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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS villeins ; now 4. Then as now (temper) 6 bordars. Then 2 serfs ; now none. (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine, (and) pasture for 60 sheep. (There were) then 50 sheep, 24 swine, 4 rounceys (runcini), 12 beasts (animalia) ; now 4 beasts, 12 sheep, 6 swine, i rouncey. It was then worth 60 shillings ; now 4 pounds. And there was on (in) this land i sokeman with (de) 15 acres, which he had power to sell ; but the soke belonged to (jacebat in) Warleia [Little Warley], St. Paul's land ; then as now (semper) half a fo. J3 plough (was there) ; it is worth 3 shillings. HUNDRET OF UOELESFORT [UlTLESFORD] BANHUNTA [Bonhunt *], which was held by Alvric, a free man, as a manor and as 2 hides in King Edward's time, is held by S[asselinus] as a manor. * When he received (it, there were) 4 bordars ; and now (the same). Then as now (semper) i plough on the demesne. (There is) now half a plough belonging to the men. (There are) 10 acres of meadow. Then i beast (animal) and i pig ; now 30 sheep, 2 beasts, (and) I rouncey (runcinuj). Then and afterwards it was worth 40 shillings ; now 55. LVIII. THE LAND OF GILBERT FITZ TUROLD" HUNDRET OF UDELESFORT [UTTLESFORD] WICAM [Wickham (Bonhunt)] was held by Sexi', a free man, as a manor and as 3 hides and 13 acres in King Edward's time. Then and afterwards 8 villeins ; now 9. Then and afterwards 8 bordars; now II. Then as now (semper) 3 serfs and 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 3 ploughs belonging to the men. Then and afterwards (there was) wood(land) for i oo swine ; now for 60. (There are) 10 acres of meadow. It is worth now as then (semper) 7 pounds. Then (there were) i rouncey (runcinus), 50 sheep, 30 swine, 36 goats ; now I rouncey, 40 sheep, 30 goats, 26 swine, 2 beasts (animalia). 1 A manor in Wickham Bonhunt. addition of ' pro manerio.' 1 A tenant-in-chief in seven counties and an under-tenant in four. He had held an important position on the Welsh border under William Fitz Osbern, Earl of Hereford (see the Victoria History of Worcestershire, i. 241, 266). LIX. THE LAND OF WILLIAM LEVRIC * SCILCHEHAM [ ] was held by Ansgot, a free man, as a manor and as 8 hides in King Edward's time. Then as now (semper) 6 villeins. Then 8 bordars ; now 10. Then as now (semper) 3 serfs and 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 3 ploughs belonging to the men. (There is) pasture for 100 sheep. It is worth now as then (simper) 6 pounds. LX. THE LAND OF HUGH DE ST. QUINTIN e HORNINDUNA [Horndon (on the hill) 7 ] was held by Winge as a manor and as i hides in King Edward's time. Then as now (semper) I plough on the demesne. Then 3 bordars ; now 4. (There is) wood(land) for 10 swine, (and) the 8th part of a fishery. Then as now (semper) there were I rouncey (runcinus), I beast (animal), 30 sheep, I pig. It is worth 20 shillings. Of this land Goduin' abstracted (abstulit) 2 ' mansiones.' 8 HUNDRET OF WENSISTREU [WINSTREE] WIGHEBERGA [Wigborough 9 ] was held by Alvric, a free man, as a manor and as 2 hides. fo. 93 b Then as now (semper) i plough on the de- abnormal character attracted the notice of Prof. Freeman. William's chief estate was in Gloucester- shire, but he also had some land in Oxfordshire. 8 This manor, although considerable, at its assessment and valuation show, has not been identified, nor can the descent of William's fief be traced. The mention of pasture for sheep implies that ' Scilcheham ' was on the coast, but it is not assigned to any Hundred either here or on p. 574 below, where it occurs as ' Sciddeham." The latter form is distinct from the other, and suggests that there has been some confusion on the part of the scribe between 'ch ' and ' d." There are cases in Domesday of ' cl ' and ' d ' being so confused. 6 The rest of Hugh's fief was in Dorset and Hants. It seems to have been broken up, and Morant's statements on the subject are erroneous. 7 See Introduction, p. 398. Morant does not mention this estate under Horndon. 8 The offender was Godwine ' Gudhen ' (or ' Cudhen '), and his aggression heads the list of such actions on p. 566 below. '.Mansiones' ii a rare and difficult word in Domesday. At Hanning- field (p. 459 above) it is used of a manor, while in towns it denotes a house (see Introduction, p. 4 1 6). In Suffolk (fo. 415) 'II mansiones ' is used to de- note two considerable manors. Morant asserted this to be the manor of Mulshams in Great Wigborough, but appears to have had no ground for that assertion. 557
 * This is a good example of the meaningless
 * This singular name is well ascertained, and its