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 A HISTORY OF ESSEX half a hide and 30 acres ; then and after- wards i plough (was there) ; now none. Roger there received in the demesne i rouncey (runcinum), and 14 beasts (animalia), and 48 sheep, 1 and roo sheep, 1 and 6 swine, (and) 32 goats ; now (there are) 4 beasts, 80 sheep, (and) 1 1 swine. It was then worth 6 pounds ; and when received, 7 ; it is now worth 60 shillings. And 7 free men held half a hide and 1 1 acres ; then and after- wards 2 ploughs (were there) ; now i ; (there are) 2 acres of meadow ; and (this) is valued in the abovesaid pounds. 8 HUNDRET OF TENDRINGA In BRADEFELDA [Bradfield 3 ] Lewin held half a hide and 15 acres. Then i bordar (was there), and i serf; now none. Then and afterwards i plough ; now none. It was then worth 40 shillings ; and when re- Co.Sgb ceived, 30 shillings ; it is now worth 5 shil- lings. XLVII. THE LAND OF HUGH DE GURNAI * HUNDRET OF HIDINGAFORDA [HINCKFORD] LISTUNA [Listen], which was held by a free man as a manor and as half a hide and 30 acres, is held (of Hugh) by Geoffrey Talebot. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and i plough belonging to the men. Then and afterwards 6 bordars ; now 5. Then and afterwards 3 serfs ; now none. (There are) 30 acres of meadow, (and) half a mill. Then 3 cows with calves, 12 sheep, (and) 7 swine ; now 3 cows with calves, 22 sheep, (and) 8 hives of bees. It is worth now as then (semper) 68 shillings. HUNDRET OF TENDRINGA [TENDRING] ERLEIA [Ardleigh 6 ] was held by Osbert as a manor and as 2^ hides. Now Agnes 1 This is a literal translation, but the double entry is hard to understand, unless it is due to the use of ' the long hundred ' and implies a total of 168. 2 i.e. its value is included in the total sum given just before. 3 This manor in Bradfield has not been identi- fied (compare p. 551, note 14). 4 In Wace's Roman de Rou we read, of the Con- queror's followers : ' I vint li viel Hue de Gornai Ensemble o li sa gent de Brai." 6 This manor has not been satisfactorily iden- tified. Morant made it Bovills in Ardleigh, apparently because he had accounted for the holds (it of Hugh). Then 16 villeins ; after- wards and now 7. Then 4 bordars ; now none. Then 4 serfs ; now none. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then among the men 8 ploughs ; and when (he) received (it), 6 ; now 3. (There is) wood(land) for 40 swine, 3 acres of meadow, and (now) 2 mills. Then 30 sheep (and) 5 swine ; now 44 sheep, 8 swine, 7 beasts (ani- malia 10 goats, (and) 3 hives of bees. It was then worth 6 pounds ; afterwards and now 4. HUNDRET OF LASSENDENA [LEXDEN] FORHAM [Fordham], which was held by Esbern as a manor and as 2 hides, is held of Hugh by Geoffrey . 6 Then 10 villeins ; now 7. Then 5 bordars; now n. Then 5 serfs ; now 4. Then as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne. Then 5 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 3. (There is) wood(land) for i oo swine, 1 2 acres of meadow, and now as then (semper) i mill. Then 2 rounceys (runcini), and 3 cows with calves, 60 sheep, 12 goats, 8 swine, (and) 10 hives of bees ; now 2 rounceys, 8 beasts (animalia), 80 sheep, 25 goats, 10 swine, (and) 6 hives of bees. And 3 free men held 13 acres ; then as now (semper) half a plough (was there). It is worth now as then (semper) 7 pounds. And Roger of Poitou (Ptctavensis) took away IO acres from this manor, as the Hundret (court) says. 7 fo. go XLVIII. THE LAND OF WILLIAM PEVEREL [PIPERELLI] TORINDUNA [(East T)horndon 8 ], which was held by Ailmar', a free man, as a manor and as i hides in King Edward's time, is held of William by Drogo. Now there are 3^ hides and 21 acres. 9 Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 2 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 3. Then i villein ; now none (nan). Then 4 other manors there ; but Bovills, according to him, was held of the Honour of Clare. It is difficult to see what this manor was unless it was Bovills, but there is nothing to show if or how it came into the hands of the Clares. 6 Probably Geoffrey Talbot, his under-tenant at Liston. 7 Roger held the adjoining manors of Mount Bures and West Bergholt. 8 i.e. the manor of Abbots there (see Intro- duction, p. 399). 9 This is a curious and abnormal clause, which appears to be connected with the sokemen's hold- ing lower down in the entry. 552