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 A HISTORY OF ESSEX 22. Then 25 villeins ; now 36. Then I bordar ; now 25. Then as now (semper) 4 serfs. (There is) wood(land) for 300 swine, 80 acres of meadow, pasture worth (de) 8 shillings, and now as then (semper) i mill. Then 6 fisheries ; now i. (There are) now 8 beasts (animalia), I rouncey (rundnus), 35 swine, 60 sheep, and 20 goats. It was thn worth 15 pounds; now 28 pounds and 2 ounces of gold. LVI. THE LAND OF FRODO BROTHER OF THE ABBOT 1 REDEWINTRA [Radwinter], which was held by Orgar as a manor and as I hide and i virgate, is held by F[rodo] in demesne. Then as now (semper) 15 villeins, and 6 bordars, and 3 (serfs ? 2 ), and 3 ploughs on the de- mesne, and 6 ploughs belonging to the men. (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine, and 30 acres of meadow. Then 10 beasts (animalia}, 60 sheep, 50 swine, 25 goats, (and) I hive of bees; now 18 beasts, 140 sheep, 37 swine, 30 goats, and 4 hives of bees. It was then worth 8 pounds; now 15. Of this manor Alger' holds of Frodo 30 acres, and (this) is worth 10 shillings in the above valuation (pretio). fo. 92 b LVII. THE LAND OF SASSELINUS 8 HUNDRET OF BERDESTAPLA [BARSTABLE] STANTMERE [ 4 ] and WINTHELLE [ *], which are held by S[asselinus], were held by Alric' and Ulwin' as a manor and as 2 hides and 30 acres. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 2 oxen 6 (boves) belonging to the men. (There is) wood(land) for 40 swine. (There were) then I rouncey (runcinus), and 7 swine, and 1 i.e. of Baldwin abbot of St. Edmund's. 3 A tenant-in-chief, as ' Saisselinus,' in Suffolk. As the descent of his fief cannot be traced, the identification of its manors is difficult. 4 Both these names appear to be now lost, but there can be little doubt that ' Winthelle ' was identical with ' la Windhill,' which occurs in connexion with Ramsden and Downham in a fine of 4 John (1202-3) ar >d wi'h ' Windhull ' which appears in one of the preceding year (Feet of Fines for Essex, i. 24, 25), and finally with ' 16 messu- ages called Wyndellond ' held in Ramsden Grays by Sir Thomas Tyrrell at his death in 1476. Morant placed the manors (one cannot tell for what reason) in Stanford-le-Hope. 6 i.e. a quarter of a plough-team. 15 sheep ; now I rouncey, 70 sheep, 18 swine, (and) 20 goats. It is worth now as then (semper) 50 shillings. HUNDRET OF WJTHAM In NUTLEA [Notley 6 ] S[asselinus] holds half a hide and 22 acres, which were held by Levechild in King Edward's time. Then i plough ; now a half. Then I beast (animal) ; now 4 (beasts), and 12 sheep, 6 swine, (and) 1 rouncey (runcinus). It is worth 10 shillings. HUNDRET OF WENSISTREU [WINSTREE] LEGRA [Layer], which was held by 2 free men as a manor and as 8 hides in King Edward's time, is held by S{asselinus]. Then 4 ploughs on the demesne; now 2. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs belonging to the men, and i villein, and 17 bordars. Then 8 serfs ; now 3. (There was) then wood(land) for 100 swine ; now for 60. (There are) 7 acres of meadow. (There were) then 24 beasts (animalia), 2OO sheep, 23 swine, 3 rounceys (runcini), 4 hives of bees ; now 7 beasts, 125 sheep, 9 swine, 3 rounceys, 4 hives of bees. It is worth now as then (semper) 7 pounds. 7 HALF HUNDRET OF CLAVEUNGA [CLAVERING] PINCEPO [Pinchpoles 8 ], which was held by a free man as a manor and as i hide, is held by S[asselinus]. Then as now (semper) i plough. (There are) now 3 bordars, and i serf. And (there are) 4 acres of meadow. And (there are) 18 sheep and 18 swine. It is worth 20 shillings. HUNDRET OF CEFFEURDA [CHAFFORD] In CILTEDIC [Childerditch] S[asselinus] holds i manor of i^ hides and 30 acres, which was held by Orgar, a free man, in King Edward's time. Then i plough on the demesne ; now i. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs belonging to the men. Then 3 6 The identity of this small estate is unde- termined. 7 Although the assessment and valuation of this manor in Domesday make it the most important of those in the Layers, it is altogether omitted by Morant. I strongly suspect that it was Layer Breton, to which Morant assigned only a holding of less than a hide in the hands of Ranulf Peverel. For, as with other of Sasselin's manors, it is after- wards found in the hands of a family, the Bretons, who did not hold it of any fief. 8 A manor in Manuden. 556
 * The word is omitted in the MS.