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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS Merc). Then 5 villeins ; now 3. Then 16 bordars ; now 14. Then 8 serfs; now 4. Then 4 ploughs on the demesne ; now 3. Then 4 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 2. (There is) wood(land) for 60 swine (and) pasture for 300 sheep. Then 12 saltpans ; l now 5. There are 2 rounceys (runcini), 16 beasts (animalia), 40 swine, (and) 400 sheep. It was then worth 10 pounds ; now 100 shillings. There also (In eadetri) 3 free men held half a hide and i acre (which is) worth 10 shillings. GOLDHANGRA [Goldhanger], which was held by Elric as i hide and 15 acres, is held of the count by the same Adelolf (de Merc). (There are) now 4 bordars. Then 2 serfs ; now none. Then as now (semper) i plough on the demesne, (and) now half a plough belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 40 swine, 3^ acres of meadow, (and) pasture for 50 sheep. It was then worth 2O shillings ; now 30. TOLESHUNTA [Tolleshunt*], which was held by Almar as 2 hides, and 5 acres, is held by the count in demesne. Then 3 bordars ; now 5. Then as now (temper) 2 serfs and I plough on the demesne, and I plough belong- ing to the men. Wood(land) for 100 swine, (and) pasture for 160 sheep. (There are) 50 sheep. 8 It was worth 40 shillings then, and 15 shillings when received ; now 20. TOLESHUNTA [Tolleshunt], which was held by Ulvric, a free man, as i manor and as I hide and 35 acres, is held of the count by St. Martin.* Then as now (semper) 2 bordars and I plough. Wood(land) for 30 swine. (There is) I beast (animal). It is worth 30 shillings. In BLACHAM [ ] 4 free men held half a hide, which they could sell. Count Eustace holds it now. Then as now (semper) i plough. It was worth 10 shillings (then), and 10 shillings when received ; now 7 shil- lings. TOLESBERIA [Tollesbury], which Gud- mund, a free man, held as I manor and as 1 Of which the memory is preserved in the name of the adjacent Salcote (see Introduction). the Honour as i fee by the family of Loholt. haps doubtful. 4 St. Martin-le-Grand, London. 3 hides in King Edward's time, is held of the count by Alm[er]frid. And this is of Inpjel- ric's fee. Then 4 bordars ; now 3. Then 4 serfs ; now 2. Then 3 ploughs on the demesne ; now 2. Then as now (semper) half a plough belonging to the men. (There is) pasture for 100 sheep, (and) i saltpan. It was then worth 4 pounds ; afterwards and now 3. fo. 3>b HUNDRET OF TfiNDERINGA [TENDRING] CITA [Chiche 6 ], which was held by Ed- ward as I manor and as 3 hides in King Edward's time, and afterwards by Ingelric, is held by the count in demesne. Then 9 villeins ; afterwards and now 7. (There are) now 2 bordars. Then 8 serfs ; afterwards and now 2. Then I plough on the demesne ; and when (the manor was) received, none ; now i. Then 6 ploughs belonging to the men ; afterwards and now 3. (There is) wood(land) for 400 swine and 6 acres of meadow. (There are) i cow, (and) 1 1 sheep. It was then worth 12 pounds ; and 40 shillings when received ; now 10 pounds. To this manor belongs (jacet) l outlying estate (btn- wita) called FRATINGA [Frating] of 40 acres, (where is) now half a plough ; it is appraised above. 9 And at BURNA 7 [ ] there are 30 acres, (where was) then i plough ; now a half ; it is worth 20 shillings. And in FRORWICA [Frowick (Hall)] 8 are 50 acres, (where were) then as now (semper) 3 bordars, and i serf, and i^ acres of meadow ; (there is) now I plough ; wood(land) for 1 2 swine ; it is worth 10 shillings. TENDRINGA [Tendring 9 ] was held, in King Edward's time, by Frewin as I manor and as half a hide. Now the count holds it in demesne for the same (tantundem). Then as now (semper) I villein, and 2 bordars, and 2 serfs. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; afterwards and now I. Then as now (semper) I plough belonging to the men. (There is) 6 Now St. Osyth. This manor is that of Earl's Hall there. The name in the MS. is clearly 4 Ci/a,' as read in the Record Commission's edi- tion, which is an interesting scribal error ; for in the two other entries relating to the place the name is ' Cice,' and it ought to be ' Cica ' here. Such an error would seem to imply that the scribe was copying from a document which he misread (com- pare p. 395 above). i.e. included in the ' 10 pounds.' 7 ' Ad Burnam.' This leaves it doubtful whether ' Burna ' or 4 Burnam ' is intended. In St. Osyth (' Chiche '). i.e. the manor of Old Hall there. 469
 * In Tollesbury. This was afterwards held of
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