trinity at Caen. It is 

 expressly mentioned however in Domesday (see 

 p. 453 above) that King William had given '3 

 virgates' out of Felsted to this Roger. Thirty 

 ' acres ' went to the ' virgate,' and four ' virgates ' 

 to the ' hide," so that these ' 3 virgates ' are the 

 'half a hide and 30 acres' of the text. 



9 This entry was omitted, under the Baddows, 

 by Morant. 



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