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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS now (semper) i plough (was there), and I villein, and i bordar, and i serf ; (there is) wood(land) for 24 swine, (and) 10 acres of meadow ; it is worth 20 shillings. And to this manor * there belongs (adjacet) further half a hide which i sokeman of Baignard's predecessor (antecessoris baignardi *) held and still holds; then i ploughs (were there) on the demesne ; now I. Then as now (semper) I villein, and i serf; (there is) wood(land) for 20 swine, (and) 9 acres of meadow ; it is worth now as then 20 shillings. WIMBEIS [Wimbish s ], which was held by Ailid as a manor and as 8 hides in King Edward's time, is held by R[alf] in demesne. Then as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the de- mesne. Then 21 ploughs belonging to the men; now 15. Then as now (semper) 26 villeins and I priest. Then 19 bordars ; now 55. Then 6 serfs ; now none. Then wood(land) for 500 swine ; now for 400. (There are) 40 acres of meadow. Then 2 rounceys (runcini), and 4 beasts (animalia), 60 swine, 120 sheep, and 4 hives of bees; now 2 rounceys, 4 beasts, 28 swine, 80 sheep, (and) 4 hives of bees. It was then worth 12 pounds; now 20. HUNDRET OF WENSISTREU [WlNSTREE] BOROOLDITUNA [Barnwalden ?],* which Alvric, a free man, held, in King Edward's time, as a manor and as i hide, is held of R[alf] by Modbert. Then as now (semper) I plough on the demesne. Then 3 bordars ; now 4. (There is) wood(land) for 2O swine. Then 2 rounceys (runcini), i beast (animal], i pig, (and) 1 5 sheep ; now 2 rounceys, I 1 This is one of the many cases in which terra and mantrium are used indifferently by the scribe. Christian name, Ralf Baignard being spoken of as ' Baignard ' only. 3 Wimbish is in Uttlesford Hundred. held of Rail's successors, the Lords Fitz Walter, and which is now represented by ' Barn Hall.' The ' n ' is intrusive, for the name of the manor, in the fourteenth century, was ' Barwaldone ' or ' Berwaldon.' No attempt has been made hitherto to identify ' Boroolditune ' (which seems to be formed like ' Tidwolditune,' now Heybridge), and Morant identified RalPs 'Toleshunt ' (see p. 526 below) as Barnwalden. No place of any such name as ' Boroolditune ' is found in Winstree Hundred, nor can any manor there be traced up to Ralf Bainard. Barnwalden, though in Thur- stablc Hundred, stood just on the edge of that of Winstree. beast, 2 swine, 33 sheep, and 34 goats. It is worth 30 shillings. METCINGES [Messing 6 ], which was held by a free woman as a manor and as half a hide in King Edward's time, is held of R[alf] by Bernard. 6 (There is) now i bordar. (There is) wood(land) for 12 swine. It was then worth 10 shillings ; now 3. HUNDRET OF CLAVEUNGA [CLAVERING] In MAGELLANA [Manuden], i free man held in King Edward's time 30 acres, which (quod) Amelfrid' (now) holds of R[alf]. Then as now (semper) i plough. It was then worth 5 shillings ; now 10. HUNDRET OF HIDINGFORDA [HINCKFORD] PENTELAWA [Pentlow] was held by a free woman as a manor and as 4 hides and 3 virgates in King Edward's time. 7 Then as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne, and 5 ploughs belonging to the men, and 8 vil- fo. 70 leins. Then and afterwards I bordar ; now 8. Then 8 serfs ; now none. (There is) wood(land) for 2OO swine, (and) 30 acres of meadow. Then as now (semper) i mill. Then two rounceys (runcini), 22 beasts (ani- malia), 48 swine, i sheep, (and) 8 hives of bees ; now 3 rounceys, 24 beasts, 2O swine, 80 sheep, (and) 8 hives of bees. And (there are) 18 sokemen with (de) 2 hides and 30 acres ; and they have 5 ploughs ; then 4 serfs ; now I ; (there are) now 4 bordars ; (there is) wood(land) for 10 swine, (and) 10 acres of meadow. The whole was worth IO pounds in King Edward's time ; now 16. Of this manor Galicer[ius] * holds 30 acres ; and (this) is worth IO shillings in the above valuation (in eodem pretio). HUNDRET OF WITBRICTESHERNA [DENGIE] BURNEHAM [Burnham], which was held by Alwart, a free man, as a manor and as 4 hides and 1 2 acres in King Edward's time, is held by R[alf] in demesne. Then as now 8 Messing is in Lezden Hundred, but adjoins Tolleshunt Knights. The identity of this small estate cannot be determined, but its holder was doubtless the Bernard who held 'Toleshunta' also of Ralf. The usual information as to whether the manor was held in demesne or by an under- tenant in 1086 is not given. Identical with the ' Walicheriui ' entered above as holding at Cold Norton. 523
 * This is a good instance of the omission of a
 * A manor in Tolleshunt Knights, which was