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 A HISTORY OF ESSEX 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then the men had between them 3 ploughs ; now 2. (There is) wood (land) for IOO swine, 12 acres of meadow, pasture for 60 sheep, (and) now I mill. Then 8 beasts (animalia) ; now 10. Then I rouncey (runcinus) ; now 2. Then 60 sheep; now 87. Then 30 goats; now 2O. Then 2O swine ; now 24. It is worth now as then (semper) 40 shillings. 1 And I free man held 20 acres, which Robert holds of the king's gift and Nigel (holds) of him. Then as now (semper) half a plough (was there) ; it is worth 3 shillings. And another free (man) held 20 acres, which are (now) held by the keeper (custos) of the Hundret 2 ; it is worth 3 shillings and is held by the same Nigel. BRICIA [(Little) Birch 3 ], which was held by Ulwin' as a manor and as 2 hides less 4^ acres, is held of R[obert] by Robert. 4 Then as now (semper) 12 bordars. Then 6 serfs ; fo. 66b now 5. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne and 2 ploughs belonging to the men. (There is) wood(land) for 40 swine, (and) 12 acres of meadow. Then as now (semper) I mill. Then 2 beasts (animalia) ; now 7. Then 38 sheep ; now 80. (There are) now 33 goats. Then 5 swine ; now 33. (There are) now 2 rounceys (runcinf). It is worth now as then (semper) 60 shillings. HUNDRET OF ANGRA [ONGAR] STAPLEFORDA [Stapleford (Abbots) 6 ], which was held by 5 free men as 2^ hides and 6 acres, is held by R[obert] in demesne. Then 8 bordars ; now 14. Then the men had 5 ploughs between them ; now 4. (There is) wood(land) for 2OO swine, and 21 acres of meadow. Then and afterwards it was worth 50 shillings ; now 60. Of this manor Nigel holds i hides ; and 3 villeins (are there), and 6 bordars, and 2 ploughs ; and it is worth 28 shillings in the above valuation (in eodem pretio). HUNDRET OF CEFFEORDA [CHAFFORD] RENAHAM [Rainham 6 ], which was held by Aluard' as a manor and as 3^ hides, is held of R[obert] by Robert. Then 4 villeins ; now 1 This value seems strangely low. 8 This appears to be the only mention of such an officer in Domesday. He represents the later bailiff' of the Hundred. 8 See Introduction, p. 389. P- 389)- 6 i.e. the manor of Batayles there. 6 i.e. the manor of Berwick there (?) 5. Then and afterwards 6 bordars ; now 4. Then 2 serfs ; now none. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then the men had between them 7. ploughs ; now I. Then 3 rounceys (runcini), and 14 beasts (animalia), and 6 swine, and I oo sheep ; now 4 rounceys, and 1 1 beasts, and 24 swine, and 80 sheep, and 12 hives of bees. It was then worth 6 pounds ; and when received (the same) ; it is now worth 4 pounds. And I hide was held by i free man who afterwards forfeited it because he committed theft (fura- tus est) ; and (it) was in the king's hand(s). But Robert ' lascivus ' 7 seized it (invasit) as the Hundret (court) testifies ; then i plough (was there) ; afterwards and now none ; it is worth now as then (semper) 2O shillings ; this (hoc) is held of R[obert] by the same Robert. WALDA [(South) Weald 8 ], which was held by Sprot as a manor and as i hide, is held of R[obert] by Ralf. (There is) now i villein, and (there are) 6 bordars, and i plough. (There is) wood(land) for 40 swine. It is worth 20 shillings. This land is held by R[obert], as he says, in exchange (pro escangio) by (the livery of) Hubert de Port (portu), 9 and it has never paid (Dane)geld (reddidit geltum), and neither the last (?). 10 HUNDRET OF CELMERESFORDA [CHELMSFORD] INGA [Frierning ?], u which was held by Siward as a manor and as 3 hides in King Edward's time, is held by Robert in demesne. Then as now (semper) i villein. Then 3 bordars ; now 9. Then i serf ; now 3. Then as now (semper) i plough on the demesne. Then half a plough belonging to the men ; now I . (There is) wood(land) for 400 swine. fo. 67 Then 5 beasts (animalia) ; now 4. Then 28 sheep ; now 26. Then 12 swine; now 17. It was then worth 30 shillings ; now 2O. 7 This was probably the Robert ' invesiatus,' a man of Robert Gernon, who was charged with aggression in the adjoining parish of Wennington p. 445 above). 8 i.e. the manor of Caldecots there. 9 The Domesday tenant-in-chief of Mapledur- well, Hants. He occurs in the Suffolk Domesday (ii. 377) as having given seisin to the Bishop of Bayeux of certain free men. 10 ' et neque ultimum.' The phrase is obscure, and the reference may be to the ' last ' levy. 11 The number of the Ings lying together makes their identification difficult. Morant asserted the above manor to be Margaretting, but Frierning seems to be the only one with which it is possible to connect Robert Gernon directly. 518
 * This was Robert de Verli (see Introduction,