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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS for 40 swine (and) 4 acres or meadow. Then 9 beasts (animalia) ; now 7. Then 2 roun- ceys (runcini) ; now 4. Then IOO sheep ; now 200. Then 12 swine ; now 30. (There are) now 2 hives of bees. It was then worth 5 pounds ; now 4. HUNDRET OF UDELESFORDA [UlTLESFORD] CESTREFORT [(Little) Chesterford], which was held by Queen E[dith] as a manor and as 5 hides, is held of Walter by i knight. 1 Then as now (semper) 10 villeins. Then 4 bordars ; now 1 6. Then 4 serfs ; now I. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 3 ploughs belonging to the men. (There is) wood(land) for 20 swine, 8 acres of meadow, (and) now as then (semper) i mill. Then 2 beasts (animalia) ; now 4. Then i rouncey (runcinus) ; now none. Then 36 sheep ; now 43. Then 1 6 swine ; now 34. (There are) now 23 goats. It was then worth 100 shillings ; now 6 pounds. fo. 7b XLIII. THE LAND OF ROGER BIGOT * HUNDRET OF HIDINGFORT [HINCKFORD] HIDINGHAM [(Sibil) Hedingham], which was held by 15 free men in King Edward's time, is held of R[oger] by Garenger 8 as 25 acres. 4 Then as now (semper) 5^ ploughs were there, and i villein, and 2 serfs. There is wood(land) for 70 swine, (and) 1 1 acres of meadow. It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 4 pounds. There also (in eadem villa) 3 free men held 48^ acres of land in King Edward's time ; now they are held of R[oger] by the same G[arenger]. Then as now (temper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 2 ploughs belonging to the men, and 5 villeins. Then 6 serfs ; now 4. Then (there was) wood(land) for 2OO swine; now for 160. 1 The persistent repetition of this phrase (' I miles ') on Walter's fief is a characteristic freak of the Domesday scribe. and ancestor of the Bigots, Earls of Norfolk. which was held by Roger 'de Ramis* (see p. 543 above). In Suffolk he held a similar position as under-tenant of both ; and this led to trouble. For Roger ' de Raimis ' there laid claim to all the free men that Warenger was holding, as in the entry above, of Roger Bigot, and the Hundred Court could not say which of the Rogers was in the right, ' because Warenger was a tenant of both' (fp. 35ob). There are 24 acres or meadow, (and) now i mill. It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 60. Of these 48 acres the Hundred (court) does not testify that Roger was seised of them by the king's act (de parte regis). These two estates (terras) are held by Garenger ; and Roger claims them ; but the Hundred (court) does not testify in his favour (ted nee hundret ei testatur). PEBENERS [Pebmarsh], which was held by 3 free men in King Edward's time, 8 is held of R[oger] by the same G[arenger]. Then as now (semper) 1^ ploughs, and I bordar. (There is) wood(land) for 8 swine, and 3^ acres of meadow. It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 4 pounds. OVITUNA [Ovington], which was held by a free man as a manor and as i hide and 30 acres in King Edward's time, is held by Rfoger] in demesne. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 2 ploughs belonging to the men. Then 4 villeins ; afterwards and now 3. Then 6 bordars ; afterwards and now 5. Then as now (sem- per) 2 serfs. (There are) 24 acres of meadow. It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 4 pounds. BELCHAM [Belchamp (Otton) 8 ], which was held by 6 free men as I hide and 38^ acres in King Edward's time, is held of R[oger] by Robert de Vaux (vals). Then as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne. Then and afterwards i plough belonging to the men ; now a half. Then 3 villeins ; afterwards and now 2. Then and after- wards 9 bordars ; now 1 2. Then 4 serfs ; afterwards and now i. (There is) wood(land) for 30 swine, (and) 1 5 acres of meadow. It was then worth 60 shillings ; now 100. HENI [(Little ?) Henny 7 ], which was held by 5 free men as i^ hides less 4 acres in King Edward's time, is held of R[oger] by the same R[obert de Vaux]. Then as now fo. 88 (semper) 4 ploughs on the demesne. Then 4 villeins ; afterwards and now i. Then and 8 The assessment is not mentioned. 6 i.e. the manor of Vaux there, so named from the Domesday under-tenant and his descendants. 7 It is difficult to identify precisely the Domes- day entries under Henny ; but Great Henny certainly belonged to Ranulf Peverel, and as Little Henny is subsequently found in the hands of the De Veres, I imagine that it came to them from Bigot. 549
 * A tenant-in-chief in the three eastern counties
 * He was also under-tenant of that portion
 * This low assessment should be noted.