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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS LXXIII. THE LAND OF GILBERT SON OF SALOMON 1 HUNDRET OF HlDINGFORT [HlNCKFORD] to. 97 In FELESTEDA [Felsted] a free man held 30 acres,* which are (now) held by G[ilbert]. Then as now (semper) i plough. It is worth 20 shillings. LXXIIII. THE LAND OF WILLIAM SON OF CONSTANTINE 8 TAINDENA [Theydon *] was held by Suen' as a manor and as 2 hides and 40 acres in King Edward's time. Now W[illiam] holds it similarly. 6 Then 5 villeins ; afterwards and now 4. Then and afterwards 7 bordars ; now IO. Then 4 serfs ; now none. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then (there were) 4 ploughs among the men ; afterwards and now 3. (There is) wood (land) for 500 swine, 20 acres of meadow, (and) now as then (semper) i mill. Then and afterwards it was worth 60 shillings; now IOO. LXXV. THE LAND OF ANSGER THE COOK ALVILEA [Aveley '] was held freely (libera) by Godeman as 50 acres. Then as now (sem- per] half a plough was there. In STIFORT [Stif- ford] a free man held 25 acres ; and what with (inter) this land and the aforesaid there is now as then half a plough. 7 And it is worth 10 shillings. LXXVI. THE LAND OF ROBERT SON OF ROSCELIN 8 HUNDRET OF UDELESFORT [UTTLESFORD] HAIOENA [Heydon] was held by Alwin', 1 He also held land as a tenant-in-chief at Meppershall, on the borders of Bedfordshire and Herts, and at Felmersham, Beds. given Gilbert a ' virgate ' at Felsted, but the whole manor is there represented as having been held by Earl JElfgu. 9 He also held in chief a very small estate in Bucb. sized manor, it has not been identified in the Theydons. Morant seems to have overlooked the entry. 6 i.e. at the same assessment. _ * One of the small estates there. 7 This is somewhat obscure, but the two hold- ings probably adjoined, and were farmed together. 8 He also held in chief a manor at Stepney, Midd.,and was an under-tenant of Count Eustace in Herts and Beds. a free man, 9 as a manor and as 5 hides and 15 acres in King Edward's time. Then as now (semper) 1 8 villeins. Then 3 bordars; afterwards and now 7. Then as now (semper) 5 serfs, and 3 ploughs on the demesne, and 8 ploughs belonging to the men. And (there are) 8 acres of meadow, (with) wood(land) for 8 swine. (There were) 2 rounceys (runcini), 206 sheep, 40 swine, (and) 13 hives of bees ; now i rouncey, 206 sheep, 20 swine, (and) 10 hives of bees. Then and afterwards it was worth 10 pounds; now 12. And a certain Englishman, Goduin' by name, holds now as then (semper) 1 2 acres ; I bordar (is there) now as then (semper) ; and Lewin' similarly (holds) 5 acres ; and (this) is worth 1 2 pence. LXXVII. THE LAND OF RALF PINEL HUNDRET OF TENDRINGA [TENDRINO] BRUMBELEIA [(Great) Bromley] and WEST- NANETUNA [ 10 ] were held by Brictmar 11 as a manor and as 4^ hides ; and there were 2 halls (hallo). Now R[alf] holds (it). Then as now (semper) 5 villeins. Then and afterwards 25 bordars ; now 23. Then 6 fo. 97 b serfs ; now 9. Then 3 ploughs on the demesne ; now 2. Then and afterwards 10 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 6. (There is) wood(land) for 600 swine, (and) 1 6 acres of meadow. It is worth now as then (semper) 7 pounds. 18 R[alf] did service for this land to (hanc terram deservivit ergo) G[eoffrey] de 'Magnavilla' because G[eofrrey] himself told him that the king had given the service of that land to himself ; but on two occasions he paid of his own money (dedit de suo censu) to the king's officers (ministris), when the king sent his envoys to this land. 18 9 This was probably the 'Alwin' Stichehare* who had been his predecessor at Stepney. 10 This appears to be a lost name. 1 See Introduction, p. 352. 18 Yet the total number of ploughs had decreased from 1 3 to 8. 13 'misit legates suos in hanc terram.' The phrase is an important but obscure one. The word legati is used in Domesday for officers sent by the king, such as the Domesday Commissioners themselves. Under Alrcsford (p. 460 above) it is used for the envoy of a private landowner. The statement as to Geoffrey de Mandevillc should be compared with that which is found under a manor in Suffolk (fo. 437) that Ralf Pinel had received it of the king's gift, but had done service for it (ex ea un/'wii) to Geoffrey de Magnavilla. 563
 * It is mentioned (p. 4 5 3 above) that the king had
 * Although this appears to have been a good-