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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS bordars ; now n. Then 3 sens; now 2. Then i cow, 60 sheep, (and) 1 1 swine ; now 5 cows, 15 swine, (and) 60 sheep. Then 4 sokemen, and now the same (simi/iter), hold- ing 2i hides and 2 1 acres of the same land ; and 56 acres have been taken thence. 1 (There is) wood(land) now as then (semper) for 100 swine, (and) pasture for 60 sheep. It was then worth 60 shillings; now 100. HUNDRET OF CEFFEURDA [CHAFFORD] TURRUC [(Grays) Thurrock *], which was held by Ailmar' as a manor and as 3 hides and 42 acres in King Edward's time, is held by W[illiam] in demesne. Then 2 villeins ; now 3. Then II bordars; now 18. Then as now (semper) 2 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 4 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 5. (There is) pasture for 100 sheep, (and) now as then i fishery. Then 2 villeins (vi//[ani]), a 58 sheep, i rouncey (run- cinus) ; now 5 cows, 4 calves, 85 sheep, (and) 8 swine. It was then worth 6 pounds ; and when received, (the same) ; now 12 pounds and an ounce of gold. To this manor there belonged (In hoc manerio jacebant) in King Edward's time 9 sokemen holding 3 hides ; now there are 5 sokemen, and they hold i^ hides ; and Gilbert, a man of the Bishop of Bayeux, holds i$ hides less 10 acres, and the Hundret (court) knows not how * ; 2O acres also, which used to belong to this manor (jacebant in hoc manerio) in King Edward's time, are held by Anschetil, a man of the Bishop of London, and the Hundret (court), simi- larly, knows not (how). 6 XLIX. THE LAND OF RALF DE LIMESI (LIMESEIO) BRANDUNA [Brundon 6 ], which was held 1 It is not clear whether this clause refers to the holding of the sokemen or to the whole manor. The latter, perhaps, is the more probable. relates to live stock. The scribe seems to have repeated the ' then z villeins ' from above. 4 On reference to p. 458 above we see that this Gilbert is entered as having held a hide and a half in Stifford of the bishop, although at the time of the Survey he had been succeeded by (Ralf) son of Turold. The entry adds that this hide (tie), 'except 10 acres,' had belonged to William Peverel's manor of Thurrock in King Edward's time. 5 On page 458 also this Anschetil is entered as holding at Thurrock of the Bishop of Bayeui, but he also held there of the Bishop of London (p. 440). by a free man, in King Edward's time, as a manor and as 2 hides less 15 acres, is held by Ralf in demesne. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 3 ploughs belonging to the men, and 7 villeins, and 7 fo. gob bordars, and 4 serfs. (There is) wood(land) for 10 swine, 32 acres of meadow, (and) i mill. It was then worth 4 pounds ; after- wards and now 6. To this manor Harduin' 7 added, in King William's time, 20 acres ; then as now (semper) half a plough (was there) ; (there is) now I bordar ; (there was) then wood(land) for 20 swine ; now for 6 ; it is valued above. 8 In NIUETUNA 9 [ ] belongs (jacet) I sokeman, who has half a plough now as then (semper) ; and (this) is worth 3 shillings. HUNDRET OF ANGRA [ONGAR] CINGHE WELLA [Chigwell 10 ], which was held by Harold of King Edward as a manor and as 7 hides, is held by R[alf] in demesne. 11 Then as now (semper) 19 villeins, and 2 bordars, and 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 16 ploughs belonging to the men ; now II. (There is) wood(land) for 800 swine, 31 acres of meadow, (and) now as then (semper) i mill. It was then worth 8 pounds ; now I O. And 6 free men dwelt in 2 hides and 15 acres; Robert Gernon (Greno) has them now by the King's gift, as he says ; lf and they then had 3 ploughs ; now 2 ; wood(land is there) for 40 swine, and 8 acres of meadow ; I mill (was there) then ; now none ; (this) is worth 40 shil- lings now as then (semper). And a certain free man holds and held 30 acres ; Peter the 7 Not, as Morant assumed, Hardwin de Sealers, but, probably, the Hardwin who had preceded William de Scohies in the possession of certain lands in Norfolk and Suffolk, in which counties he is charged with similar action. It would appear by an entry on fo. 383 that he had lost his land by forfeiture. 8 i.e. the value of this holding is comprised in that which has been given for the whole manor. 9 This small holding has not been identified. 10 The manor of Chigwell Hall. 11 For his similar succession to Harold at Am- well, Herts, see the Introduction, p. 338. It should be observed that Harold is here described as holding ' of King Edward,' but this does not affect the conclusion enunciated on pp. 336-7 above. 18 Yet they are not mentioned in the entry of his holding in that Hundred on p. 518 above. 553 70
 * See Introduction, p. 388.
 * This is clearly a scribal error, for the clause
 * In Hinckford Hundred.