THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



LXXIII. THE LAND OF GILBERT 

 SON OF SALOMON 1 



HUNDRET OF HlDINGFORT [HlNCKFORD] 

 to. 97 



In FELESTEDA [Felsted] a free man held 30 

 acres,* which are (now) held by G[ilbert]. 

 Then as now (semper) i plough. It is worth 

 20 shillings. 



LXXIIII. THE LAND OF WILLIAM 

 SON OF CONSTANTINE 8 



TAINDENA [Theydon *] was held by Suen' 

 as a manor and as 2 hides and 40 acres in 

 King Edward's time. Now W[illiam] holds 

 it similarly. 6 Then 5 villeins ; afterwards and 

 now 4. Then and afterwards 7 bordars ; now 

 IO. Then 4 serfs ; now none. Then as now 

 (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then (there 

 were) 4 ploughs among the men ; afterwards 

 and now 3. (There is) wood (land) for 500 

 swine, 20 acres of meadow, (and) now as then 

 (semper) i mill. Then and afterwards it was 

 worth 60 shillings; now IOO. 



LXXV. THE LAND OF ANSGER 

 THE COOK 



ALVILEA [Aveley '] was held freely (libera) 

 by Godeman as 50 acres. Then as now (sem- 

 per] half a plough was there. In STIFORT [Stif- 

 ford] a free man held 25 acres ; and what with 

 (inter) this land and the aforesaid there is now 

 as then half a plough. 7 And it is worth 10 

 shillings. 



LXXVI. THE LAND OF ROBERT 

 SON OF ROSCELIN 8 



HUNDRET OF UDELESFORT [UTTLESFORD] 

 HAIOENA [Heydon] was held by Alwin', 



1 He also held land as a tenant-in-chief at 

 Meppershall, on the borders of Bedfordshire and 

 Herts, and at Felmersham, Beds. 



* It is mentioned (p. 4 5 3 above) that the king had 

 given Gilbert a ' virgate ' at Felsted, but the whole 

 manor is there represented as having been held by 

 Earl JElfgu. 



9 He also held in chief a very small estate in 

 Bucb. 



* Although this appears to have been a good- 

 sized manor, it has not been identified in the 

 Theydons. Morant seems to have overlooked the 

 entry. 



6 i.e. at the same assessment. 



_ * One of the small estates there. 



7 This is somewhat obscure, but the two hold- 

 ings probably adjoined, and were farmed together. 



8 He also held in chief a manor at Stepney, 

 Midd.,and was an under-tenant of Count Eustace 

 in Herts and Beds. 



a free man, 9 as a manor and as 5 hides and 

 15 acres in King Edward's time. Then as 

 now (semper) 1 8 villeins. Then 3 bordars; 

 afterwards and now 7. Then as now (semper) 

 5 serfs, and 3 ploughs on the demesne, and 8 

 ploughs belonging to the men. And (there 

 are) 8 acres of meadow, (with) wood(land) for 

 8 swine. (There were) 2 rounceys (runcini), 

 206 sheep, 40 swine, (and) 13 hives of bees ; 

 now i rouncey, 206 sheep, 20 swine, (and) 10 

 hives of bees. Then and afterwards it was 

 worth 10 pounds; now 12. And a certain 

 Englishman, Goduin' by name, holds now as 

 then (semper) 1 2 acres ; I bordar (is there) 

 now as then (semper) ; and Lewin' similarly 

 (holds) 5 acres ; and (this) is worth 1 2 pence. 



LXXVII. THE LAND OF RALF 

 PINEL 



HUNDRET OF TENDRINGA [TENDRINO] 



BRUMBELEIA [(Great) Bromley] and WEST- 

 NANETUNA [ 10 ] were held by Brictmar 11 

 as a manor and as 4^ hides ; and there were 

 2 halls (hallo). Now R[alf] holds (it). 

 Then as now (semper) 5 villeins. Then and 

 afterwards 25 bordars ; now 23. Then 6 



fo. 97 b 



serfs ; now 9. Then 3 ploughs on the 

 demesne ; now 2. Then and afterwards 10 

 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 6. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 600 swine, (and) 1 6 

 acres of meadow. It is worth now as then 

 (semper) 7 pounds. 18 R[alf] did service for 

 this land to (hanc terram deservivit ergo) 

 G[eoffrey] de 'Magnavilla' because G[eofrrey] 

 himself told him that the king had given the 

 service of that land to himself ; but on two 

 occasions he paid of his own money (dedit de 

 suo censu) to the king's officers (ministris), when 

 the king sent his envoys to this land. 18 



9 This was probably the 'Alwin' Stichehare* 

 who had been his predecessor at Stepney. 



10 This appears to be a lost name. 

 1 See Introduction, p. 352. 



18 Yet the total number of ploughs had decreased 

 from 1 3 to 8. 



13 'misit legates suos in hanc terram.' The 

 phrase is an important but obscure one. The 

 word legati is used in Domesday for officers sent 

 by the king, such as the Domesday Commissioners 

 themselves. Under Alrcsford (p. 460 above) it 

 is used for the envoy of a private landowner. 

 The statement as to Geoffrey de Mandevillc should 

 be compared with that which is found under a 

 manor in Suffolk (fo. 437) that Ralf Pinel had 

 received it of the king's gift, but had done service 

 for it (ex ea un/'wii) to Geoffrey de Magnavilla. 



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