THE VILL AND THE MANOR 55 



Here we see that (i) the pre-Conquest manor in Suffolk 

 contained demesne ; (2) where there was demesne, there were 

 also villans or bordars having teams of their own ; (3) the 

 tenements that were not styled manors, but were inhabited by 

 freemen and sokemen, contained no demesne. Rules I and 2 

 hold good for all the estates of the abbey in Suffolk, but there 

 are a few exceptions to rule 3. We may, therefore, pro- 

 visionally say that the pre-Conquest tenement to which the 

 Suffolk Commissioners applied the term " manor," was the tene- 

 ment of one lord, possessing a hall and demesne, and having 

 members of the villan class with teams of their own among its 

 inhabitants. 



But the Essex manors do not admit of this easy generaliza- 

 tion. Take the five Horndon manors mentioned above 



" Godwin had i team in demesne, and 4 bordars and i slave." 1 

 " Uluric had 2 teams in demesne, and 2 villans, 7 bordars, and 



i slave." 2 



"Aluric had i team in demesne; his tenants had J team, and 



there were 1 1 bordars and i slave." 3 



" Winge had i team in demesne and 3 bordars." 4 



" 2 freemen had 3 teams in demesne ; their tenants had 2 teams : 



there were i villan, 14 bordars, and 3 slaves." 5 



On three out of these five manors the tenants had no teams. 



It is, however, generally the rule in Essex that a manor 

 contained both dominical and tenants' teams ; although, on 

 the other hand, it is easy to find tenements containing both 

 dominical and tenants' teams which are not called manors. 

 Thus, on fol. 22 b there are five tenements containing both 

 dominical and tenants' teams, of which only one is styled a 

 manor. But in these cases it does not appear impossible that 

 the scribe was lazy, and omitted the " pro manerio," which he 

 should have inserted. The distinction, however, which is 



1 D. B., II. 12. 2 id., II. 26. 



3 /</., II. 42. 4 /</,, II. 93- 



5 Id., II. 93 b. 



