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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS fo. HUNDRET OF TENDRINGA BENETLEIA [(Great) Bcntley], which was held by Ulwin as a manor and as 3 hides, is held by A[ubrey] in demesne. 1 Then and afterwards 7 villeins ; now 6. Then 5 bor- dars ; now i o. Then as now (semper) 4 serfs. Then 4 ploughs on the demesne ; now 3. Then among (the men * were) 5 ploughs ; now 4. (There is) wood(land) for 150 swine, 6 acres of meadow, pasture for 150 sheep, (and) I saltpan. Then 3 rounceys (runcini), 100 sheep, 20 beasts (animalia), and 40 swine ; now 100 sheep, and 3 rounceys, 26 beasts, (and) 40 swine. It was then worth 6 pounds ; now 10. DRUVRECURT* [Dovercourt], which was held by Ulwin' as a manor and as 6 hides, is held by A[ubrey] in demesne.* Then 8 vil- leins; now 6. Then 6 bordars; now 12. Then as now (semper) 6 serfs, and 3 ploughs on the demesne, and 6 ploughs belonging to the men. (There are) 3 acres of meadow, (with) pasture for 200 sheep. Then 3 rounceys (runcini), 12 beasts (animalia), 2OO sheep, (and) 40 swine ; and now the same (simiiiter). It was then worth 6 pounds ; now I2. 8 FULEPET [Beaumont 6 ], which was held by Ulwin' as a manor and as 2 hides, is held of Afubrey] by Edward. Then as now (semper) where a house was held by the man who bore this name (p. 576). White Colne, as a parish, is only half the size of that of Earls Colne, but can hardly be repre- sented by Miblanc's holding alone. Here, as in so many cases, Morant did not use properly the evi- dence given by himself. In White Colne there were two manors, Barwick Hall and Inglcdcsthorp, of which the latter is of interest to the student of place-names as an addition to the small list of Essex ' thorpes.' It is clear, from Morant's oven evidence, that Barwick Hall was held of the Clares, and is therefore Richard Fitz Gilbert's holding ' in colun ' (fos. 403-41), which Morant nowhere identifies. Ingledesthorp I hold (also from his own evidence) to have been obtained, with Dovercourt, ' in mar- riage' by Bigot from de Vereand held accordingly. 1 It continued to be so held by the family for more than 500 years, and one of their seats was there. should probably be read as above. The Kentish Dover is twice entered as Dovre. 4 It included the site of Harwich. 6 There is, apparently, nothing whatever to ac- count for this doubling of value. 6 For this identification see the Introduction (p. 396). 17 villeins. Then 3 bordars ; now i. Then 3 serfs ; now none. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now i. Then as now (semper) 5 ploughs belonging to the men. (There is) wood(land) for 1 5 swine, I o acres of meadow, (and) 2 saltpans. Then 12 beasts (animalia) t 1 50 sheep, 30 swine, (and) 2 rounceys (run- cini) ; now 4 beasts, 100 sheep, 30 swine, i rouncey, (and) 3 hives of bees. It was then worth 100 shillings ; now 8 pounds. To this manor belongs I sokeman, who could not withdraw himself (recedere) from the land without permission (licentia) of Aubrey's pre- decessor, and who holds (tenens) 2 hides less 1 5 acres ; then 2 villeins (were there) ; now none ; then 2 bordars ; now 3 ; then i serf ; now none ; then as now (semper) i plough (was) on the demesne ; then I plough among the men ; now none ; (there is) wood(land) for 50 swine, (and) 2 acres of meadow 5 it was then worth 20 shillings ; now 40.' HALF HUNDRET OF FROSSEWELLA [FRESH- WELL] BUMESTEDA [(Helions) Bumpstead 8 ], which was held by Ulwin' as a manor and as 2 hides, is held of Afubrey] by Adelelm*. 9 Then as now (semper) 7 villeins, and 3 bordars, and 4 serfs. Then and afterwards 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now 2$. Then and afterwards 2 ploughs belonging to the men ; now i^. (There is) wood(land) for 20 swine, (and) 5 acres of meadow. Then 7 beasts (animalia), 8 swine, I rouncey (runcinus), 5 sheep, 15 goats, (and) 3 hives of bees; now 12 beasts, 40 swine, 5 rounceys, 80 sheep, 40 goats, (and) 5 hives of bees. It was then worth 5 pounds ; now 8. fo.je REDEWINTRA [Radwinter 10 ] was held as a manor and as half a hide and 15 acres by Alvric (the) sokeman ; he could sell the land, but the soke and sake" remained (in that case) with Aubrey's predecessor (remanebat antecessori Alberict). Miblanc (Dim[idiuf~ b/anc[us]Y* holds it of A[ubrey]. Then 4 villeins; now 2. Then I bordar ; now 5. Then i serf; now 2. Then i plough on the demesne ; now 2. Then 2 ploughs be- longing to the men ; now I. (There is) 7 This holding, with its ' z villeins ' is an ex- ceptionally large one for a sokeman. 8 i.e. the manor of Bumpstead Hall there. 9 See p. 534, note 5, above. 10 See p. 495, note 9, above. 11 i.e. the (profits of) jurisdiction. 18 See p. 534, note 1 1, above. 535
 * ' homines ' is omitted in the MS.
 * The name, which is Druurecurt in the MS.,