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 A HISTORY OF ESSEX Cambridgeshire (Cantebruge sira) and is called Scelfort [Shelford] 1 ; then as now (semper) there were (there) 8 villeins and 5 bordars, and i plough on the demesne, and 2 ploughs belonging to the men, and 15 acres of mea- dow ; then I rouncey, (and) now none ; then as now (semper) 10 beasts ; then 80 swine, (and) now 50 ; then 80 sheep, (and) now 87 ; then 13 goats, (and) now 24. This outlying estate (berewita) was included in the above ferm * in King Edward's time, but now (the manor) renders 25 pounds and 16 shillings. Robert Gernon (grino) holds 2 sokemen with (tie) 2% hides who belong to this manor and render all customary due(s) ; he received them when Suen was sheriff, and the Hundret (court) knows not how he came to have them, for there came into the Hundred neither writ nor officer (legatus) on the king's behalf (to say) that the king had given him that land. A certain clerk of Count Eustace had ob- tained possession of (invaseraf) 42 acres and was holding them as part of (ad) the fief of Count Eustace ; but the Hundret (court) testifies that they (belong) to Newport, and so the king now has (them) ; and the clerk is adjudged (judicatus) to be at the king's mercy as to (de) all his possessions (cessu) and his body ; s in that land there was then i plough, (and) now none ; (there is) i acre of meadow, (and) wood(land) for 6 swine, and it is worth 6 shillings. RICHELINGA [Rickling] was held by Harold as a manor and as 8 hides (and is) now so (pro totidem) held by King William. Then 13 villeins ; afterwards 1 6 ; now 20. Then and afterwards 6 bordars ; now 10. Then as now (semper) 4 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then and afterwards the men had 8 ploughs ; now i O. (There is) wood(land) fo. 7b for 30 swine, (with) 3 acres of meadow. It was then worth 8 pounds ; now 1 2 pounds and 1 6 shillings. On the demesne are 7 beasts (animalia) and 70 sheep. HALF HUNDRET OF FROSSCEWELLA [FRESH- WELL] SANFORT [(Great) Sampford] was held by 1 A few miles south of Cambridge (see Intro- duction, p. 338). 8 i.e. the two estates together provided the two nights' ferm. Compare the case of Brightlingsea with Harkstead above. 3 This entry is suggestive of trial and judgment before the Domesday Commissioners (see Introduc- tion, p. 411). Edeva, 4 (and) afterwards by Earl Ralf, 8 (and is) now (in charge of) Godric ' dapifer ' in the king's hand(s) as a manor and as 7 hides and 30 acres. Then 26 villeins ; afterwards 13 ; now 1 6. Then 9 bordars ; afterwards 6 ; now 5. Then as now (semper) 4 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then the men had 22 ploughs between them; afterwards 15 ; now 14. (There is) wood(land) for 1 50 swine, (with) 30 acres of meadow. Then as now (semper) I mill. It was then worth 2O pounds; afterwards 26 ; now 30. HUNDRET OF TURESTAPLA [THURSTABLE] King William has in this Hundret 4 salt- pans, of which the sheriff has charge (custodit), and 3 men with (de) 10 acres, and (they are) worth 20 pence. fo.8 II. THE LANDS OF THE HOLY TRINITY OF CANTERBURY CAN- TORBERU] FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE MONKS HUNDRET OF WITHAM In COGHESSALA [(Little) Coggeshall] the Holy Trinity 7 held in King Edward's time and holds now (modo similiter) 3 virgates of land. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs. Then I bordar ; now 8. Then 3 serfs; now i. (There are) 8 acres of meadow (and) i mill. And it is worth 60 shillings. On the demesne are 4 rounceys (runcini), 3 beasts (animalia), 2O sheep, and 7 swine. BOCHINGES [Bocking] was always held by the Holy Trinity as a manor and as 4^ hides ; and there are 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then the men had 35 ploughs ; now 29. Then 19 villeins; now 18. Then 25 bordars ; now 44. Then 4 serfs ; now 2. (There is) wood(land) for 300 swine, pasture for 60 sheep, 22 acres of meadow (and) a mill. And (there are) 6 beasts (anima/ia), and 100 sheep, and 54 swine. There belong to this manor now as then (semper) 2 hides in Meresai [(Bocking Hall in East) Mersey] ; and (there are there) i plough on the demesne, and I plough belonging to the men, and 2 villeins, and i bordar, and pasture for 50 sheep. Then the whole together was worth 24 pounds ; now 28. 4 Edith the Fair (see Introduction, p. 350). 5 Of Norfolk, forfeited 1075. 6 i.e. Christchurch. 7 i.e. the cathedral church of Christchurch. 436