THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



time, (were) 6 free men with (de) I hide and 

 46 acres ; then i plough was there ; now 

 none ; then and afterwards (it was worth) 1 5 

 shillings ; now IO. 



In ARCHESDANA [Arkesden] Goduin' sech 

 held i hide less 8 acres. It is now in the 

 king's hand(s). Then I bordar, and i 

 plough ; now nothing. (There are) 2 acres 

 of meadow. It was then worth 20 shillings ; 

 now 10. And this land was held by G[eoffrey] 

 de ' Magna villa." And 1 5 acres were held by 

 Ulmar', as belonging to (ad) the fief of 

 Ansgar, under G[eoffrey], and the county 

 (court) does not testify (in his favour). 



Hugh de Berners (berneriis) held 37 acres 

 of the king, which he denied, and afterwards 

 it was proved to be the king's (fuit dtrationata 

 ad opus regis), and he has given pledge (dedit 

 vadem *). Then as now (semper) i plough on 

 the demesne, and i bordar. (There is) wood- 

 (land) for 40 swine, (and) 4 acres of meadow. 

 It was then worth 10 shillings ; now 20. 



In PLESINCHOU [Plesingho*] a free man 

 held I hide of land, which Humfrey Orescuil 

 (aurei testiculi) has seized to the wrong of 

 (invasit super) the king. Then as now 

 (semper) i plough on the demesne, and 7 

 bordars, and 2 serfs. (There is) wood(land) 

 for 30 swine, (and) 7 acres of meadow. 

 (There was) then i mill. It was then worth 

 1 6 shillings ; now 23. 



In WIGHEBERGA [(Little) Wigborough 8 ] 

 Hamo ' dapifer ' * has added (to his estate) 2 

 sokemen of the king, with (de) 30 acres and 

 worth 4 shillings, whom he has seized to the 

 wrong of (invasit super) the king ; and in 

 CARESEIA [ 6 ] 8 acres, worth 8 pence ; 



and in STANBURNA [Stambourne *] 40 acres, 

 which were held by Alestan, a free man, and 

 1 2 free men in King Edward's time, and they 

 have (it) still, (and) then as now (semper) 2 



ploughs (were there) and 3 bordars, and it is 

 worth 40 shillings. 7 



In the Hundret of ODELESFORT f Uttlesford] 

 W[illiam] Cardun 8 has taken possession of 

 (occupavit) i sokeman with (de) 8 acres, and it 

 belongs to (jacet ad) CISHELLE [(Great) Chis- 

 hall] of the fief of Geoffrey de Magna villa, 

 and is worth 2 shillings. 



fo. xoz 



HALF HUNDRET OF CLAVELINGA 

 [CLAVERING] 



ENCROACHMENT OF SUAIN (SuANi) 9 



BOLITUNA [Bollington 10 ] and BERTUNA 

 [ "] were held of Harold by Goduin', 



a free man, as a manor and as 4^ hides in 

 King Edward's time. Now Alvred holds it 

 of him (eo). 1 * Then as now (temper) 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne, and 5 ploughs belonging to 

 the men, and 7 villeins and 13 bordars, and 

 5 serfs. (There is) wood(land) for 20 swine, 

 (and) 2 acres of meadow. Then and after- 

 wards it was worth 4 pounds ; now 6. 

 Robert Fitz Wimarc seized (invasit) this land 

 in King William's time, and it is still held by 

 (his son) Suain (Suenus). 



In MAGGHEDANA [Manuden] Aubrey 

 (Albericus) de Ver seized (invasit) i hides 

 and 15 acres, which were held by 3 free 

 men in King Edward's time. Then 5 

 ploughs ; afterwards and now 4. Then as 

 now (semper) 6 villeins, and 6 bordars, and 3 

 serfs. (There is) wood(land) for 30 swine, 

 (and) 9 acres of meadow. Then and after- 

 wards it was worth 60 shillings ; now 4 

 pounds. And in SMALTUNA [ ] (are) 



1 5 acres of land, which were held by a free 

 man in King Edward's time ; then i plough 

 (were there) ; afterwards half (a plough) ; 

 now none ; and it is worth 3 shillings. 



In MAPPESTEDA [(Little) Maplestead IS ] and 



Dcngie Hundred, where Geoffrey had a consider- 

 able manor (p. 5 1 3 above). There is there entered, 

 at the end of the survey of that manor, an almost 

 identical holding of 6 free men who had i hide 

 and 40 acres. 



1 See p. 566, note 10, above. 



* In Willingale (see p. 463, note 2, above). 



* Of which the manor was held by Hamo. 



* This aggression has nothing to do with Geof- 

 frey de Mandeville. 



* An unidentified manor in Dcngie Hundred. 



8 Hamo had manors at Carseia ' (in Dengie 

 Hundred) and at Stambourne. 



7 The words ' 40 acres ... 40 shillings ' are 

 interlined, and their construction it somewhat 

 doubtful. 



8 Geoffrey de Mandeville's tenant at Great 

 Chishall (see p. 5 1 2 above). 



9 This heading refers only to the entry which 

 immediately follows it. 



10 A manor in Ugley, part of which was held 

 by Robert Gernon. 



11 If this was a local name, it appears to be now 

 lost, being probably merged in Bollington. 



Suain (?) 



> In Hinckford Hundred. 



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