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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS now (semper) 6 bordars. Then and after- wards 6 serfs ; now I. (There is) wood- (land) for 30 swine, (and) 6 acres of meadow. Then 200 sheep and 10 swine ; now 220 sheep, 30 swine, 66 goats, (and) 3 beasts. Then and afterwards it was worth 6 pounds ; now IOO shillings. 1 There also (In eadem villa) the same (Hugh) holds 3 hides and 17 acres, which were held by 5 free men in King Edward's time ; then 5 ploughs (were there) ; and when he received (it) 2 ; now none ; (there are) now I villein and 3 bor- dars ; (there are) 4 acres of meadow ; then and afterwards it was worth IOO shillings; now 40 ; G[eoffrey] claims (to have obtained) these lands by exchange (pro escangio). In MUNEH ALA [Manhall *] a certain English- man holds of G[eoffrey] 3 virgates which were held by a free man in the time of King Edward ; and in King William's time he became (effectut eft) Geoffrey's man of his own accord s ; and the men of Geoffrey say that afterwards the king granted (it) to Geoffrey in exchange (pro escangio), but neither the man himself nor the Hundret (court) bears witness in favour of Geoffrey (testimanium Goitfrido perhibeni). In that land was then i plough ; now I half. Then as now (semper) 3 bordars ; and there are 7 acres of meadow. It is worth 10 shillings. BLICHANGRA [Birchanger 4 ], which was held by I sokeman of Ansgar as half a hide in King Edward's time, is held of G[eoffrey] by Germund. 6 Then as now (semper) I plough on the demesne, and 3 bordars. Then and afterwards (there was) wood(land) for 40 swine ; now for 30. It was then worth 20 shillings ; now 10. HUNDRET OF CLAVELINGA [CLAVERING] In PLICEDANA [Pledgdon 6 ] Richard holds (of Geoffrey what was held by) a sokeman of Ansgar (as) i hide and 20 acres 7 in King Edward's time. Then i plough ; now none. 1 A rather small decrease in view of the total disappearance of all the villeins and their ploughs. note 2, above. 3 See Introduction, p. 358. 4 Not the manor of Birchanger Hall, which belonged to St. Valery. 6 This was Germund de St. Ouen, who held of Geoffrey also in Herts and Bucks. 6 A hamlet in Henham, which however was assessed in Clavering Hundred. 7 ' tenet Ricardus soc* Angari i hidam et xx acres.' I have no hesitation about supplying in the text the words within brackets, which must have been omitted by a scribal error. Then as now (semper) 3 bordars. (There is) wood(land) for 10 swine, (and) 10 acres of to. 63 meadow. It is worth now as then (semper) 21 shillings. HUNDRET OF WITBRICTESHERNA [DENGIE] PHENNA [Stow Maries ?], which was held by Friebern as a manor and as 3 hides, is held (of Geoffrey) by Hugh de Verli. Then as now (semper) 2 villeins. Then 2 bordars ; now 7. Then 2 serfs ; now none. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then I plough belonging to the men ; now a half. (There is) wood(land) for 40 swine, (and) pasture for 30 sheep. Then 5 swine, (and) 30 sheep ; and now 70 swine. It is worth 60 shillings. There also (In eadem) the same (Hugh) holds 37 acres ; then half a plough (was there) ; now none ; it is worth 5 shillings. 8 WENESWIC [ 9 ], which is held (of Geoffrey) by Godfrey and Evrard, was held by Ansgar, in King Edward's time, as 5 hides and 40 acres. Then as now (semper) 2 villeins. Then 4 bordars ; now 7. Then as now (semper) 3 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 2 ploughs belonging to the men ; now i^. It is worth 4 pounds. There also (In eadem) 6 free men held I hide and 40 acres, which is (now) held by the same Godfrey and Evrard ; it was then worth 20 shillings ; now 10. XXXI. THE LAND OF THE COUNT OF OU [EU] TURRUC [(West) Thurrock 10 ], which was held by Harold as a manor and as 1 3 hides, is held by the count in demesne. Then 12 villeins; now 17. Then 16 bordars; now 45. Then 16 serfs; now 8. Then 6 ploughs on the demesne ; now 5. Then IO ploughs belonging to the men ; now 13. (There is) wood(land) for 200 swine, 40 acres of meadow, (and) pasture for 500 sheep. Then i fishery ; now 2. Then as now (semper) 5 cows, 3 rounceys (runcinf), 16 swine, (and) 550 sheep. It was then worth 12 pounds ; now 30. And there are 7 houses at London which belong (jacent) to this manor and are (included) in this rent (firma). 11 8 This is the duplicate entry (see p. 5 1 2 above). 9 This manor, although considerable, has not been identified. 10 Wrongly identified as Grays Thurrock by Morant (see Introduction, p. 388). 11 Here again the valuation proves to be the actual rent, which is significant in view of an increase of 1 50 per cent (see p. 364 above). I 513
 * A manor in (Saffron) Walden (see p. 473,