THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



hides and 2O acres in King Edward's time, 

 was seized by T[hierri]. And this manor is 

 held of T[hierri] by 3 knights. Then 3 

 villeins; now 2. Then I serf; now none. 

 Then 2 bordars ; now 5. Then as now 

 (semper) i plough on the demesne. Then 2 

 ploughs belonging to the men ; now i. It 

 was then worth 40 shillings ; now 100. 



PACHESHAM [Paglesham], which was held 

 by 2 free men as half a hide and 1 5 acres, 

 was seized (invasit) by T[hierri]. Then as 

 now (semper) i plough. It is worth 20 

 shillings. And Robert holds (it) of him. 1 

 T[hierri] has held these 2 manors in (pro) 

 exchange for (de) Cogheshala [Coggeshall] ; 

 and now they are in the king's hand(s). And 

 in MIDEBROC [ *] he seized (invasit) 



2O acres ; I villein (is there) now as then 

 (semper) ; and it is worth 4 shillings ; and the 

 soke belongs to the church of the Holy 

 Trinity of ' Canterbury,' as the Hundret 

 (court) testifies ; Tfhierri] Pointel has held 

 this also in exchange (pro escangio) \ and it is 

 in the king's hand(s). 



ENCROACHMENT (!NVASIO) OF RANULF 

 PEVEREL (PIPERELLI) 



In TERLINGA [Terling s ] Rfanulf] has 

 seized (invasit) 5 free men who held (tenentes) 

 3 hides less 15 acres in King Edward's time. 

 Of this manor Roger holds of R[anulf] 2 

 hides and 80 acres, and Ranulf 30 acres. 4 

 Then 3^ ploughs ; now 6. Then 2 villeins ; 

 now 5. (There are) now 5 bordars. (There 

 is) wood(land) for 2O swine, (and) 22 acres of 

 meadow. It was then worth 75 shillings ; 

 now 4 pounds and 15 shillings. And in 



thirteenth and fourteenth centuries to be held of 

 Fitzjohn and of his heir De Burgh, Earl of 

 Ulster, as of the manor of North Fambridge, 

 which was Thierri Pointel's in 1086. The 

 smaller manor in Little Stambridge passed from 

 Ralf Bainard (p- 437 above) to his successors the 

 Fitz Walters. 



1 This last sentence is interlined/' It should 

 apparently be inserted here. 



* This small holding has not been identified ; 

 but it was probably in the neighbourhood of 

 Thierri's manor of Little Stambridge, as Christ- 

 church ( Holy Trinity '), Canterbury, of which 

 Ralf Bainard held the other manor in Little Stam- 

 bridge, had the ' soke ' of it. 



* The manor of Terling was held by Ranulf in 

 1086, and adjoined his great manor of Hatficld 

 (Peverel). Hence these encroachments. 



* The total of these two holdings would be 3 

 hides less 10 acres, which does not quite corre- 

 spond with that given just before. There is 

 doubtless a scribal error. 



WIDITUNA [Widdington 5 ] R[anulf] has seized 

 30 acres, which he holds in demesne ; and 

 they are worth 5 shillings. And in STANES- 

 GATA [Stangate 6 ] R[anulf] has seized i hide 

 and 30 acres, which Ralf Fitz Brien 7 holds 

 of him, (and) which 2 free men held in 

 King Edward's time. Then as now (semper) 



2 bordars and i plough (were there) ; there 

 is pasture for 20 sheep ; it was then worth 

 15 shillings; now io. 8 And in HENIES 

 [(Great) Henny] (are) 2o acres which were 

 held by 1 2 free men in King Edward's time ; 

 now Turold holds (them of Ranulf 9 ) ; and 

 they are worth 3 shillings. And in LAMERS 

 [Lammarsh 10 ] are 2 acres of free (liberte) 

 land ; and they are worth 4 pence. 



fo. 100 



ENCROACHMENT (!NVASIO) OF HUGH DB 

 MONTFORT IN EsSEX (EXSESSA) 



Hugh de Montfort has seized (invaiit) i 

 free man to the wrong of (super) the king, 

 and William son of Grossa 11 (gross*) io free 

 men, who, between them all (hit omnes), held 



3 hides and 9 acres in King Edward's time. 

 There were then there (in quibus) 8 ploughs ; 

 now 7^. Then as now (semper) 13 bordars 

 and 5 serfs. Then 2 mills ; now I. (There 

 is) wood(land) for 157 swine, (and) 30 acres 

 of meadow. It is worth now as then (semper) 

 6 pounds and 2 shillings. And he has further 

 (adhuc) seized (invasit) 4 free men with (de) 2 

 hides and 20 acres, which are worth 30 shil- 

 lings ; and there were there then 2$ ploughs ; 

 now none. And in the Hund[ret] of Laxen- 

 dena [Lexden] he has seized 3 free men 

 holding I hide and 30 acres where (in quibus) 

 there were 3 ploughs, (and are) now 2^ ; 

 then i bordar ; now 6 ; (there is) wood(land) 

 for 100 swine, (and) 12 acres of meadow ; 

 it was then worth 30 shillings ; now 50 ; 

 and one of these three (free men) belongs to 

 (facet ad) the fee of St. Peter of Westminster 



In Uttlesford Hundred. 



8 In Dengie Hundred (in Steeple). 



7 See p. 5 30, note 8, above. 



8 Here, as at Terling, Ranulf held the manor, 

 and had unlawfully annexed to it the holdings of 

 these free men. 



Turold held the chief manor there of Ranulf 

 (p. 519 above), so that the observation in the pre- 

 ceding note applies here also. 



10 Lammarsh also was held of Ranulf by Turold, 

 and it descended with Great Henny. 



11 He held the important manor of Felix Hall in 

 Kelvedon under Hugh (p. 497 above), so that this 

 encroachment was probably in or near Kelvedon. 

 Morant thought it was the manor of Easterford 

 Hall, but this was only conjecture. 



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