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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS INGA [Frierning ? ! ] was held by Eduin' Grut as a manor and as i hide and 33 acres. It is now held of Robert by Ilger. Then as now (temper) I bordar, and I plough. (There is) wood(land) for 40 swine and 2 acres of meadow. It is worth 20 shillings. Rfobert] had this land as part of that which he ob- tained by exchange (habuit R. in suo tscangio). CINGUEHELLA [Chicluial (Zoyn) *], which was held by Doth as a manor and as 2 hides, is held of R[obert] by Anschetil. Then as now (semper) i villein, and 2 bordars, and 2 ploughs on the demesne, and i plough belong- ing to the men. (There is) wood(land) for 30 swine, (and) 20 acres of meadow. Then as now (semper) I rouncey, and 6 beasts (ani- malia), and 1 2 sheep, and 1 4 swine. It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 4 pounds. SPRINGINGHEFELDA [Springfield 3 ], which was held by Godric as a manor and as 2 hides and 40 acres, is held of R[obert] by Corp. Then as now (semper) 4 villeins, and 7 bor- dars, and 2 ploughs on the demesne, and I plough belonging to the men. (There is) wood(land) for 30 swine, 2O acres of meadow, (and) i fishery. Then i rouncey (runcinus) ; now I O. Then 5 beasts (animalia) ; now 30. Then 4 sheep ; now i OO. Then 1 3 swine ; now 40. It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 60. INGA [Frierning ? *], which was held by 1 See p. $18, note 1 1, above. is here entered in the midst of Chelmsford Hun- dred manors, Morant identified it as being in Chigwell (in Ongar Hundred), with which Robert Gernon had nothing to do. Its true identity is revealed by the Inq. p. m. on Philip Burnel (Dec. 20, 1294), cited by Morant himself (ii. 80), where it is found among the Gernon manors which the Bumel family had acquired, as held of Philip by Margery de Moese. In 1303 this Margery is re- turned as holding i fees in Chicknal ' Tany ' and fee in Chicknal ' Seyn,' which were both in Chicknal St. James (Feudal Aidt, ii. 133). Morant no doubt jumped at the conclusion that 'Cingue- hella ' was more like the ' Cinghewella ' (Chigwell) of Domesday than it was to its ' Cingehala ' (Chicknal). Compare p. 387 above. Springfield Barnes, the history of which, as given by himself (ii. 8), is inconsistent with that identifi- cation. It was probably represented by the half fee held, at his death in 1 360, by Richard de Plaiz, one of the co-heirs of the Gernon estates. From the Plaiz family, probably, it passed to the De Veres, Earls of Oxford. Selva and Topi as a manor and as 2i hides and 31 acres, is held of Rfobert] by William. And Robert has it by exchange (in escangio). Then as now (semper) i villein, and 14 bor- dars; and 1 1 ploughs on the demesne, and i| ploughs belonging to the men. (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine, (and) 4 acres of meadow. Then 10 beasts (animalia) ; now the same. Then I rouncey (runcinus) ; now 5. Then as now (semper) 2O sheep. Then 30 swine ; now 16. (There are) now 2 hives of bees. It is worth now as then 4 pounds. And 30 acres were held by Borda, and Rfobert] (holds them) now ; then as now (semper) half a plough (was there) ; and (there are) 2^ acres of meadow ; it is worth 10 shillings. PACING.* 8 [Patching (Hall Picot) ], which was held by Borda as a manor and as 2$ hides in King Edward's time, is held (of Robert) by Picot. Then I villein ; now none. (There are) now 6 bordars. Then 4 bordars ; now none. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now I. Then as now (semper) half a plough belonging to the men. (There is) wood(land) for 50 swine, (and) 10 acres of meadow. Then 4 beasts (animalia), and 2O swine, and 20 sheep ; now (there is) nothing. Then as now (semper) it was .worth 40 shil- lings. R[obert] has this land in exchange (in escangit). Of the fee of RICHEHAM 7 [Culverts *], Asso holds of R[obert] what was held by Goduin* as a manor and as i hides. fo.tyb Then I villein and I serf; now 2 bordars. Then as now (semper) i^ ploughs on the de- mesne. And (there are) 10 acres of meadow. Then as now (semper) i mill. It is worth now as then (semper) 30 shillings. This form points to an English ' Patchings.' 8 A manor in Broomfield. This is another of the Gernon estates which passed eventually to the Burnel family. 8 A manor (now a farm) in Boreham, which derived its name from the Coleworth family in the thirteenth century. Richard de Coleworth is named in a charter of William de ' Rykham ' (obviously the ' Richeham ' of Domesday), ' who seems to have been lord of this and other estates in and about this parish ' (Morant, ii. 1 2). Never- theless Morant himself (ii. 25) identified the manor in the text as ' Rifehams ' in Danbury, which had nothing to do with Robert or his suc- cessors. ' Culverts ' was among those manors of his which were afterwards held by the Burnels. 519
 * A manor in Chicknal St. James. Although it
 * This is identified by Morant as the manor of
 * See note i above.
 * De feudo Richeham.'