THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



Roger of Poitou (pictaviemis) has i house 

 which was held, in King Edward's time, by 

 his predecessor Alflet * and used to render the 

 king's due. Now it does not pay and has not 

 paid * since Roger had (it). 



Count Eustace (has) 1 2 houses, and one of 

 which Engelric * took possession (occupavit) ; 

 and they used to render the king's due in 

 King Edward's time. Now they do not pay 

 and have not paid since Eustace had them ; 

 and they are worth 12 shillings. William, 

 nephew of the bishop,* (has) 2 houses, which 

 were held by Thurchil, and renders customary 

 due. Otto the goldsmith (has) 3 houses 

 which belong to Esceldeforde [Shalford] and 

 were held by /Elfgifu (Alveva) the countess, 5 

 and used to render the king's due, and do not 

 render (it) now. And this is of the queen's 

 land. 8 



The Abbot of Westminster (has) 4 houses, 

 which were held, in King Edward's time, by 

 Earl Harold as belonging to Peering (ad 

 ferigens) and used then to render customary 

 due ; now they do not. 



Geoffrey de Mandeville (magna villa) (has) 

 2 houses, which were held in King Edward's 

 time by Geni' as belonging to Ardleigh (ad 

 erligam)* and used to render customary due ; 

 now they do not. 



Suain (Suena) (has) I house, which was held 

 in King Edward's time by Goda as belonging 

 to Elmstead (ad e/mesttdam) T ; and then they 

 used to render (reddebant) the king's due ; now 

 they only render on their tenants' polls (nisi 

 caput hominis). 



William de Watteville (watevilla 8 ) (holds) 

 of Suain (sue none) i house, which was held by 

 Robert (Fitz) Wimarc in King Edward's time, 

 and used to render customary due ; now it 

 does not. 



Turstin Wiscart 9 holds of John Fitz 

 Waleram 3 houses and half a hide of land, 

 which were held in King Edward's time by 



1 She cannot be identified as his predecessor in 

 any Essex manor. 



Reddit ' for ' reddidit.' 



His predecessor. 



See Introduction, p. 418. 



See Introduction, p. 351. 



Geoffrey's manor at Ardleigh had been held 

 by two brothers, and this ' Geni' ' cannot be 

 identified there (p. 508 above). 



7 Suain (of Essex) had succeeded, at Elmstead, 

 his father Robert Fitz Wimarc (p. 491). Goda 

 was probably an Englishwoman whose land Robert 

 had obtained. 



See p. 474, note 6, above. 



* This famous surname it among the omissions 

 in Ellis' Indexes to Domesday. It identifies the 

 Turstin who held of John Fitz Waleram at Saling. 



two burgesses, and used to render the king's 

 customary due ; now they do not. That 

 half hide was then worth 10 shillings ; and 



fo. 107 



when received, 6 shillings ; (it is) now (worth) 

 5 shillings. 10 



Ranulf Peverel (piperellus) (has) 5 houses, 

 which Ailmar II held, in King Edward's time, 

 as belonging to Terling (ad terlingai) ; and 

 they used to render customary due ; now 

 they do not. One of these is without the 

 walls. 



Ralf Baignart (has) I house, which was 

 held in King Edward's time by Ailmar melc 

 as belonging to Tolleshunt (ad tollensum li te), 

 and it used to render (reddebant) customary 

 due ; now not. 



The Abbess of Barking (berchinges) (had) 3 

 houses 1S in King Edward's time, and then 

 rendered (reddebat) customary due ; now not. 



Aubrey de Ver (has) 2 houses and 3 acres 

 of land, which were held by Ulwin* his pre- 

 decessor 14 in King Edward's time. They used 

 then to render customary due. 



The king's demesne in Colchester (consists 

 of) 1 02 acres of land, of which 10 are of 

 meadow, (and) on (in) which are 10 bordars ; 

 and 240 acres of (inter) pasture and scrub 

 (Jructetam) ; and all this belongs to (jacet ad) 

 the king's ferm. 15 



In the burgesses' common 18 (In commune bur- 

 gensum) are 80 acres, and 8 perches about 

 (circa) the wall, from all which the burgesses 

 have 60 shillings a year, for the king's service 

 if there should be need (for it), and if not, 

 they divide it in common (in commune divi- 

 dunt). 



And (autem) there is a custom that every 

 year, on the fifteenth day after Easter, the 

 king's burgesses render 2 marcs of silver ; and 

 this belongs (hoc pertinent) to the king's ferm. 



10 The fee of Turstin Wiscart ' is among the 

 endowments named in Eudo Dapifer's foundation 

 charter of St. John's Abbey, Colchester. 



11 This was ' Ailmar, a thegn of King Edward,' 

 who had held Terling before the conquest. 



19 This place has not hitherto been identified, 

 and it was indexed in the Record Commission's 

 edition as ' Collensum.' The entry gives us the 

 surname of Ralf's predecessor at Tolleshunt (p. 526 

 above). 



13 These are clearly the three houses mentioned 

 under her manor of Wigborough (p. 449 above) 

 as appurtenant thereto. 



u See Introduction, p. 343. 



16 i.e. was included in the sources of revenue 

 compounded for in the ' ferm.' 



18 This appears to be the best way of rendering 

 the above exceedingly difficult phrase. The phrase 

 probably refers to common of pasture. 



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