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 A HISTORY OF ESSEX afterwards 2 bordars ; now 3. Then as now (semper) 2 serfs. Then and afterwards (there was) wood(land) for 30 swine ; now for 20. (There are) 18 acres of meadow. Then and afterwards it was worth 40 shil- lings ; now 64. WESTUNA [Weston *], which was held by 4 free men, who were of (Earl) Algar's soke, as i hide and 50 acres in King Edward's time, is held (of Roger) by Hugh de Hosdenc. Then as now (semper) 5 ploughs on the demesne. Then and afterwards 5 bordars ; now 10. Then and afterwards 9 serfs ; now 4. (There is) wood(land) for 6 swine, 24 acres of meadow, (and) now i mill. Then and afterwards it was worth 60 shillings ; now 4 pounds. XLIIII. THE LAND OF ROBERT MALET * HUNDRET OF HfiDINGFORT [HlNCKFORD] STANESTEDA [Stansted (Hall) 3 ], which was held by Goduin', a free man, as a manor and as i hide in King Edward's time, is held of Robert by Hubert. 4 Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then and after- wards 5 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 4. Then 10 villeins ; afterwards 8 ; now 4. Then as now 7 bordars. Then 7 serfs ; now 6. Then (there was) wood(land) for 500 swine ; now for 400. (There are) 10 acres of meadow. Then (there was) i mill ; now 2. To this manor belong (adjacet) hides and 5 2 acres, which were held by 6 soke- men in King Edward's time. Then 4 ploughs (were there) ; now 4^. Then and afterwards 6 bordars ; now 24. Then 4 serfs ; now I. (There is) wood(land) for 30 swine, (and) 16 acres of meadow. Then 1 6 beasts (animalia), 5 rounceys (runcini), 60 sheep, 50 goats, 40 swine, (and) 10 hives of bees; now 10 beasts, 50 sheep, 26 goats, 40 swine, (and) 8 hives of bees. It was then worth 6 pounds ; now 9. And (there is) I sokeman, who could not withdraw himself from the land (recedere a terra), holding I o acres ; and (this) is worth 2 shillings. 1 Alias Westons, a manor in Foxearth and Listen. 8 Lord of the great fief afterwards known as the Honour of Eye. 3 A manor in Halstead. of him several manors in Suffolk, including Edwardstone, which he made his chief seat. 6 Their number is not mentioned. 6 See the closing lines of ' Parva Colun ' in the text (p. 551, col. *) GoiDiNGHAM, 7 which was held by a free man, Goduin', as a manor and as 2 hides in King Edward's time, is held of R[obert] by the same Hubert. Then 3 ploughs on the demesne ; afterwards and now 2. Then as fo. 88b now (semper) 6 villeins, and 5 bordars. Then and afterwards 6 serfs ; now 2. Then as now (semper 8 ) 1 6 acres of meadow. To this manor there used to belong (adjacebani) 4 sokemen with (de) 17 acres and i acre of meadow. Then 10 beasts (animalia) and 2 rounceys (runcini), 50 sheep (and) 40 swine (?) 9 ; now 12 beasts, I rouncey, 260 sheep, 65 swine, (and) 5 hives of bees. It was then worth 60 shillings ; now 6 pounds. HUNDRET OF LASSENDENA [LEXDEN] COLUN [(Wakes) Colne 10 ], which was held by Assorin as a manor and as i hide and 30 acres, is held by R[obert] in demesne. Then as now (semper) 7 villeins, and 15 bordars. Then 4 serfs ; now 3. And then as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne. Then among the men (were) 5 ploughs ; now 4. (There is) wood(land) for 400 swine, i mill now as then (semper), (and) 1 3 acres of mea- dow. Then 1 2 beasts (animalia), 3 rounceys (runcini), 60 swine, 40 goats, (and) 20 sheep ; now 6 beasts, 20 swine, 30 sheep, (and) 3 hives of bees. It is worth now as then (semper) 6 pounds. And there was then i sokeman who held freely (libere) I virgate ; Robert has (it) now ; then as now (semper) half a plough was there ; it was then worth 8 shillings ; now 7. PARVA COLUN [Colne (Engaine)], which was held by Goduin' as a manor and as I hide and i virgate, is held of R[obert] by Walter. 11 Then 8 bordars; now 17. Then 4 serfs ; now I. (There is) wood(land) for 7 A manor in Bulmer. 8 In other cases it is taken for granted that the meadow land is unchanged. xl. cap'orc" in MS. 10 This identification is clearly proved, as Morant showed, by the entry in the Red Book of the Exchequer (p. 504) : ' Comes Wintoniae ij feoda in Columb de honore de Eye.' From this Saer de Quenci, Earl of Winchester (whence the names 'Colne Saer' and 'Colne Quincy '), the manor descended to the Wakes. So late as 1428 its church was returned as that of ' Colne Quincy ' (Feudal Aids, ii. 193). 11 This was Walter de Caen, who held largely under Robert in Norfolk and Suffolk (see my paper on ' The Manor of Colne Engaine ' in Essex Arch. Tram, [n.s.] viii. 192-8). 550
 * This was Hubert de Monchensy, who held