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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS as a manor and as i hide and 35 acres, is held (of Hamo) by Gudmund. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now i. Then I plough belonging to the men ; now none. Then 3 villeins; now i. Then 4 bordars; now 6. Then 4 serfs ; now 2. Then wood(land) for 100 swine ; now for 80. There are 15 acres of meadow. Then 2O sheep ; now 50. Then 16 swine ; now 1 1. It was then worth 100 shillings ; and when he received it, 4 pounds ; now 60 shillings. HUNDRET OF HERLAUA [HARLOW] SIRICESLEA [Rise-Marses *], which was held by Harold as half a hide, in King Edward's time, as belonging to (ad) the manor of Hat- felde [Hatfield Broadoak] is held of Hamo by Ralf.* Then I plough on the demesne ; now a half. Then i serf ; now I villein. (There is) wood(land) for 20 swine, (and) 3^ acres of meadow. It was then worth 10 shillings ; now 7. HUNDRET OF DoMMAWA [DuNMOW] DOMMAWA [Dunmow 8 ], which was held, in King Edward's time, by I free man as 30 acres and 7^ acres have been added in King William's time is held of Hamo by Serlo. Then as now (semper) half a plough on the demesne, and 2 bordars. (There is) wood- (land) for 40 swine, (and) 4 acres of meadow. It is worth 1 6 shillings. RODINGES [Roding Marci*], which was held of Harold by Widi', in King Edward's time, as a manor and M if hides, is now held 1 In Hatfield Broadoak. The suffix ' Marses ' makes it practically certain that this must represent Ralf de Marci's holding in Hatfield. There was however a reputed manor called ' the Lea ' in another part of Hatfield, which Morant identified with the ' Bineslea ' of Domesday owing to his curious error in supposing that the Hundred of ' Thunreslau ' lay in this part of the country. ' Ralf was Ralf de Marci (see p. 500, note 9, above). 8 The holding is too small to be identified. 4 In Margaret Roding, but formerly a chapelry of Stondon Marci (see Morant ii. 189). It is now the manor of Marks in the south of Margaret Roding. I assume the identity from the suffix Marci being added to both the places, and from the fact that the name of Marks must have been derived from the family of Mark or Merc of whom Stondon also was held. It should, however, hardly be necessary to observe that the name of this family was wholly distinct from that of the Marcis with which Morant so strangely confused it. He further suggested that this manor of Marks might have been named ' from Marcellus who had it at the time of the general survey,' as tenant of Hamo by Serlo (as) i hide and 1 5 acres.* Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne and i plough belonging to the men. Then 4 villeins ; now 3. Then 2 bordars ; now ii. Then 2 serfs; now i. (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine, (and) 16 acres of meadow. It was then worth 4 pounds ; and when received 40 shillings; now 100 shil- lings. Of this land Eudo Dapifer holds 45 fo. sjb acres, which Hamo claims.* HUNDRET OF WENSISTREU [WINSTREE] WIGHEBERGA [(Little) Wigborough], which was held, in King Edward's time, by Goti', a free man, as a manor and as 7 hides of land and i of wood(land), 7 is held of Hamo by Viel (Pitalis). Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 2 ploughs belonging to the men ; now I. Then as now (semper) 3 villeins and i bordar. Then 6 serfs ; now 4. (There is) pasture for 200 sheep. Then IO beasts (anima/ia); now 14. Then 60 sheep ; now 260. Then as now (semper) 6 rounceys (runcini), and 10 swine. Then as now it was worth 7 pounds. Of this land Bernard has taken away (tulit) the abovesaid hide of wood(land) and holds it (as belonging) to the fief of Baignard, 8 and Engelric took away (tulit) half a hide of land, which is (now) held by Count Eustace. 9 of William de Warenne. But his own footnotes show that William had nothing here ; and the ' Marcellus ' of whom he speaks was really a ' Martel ' and a tenant of Geoffrey de Mandeville. Nor is there any evidence that he held this manor. The above identification is confirmed by the cartulary of Tiltey Abbey in Lady Warwick's pos- session, in which is entered (fos. 32b 33) a quit- claim to Hamo de Marci of half a virgate held ' in villa de Roinges Serhmti tie Marci de eodcm Serlone.' 8 The difference is accounted for by the fact that Eudo had taken away, as stated in the text, 45 acres. It will be observed that this reckoning again implies that the (geld) hide was composed of 1 20 (geld) acres. 6 See p. 492 above for Eudo's holdings in the Rodings. 7 Compare Introduction, p. 376. 8 It must have been annexed to the manor of Barnwalden (now Barn Hall) in Tolleshunt Knights, which was held by Bernard of (Ralf) Baignard 1086. No other manor in the neigh- bourhood satisfies this condition. The rare men- tion of a ' hide ' of woodland should be observed. Domesday assigns to Barnwalden woodland for 200 swine. 9 This must refer to Langenhoe, to which, it is recorded in Domesday, Engelric had added inter alia half a hide under King William. 501
 * This is the entry which definitely proves that