THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



suetudinem l ) but (such as) ' commendation ' 

 (gave him). 1 Then 4 bordars ; now 6. 

 Then as now (semper) i plough. (There is) 

 wood(land) for 20 swine, 4 acres of meadow, 

 (and) now i mill. It is worth 20 shillings. 



In CREPINGA [Creping (Hall)*] Alward 4 

 held 68 acres, 6 freely (libere), which (quod) 

 Rfichard] now holds like the rest (aliam). 

 Under him (there were) then 4 bordars ; now 

 (there are) 6. Then as now (semper) I plough. 

 (There is) wood(land) for 20 swine, (and) 2 

 acres of meadow. It is worth 2O shillings. 



And Alwi' the huntsman 8 held freely 

 (libere) half a hide and 26^ acres. Now 

 R[ichard] holds (them), in BERCOLT [(West) 

 Bergholt], 7 like the rest (aliam). Then 2 

 bordars ; now 6. Then as now (itmper) I 

 plough. (There is) wood(land) for 1 5 swine, 

 (and) 2 acres of meadow. (There was) then 

 half a mill ; now none. It was then worth 

 2O shillings ; now 36. 



In COLUN [Colne 8 ] Ulvric' held freely 

 (libere) 5 acres. Now R[ichard] (holds them) 

 like the rest (alias). They are worth 2 

 shillings. 



In FORHAM [Fordham] Tovillda held 3 

 acres. Now R[ichard] (holds them) like the 

 rest (alias) ; and they are worth 7 pence. 



In BERCOLT [(West) Bergholt] Coding' 

 held 6 acres ; now R[ichard] (holds them). 

 Then half a plough (was there) ; now 2 

 oxen. 9 There is I acre of meadow. It 

 was then worth 32 pence ; now 5 shillings. 



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In HALSTEDA [Halstead] a free man held 

 2$ acres in King Edward's time ; and they 

 are worth 30 pence. Alvret, R[ichard]'s 



1 Strictly, a customary due. 



* ' Nii commendationem ' (compare Introduc- 

 tion, pp. 358-9). 



* A manor in Wakes Colne. 



4 He had also held the other portion of ' Crep- 

 inga ' in which he had been succeeded by Mod- 

 wine in 1086 (p. 560 above). 



' bt. acras iiii. acras et iiii. acras et dimidiam.' 



6 His name is one of the omissions in Ellis' 

 Indexes to Domes Jay. 



7 The name of the locality should have followed 

 after ' acres.' 



See p. 572, note 14, above. 

 9 i.e. a quarter of a plough-team. 



reeve, has received these pence I0 ; and he has 

 given pledge concerning it (indededit vadem). 11 



In HERSHAM [Hersham(hall) '*] a free 

 woman held 30 acres. Now Wielard' holds 

 them, as he says, of the king ; but the Hun- 

 dret (court) does not testify (in his favour) ; 

 and Richard son of Count Gilbert has had 

 the service (from the land). Then half a 

 plough (was there) ; now none. (There are) 

 now 2 bordars. It is worth 10 shillings. 



In BRANCHETREU [Braintree] 3 free men 

 held, in King Edward's time, 30 acres, which 

 Letmar* the reeve claimed as belonging to 

 (reclamavit ad) Richard's fief; but his (illius) 

 men do not testify (in the reeve's favour). 

 And he has given pledge concerning it (inde 

 dedit vadem ts ). And it is worth 3 shillings. 14 



In CEAURIDE [Chawreth 16 ] (are) 30 acres, 

 which were held by Ulvric, a free man, in 

 King Edward's time. Now Garner', a man 

 of Richard, holds (them), and vouched to 

 warranty (vocavit ad tutorem) Ilbodo, 18 and 

 afterwards failed to adduce a warrantor (nan 

 adduxit tutorem). And it is worth 8 shillings. 



In the same vill 2 free men held half a 

 hide in King Edward's time. Ailmar, 

 Richard's reeve, seized this land, and vouched 

 him to warranty (revocavit turn ad tutorem) ; 

 but Richard failed (defu'tf) him ; and he has 

 given pledge concerning it (ex hoc dedit ille 

 vadem 13 ). It is worth 16 shillings. 17 



The monks of Canterbury hold in LALINGA 

 [Lawling 18 ] i hide, which was held by 3 free 

 men in King Edward's time. Then as now 

 (semper) l plough. It is worth 2O shillings. 

 This land has been added to that manor I9 in 

 King William's time. 



10 This passage is important as implying that 

 30 pence was the actual rent received, and not a 

 mere valuation. 



11 See p. 566, note 10, above. 

 >* See p. 571, note 7, above. 

 11 See p. 566, note 10, above. 



11 This is virtually a duplicate entry (see p. 570, 

 note 20, above). 



18 Overlooking these entries Morant asserted 

 that Chawreth w not mentioned in Domesday 



16 See p. 561 above. It is not clear what he 

 had to do with Chawreth. 



17 Richard's encroachments end here. 



18 In Latchingdon. 



19 The monks had a large and valuable manor 

 at Lawling (p. 437 above). 



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