A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



LXXVIII. THE LAND OF ROBERT 

 SON OF GOBERT 



BELESTEDA [Belstead (Hall) 1 ] was held by 

 3 free men as a manor and as i % hides and 

 40 acres. Then as now (semper) 3 bordars, 

 and I serf and 2 ploughs on the demesne. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 10 swine, (and) 15 

 acres of meadow. It was then worth 30 

 shillings ; now 50. 



LXXIX. THE LAND OF RAINALD 

 THE CROSSBOWMAN (BALISTARII) 



PHENBRUGE [(South) Fambridge*] is held 

 by R[ainald] of the king 3 as a manor and as 

 3^ hides. Then as now (semper) 1 villein, 

 and 7 bordars, and 2 ploughs on the demesne, 

 and 2 ploughs belonging to the men. (There 

 is) pasture for 100 sheep. It is worth now 

 as then (semper) 100 shillings, but the monks 

 of Ely claim it and the Hundret (court) 

 bears witness in their favour (els testatur*). 

 And (Rainald) seized (saisivit) half a hide 

 adjoining (juxta) that land after the coming 

 of King William, and it (que) is worth 30 

 shillings a year. 



LXXX. THE LAND OF GONDUIN 6 



HUNDRET OF TURESTAPLA [THURSTABLE] 



TOLESHUNTA [Tolleshunt 6 ] was held by 

 Alric' as a manor and as I hide. Now 

 G[onduin] holds (it). Then as now (semper) 

 2 bordars. Then 4 serfs ; now 5. Then I 

 plough ; now half a plough. It was then 

 worth 30 shillings ; and when received it 

 was worth 20 shillings. It is now worth 10 

 shillings. 



LXXXI. THE LAND OF OTTO 7 

 THE GOLDSMITH 



HUNDRET OF HIDINGFORT [HINCKFORD] 



fo. 98 



GLESTINGETHORP [Gestingthorp 8 ] was held 



1 A manor in Broomfield. Morant seems to 

 have overlooked this entry, for he only gives that 

 which relates to the Warenne portion of Belstead. 



* In Rochford Hundred. 



8 This expression is used to show that he did 

 not hold it of the monks of Ely, who claimed that 

 it belonged to them. 



* The interesting pre-Domesday plea printed 

 in lajuisitio comitatus Cantabrigiensis (p. 193) con- 

 tains the relative passage : ' In comitatu Easexie 

 tenet Reinaldus mills (sic) in villa que dicitur 

 Fenbricge vi hidas et dimidiam' (belonging to Ely). 



6 'Gondwinus camerarius' held in chief one 

 manor in Suffolk. 



6 An unidentified manor in the Tolleshunts. 



* See Introduction (p. 351). From his descen- 

 dants Belchamp Otton derives its name. 



8 i.e. the manor of Overhall there. 



by Earl ^Elfgar (Algarus) as half a hide. 

 Now Otto holds (it) similarly. 9 Then as 

 now (semper] 3 ploughs on the demesne, and 3 

 ploughs belonging to the men. Then 13 

 bordars ; now 16. Then as now (semper) 6 

 serfs. (There is) wood(land) for 60 swine, 

 (and) 25 acres of meadow. There are 80 

 sheep, 32 beasts (anima/ia), 88 swine and 

 3 rounceys (runcini). And there were 12 

 sokemen in King Edward's time there are 

 now II dwelling on (in) this manor; and 

 they hold half a hide and 30 acres ; then as 

 now (semper) 4 bordars (were there), and i 

 plough, and i serf. It was then worth 10 

 pounds ; now 1 2 ; and when the king gave 

 (it him), 15. 



LXXXII. THE LAND OF GILBERT 

 THE PRIEST 



HUNDRET OF HIDINCFORT [HINCKFORD] 



MILDELTUNA [Middleton 10 ] was held by 9 

 sokemen of Earl .flLlfgar (Algar'i) as i^ hides 

 and 28 acres. Then as now (semper) i 

 ploughs on the demesne. (There are) 4^ 

 acres of meadow. It is worth 20 shillings. 

 He claims this land (as) of the Queen's gift. 11 



LXXXIII. THE LAND OF GRIM 

 THE REEVE (PREPOSITI) 18 



HUNDRET OF BERDESTAPLA [BARSTABLE] 



In BURA [Bowers (Gifford)] Grim has 2 

 hides, on (in) which was i plough, with (et) 

 2 serfs, in King Edward's time ; but now 

 there are 2 ploughs on the demesne, and half 

 a plough belonging to the men, 3 villeins, 6 

 bordars, and 3 serfs. (There is) pasture for 

 100 sheep, and half a hide and 10 acres of 

 wood(land) laid waste (vastatte silv<e). 13 And 

 of these 2 hides one is that of (est de) men 

 forfeited to (erga) the king, which G[rim] 

 added to his other land after the coming of 

 King William by means of (per) Robert Fitz 

 Wimarc the sheriff, as G[rim] says, and all 

 this was worth 40 shillings in King Edward's 

 time ; now 50. 



In CELDEWELLA [Chadwell] Godman, a free 

 man, held 2O acres, and made forfeit (faris- 

 fact[us']) > and could not pay his fine (emendare). 



9 i.e. at the same assessment (a strangely low 

 one). 



10 Part thereof. 



11 See Introduction, p. 337. 



12 He is mentioned, under the king's land, as 

 holding 10 acres in Rochford Hundret. 



13 See Introduction, pp. 376-7. This woodland 

 clause is interlined. 



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