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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS by 5 free men as a manor and as half a hide in King Edward's time. Then 2 ploughs ; now i. (There are) now 6 bordars. It is worth 10 shillings. HUNDRET OF HlDINGFORT [HlNCKFORD] HORSTEDAFORT [ *] was held by Godric, a free man, as 15 acres in King Ed- ward's time. It is now held by A [dam]. Then and afterwards I plough ; now a half. Then as now (semper) 5 bordars. (There is) wood(land) for 1 1 swine, (and) 3 acres of meadow. It was then worth 10 shillings ; now 13. LXIIII. THE LAND OF GOSCELM THE LORIMER* (LOREMARU) HUNDRET OF BEVENTREU [BECONTREE] ILEFORT [Ilford] was held by 2 free men as a manor and as 3 hides less 30 acres in King Edward's time. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne; now I. Then 2^ ploughs belonging to the men ; now i. Then 7 villeins ; now 4. Then 4 bordars ; now 6. fo. 94b Then i serf; now none. (There is) wood- (land) for 2O swine, 2O acres of meadow, (and) now i mill and i fishery. It is worth now as then (semper) 4 pounds. LXV. THE LAND OF JOHN NEPHEW (NEPOTIS) OF WALERAM 3 HUNDRET OF WDELESFORT [UTTLESFORD] ALSENHAM [Elsenham] was held by Meruena, a free woman, as a manor and as 4 hides in King Edward's time. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then and afterwards 7 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 6. Then as now (semper) 8 villeins. Then and afterwards i bordar ; now 12. Then as now (semper) 5 serfs. Then 1 Suggests one of the old fords on the Colne or the Blackwater in this Hundred ; but the name seems to be now lost, unless it is represented by ' Hersted ' (now Herbted) Hall on the western edge of the Hundred, in a detached portion of Birdbrook, which is shown on Chapman and Andre's map with ' Hersted Green ' adjoining it. But it is away from any ford. under the king's manor ofWitham as holding a hide which had owed dues to it, and under Bark- ing as having abstracted 24 acres from the nun- nery's manor there. of St. Stephen at Caen, to which house his uncle Waleram had been a benefactor in Essex. (there was) wood(land) for 1300 swine ; and when he received (it), for IIOO; now for 1000. (There are) 12 acres of meadow, (and) now as then (semper) i mill. And (there are) 220 sheep, and 8 cows, and 60 swine, and i rouncey (runtinus), and i colt (pullus). Then and afterwards it was worth 6 pounds ; now 8. LXVI. THE LAND OF WILLIAM THE DEACON 4 HUNDRET OF WENSISTREU [WINSTREE] PELTENDUNA [Peldon] was held by Tur- chil, a free man, as a manor and as 5 hides in King Edward's time. Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 2 ploughs be- longing to the men. Then 4 villeins ; now 3. Then 9 bordars; now 10. Then 2 serfs ; now 4. (There is) wood(land) for 60 swine, I saltpan, and i church with (de) 30 acres (of glebe, on which) now as then (semper) is half a plough. And there is I sokeman with (de) 17 acres. Of these 5 hides Hamo Dapifer took away (tulit) 80 acres of arable land and 200 acres of marsh, all of which belonged to this manor (both) in King Ed- ward's time and after the coming of King William, as the Hundret (court) testifies, and this land taken by him (bane occupationem) we have taken (percepimus 6 ) into the king's hands. The abovesaid manor including this (cum hoc Mo) was worth then, and when re- ceived, 6 pounds ; and now it is worth 100 shillings ; and what has been taken away from it is worth 20 shillings. HUNDRET OF HID(I)NGFORT [HINCKFORD] SCALDEFORT [Shalford 6 ] was held by Godere> a free man, as a manor and as half a hide in King Edward's time. Then and afterwards i plough; now i. Then 3 serfs; now i bordar. (There is) wood(land) for 12 swine, fo. 95 (and) 7 acres of meadow. It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 50. LXVII. THE LAND OF WALTER THE COOK HUNDRET OF HIDINGFORT [HINCKFORD] SCALDEFORT [Shalford 8 ] was held by a free 6 This is one of the rare and interesting cases in which the Domesday Commissioners speak in their own persons (see Introduction, p. 412). 6 There were several manors in Shalford, and the identity of this holding has not been ascer- tained. 559
 * i.e. a maker of horses' bits. He is entered
 * He gave the church of Elsenham to the abbey
 * See Introduction, p. 418.