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 A HISTORY OF ESSEX with (de) 30 acres. Wood(land) for 80 swine, (and) pasture for 1 00 sheep. Then i fishery ; fo. asb (there is) now none, but there could be. Of this estate (terra) 30 acres belonged to (fuerunt ad) another estate (terram) in King Edward's time. 1 It was then worth 40 shillings ; now, including the addition (totum simui), 30 shil- lings. In TORINDUNA [Thorndon *] the bishop has 20 acres which were held by a free man in King Edward's time. It is worth 30 pence. 8 HUNDRET OF WlTHAM In HAFELDA [Hatfield (Peverel)?] (the bishop has) 15 acres which were held by a sokeman. It was then worth 3 shillings ; now 4. HUNDRET OF ROCHEFORT [ROCHFORD] STANBRUGE [(Great) Stambridge], which was held by Osward in King Edward's time as 3^ hides and 30 acres, is held of the bishop by Suen. 4 Then 7 villeins ; now none. Then 5 bordars ; now 10. Then 3 serfs ; now none. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 3 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 4. Pasture for 300 sheep, (and) I mill. Now I rouncey (runcinus). Then 4 beasts (animalia) ; now 2. Then 15 swine ; now 25. Then 100 sheep ; now 58. Then as now (semper) it was worth 6 pounds. BACHENEIA [Beckney? 6 ], was held by Ravengar, and is now (held by) the bishop in demesne as half a hide. Then i serf ; now I bordar. Then as now (semper) i plough on the demesne. (There is) pasture for 30 sheep. It was then worth 20 shillings ; now 1 See p. 448, note 3, above. 8 i.e. in what is now (East and West) Horndon. 8 This small holding is not identified. district. 6 This has been identified as Beeches in Raw- reth ; but as that manor was held of the Honour of Rayleigh, it must be sought among the lands of Suain of Essex below. I feel no doubt myself that ' Bacheneia ' was really Beckney, a detached portion of Assingdon, which was ' a considerable estate ' and even ' a manor ' in the sixteenth century (Morant, i. 3212). The form of the name makes the identity practically certain, and the ' pasture for sheep ' confirms it ; but owing to the breaking up of the Bishop of Bayeux's fief, it is often difficult to prove the descent of its manors. 30. In this valuation of 30 shillings are in- cluded (adhuc) 30 acres and I bordar and half a plough. 6 BERLINGA [Barling 7 ], which was held by a free man as half a hide, is held by the bishop in demesne. Then as now (semper) i bordar. Then i plough ; now none ; but there could be (one employed there). It is worth 10 shillings. SOBERIA [Shoebury '], which was held by a free man as i hide and 30 acres, is held by the bishop in demesne. Then as now (semper) 2 villeins. Then 2 bordars ; now 3. Then I plough on the demesne ; now 2 oxen. 9 Then as now (semper) i plough belonging to the men. Pasture for 40 sheep. It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 55. HUNDRET OF WITBRICTESHERNA [DENGIE] CRICCHESEIA [Cricksea], which was held by Edric, a free man, in King Edward's time as I manor and as I hide, is held of the bishop by Suen. 10 Then 2 bordars ; now 3. Then as now (semper) 2 serfs and i plough on the demesne. Wood(land) for 20 swine, (and) pasture for 20 sheep. (There were) then 4 beasts ; now the same. It was worth 23 shillings then and afterwards ; now 30. CRICCHESEIA [Cricksea], which was held by Leuric in King Edward's time as half a hide, is held of the bishop by Pointel. Then half a plough ; now none. It was then worth 10 shillings ; now 5. fo. 24 HUNDRET OF WENSISTREU [WINSTREE] SAMANTUNA [Sampton n ], which was held by 2 free men as half a hide and 35 acres, is 8 i.e. this was in addition to the ' half hide ' estate. 7 i.e. the manor of Mucking Hall there. 8 The actual manor has not been identified. 9 i.e. a quarter of a plough team. 10 i.e. Suain of Essex, the Domesday baron. 11 This entry was placed by Morant under Sal- cot Verli, but on the ground of evidence which places it, on the contrary, in Peete (i. 424). The manor of Peete lay in Mersea and Peldon, and an Inquisition on Thomas Tey in 1543 assigns to him 'a capital messuage called Samptons Wyke in Peldon and Sampton,' and ' closes in Peldon and Sampton,' formerly belonging to the abbot of St. Osyth (i. 419). I can feel, therefore, no doubt that Sampton is represented by the 'Sampsons' shown on Morant's map (1768) and now known as ' Sampson's farm,' about a mile to the south of Peldon. ' Sampson's Creek ' lies to the south of it. 456
 * i.e. Suain of Essex, the great baron of the