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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS hides and 2O acres in King Edward's time, was seized by T[hierri]. And this manor is held of T[hierri] by 3 knights. Then 3 villeins; now 2. Then I serf; now none. Then 2 bordars ; now 5. Then as now (semper) i plough on the demesne. Then 2 ploughs belonging to the men ; now i. It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 100. PACHESHAM [Paglesham], which was held by 2 free men as half a hide and 1 5 acres, was seized (invasit) by T[hierri]. Then as now (semper) i plough. It is worth 20 shillings. And Robert holds (it) of him. 1 T[hierri] has held these 2 manors in (pro) exchange for (de) Cogheshala [Coggeshall] ; and now they are in the king's hand(s). And in MIDEBROC [ *] he seized (invasit) 2O acres ; I villein (is there) now as then (semper) ; and it is worth 4 shillings ; and the soke belongs to the church of the Holy Trinity of ' Canterbury,' as the Hundret (court) testifies ; Tfhierri] Pointel has held this also in exchange (pro escangio) and it is in the king's hand(s). ENCROACHMENT (!NVASIO) OF RANULF PEVEREL (PIPERELLI) In TERLINGA [Terling s ] Rfanulf] has seized (invasit) 5 free men who held (tenentes) 3 hides less 15 acres in King Edward's time. Of this manor Roger holds of R[anulf] 2 hides and 80 acres, and Ranulf 30 acres. 4 Then 3^ ploughs ; now 6. Then 2 villeins ; now 5. (There are) now 5 bordars. (There is) wood(land) for 2O swine, (and) 22 acres of meadow. It was then worth 75 shillings ; now 4 pounds and 15 shillings. And in thirteenth and fourteenth centuries to be held of Fitzjohn and of his heir De Burgh, Earl of Ulster, as of the manor of North Fambridge, which was Thierri Pointel's in 1086. The smaller manor in Little Stambridge passed from Ralf Bainard (p- 437 above) to his successors the Fitz Walters. 1 This last sentence is interlined/' It should apparently be inserted here. but it was probably in the neighbourhood of Thierri's manor of Little Stambridge, as Christ- church ( Holy Trinity '), Canterbury, of which Ralf Bainard held the other manor in Little Stam- bridge, had the ' soke ' of it. 1086, and adjoined his great manor of Hatficld (Peverel). Hence these encroachments. hides less 10 acres, which does not quite corre- spond with that given just before. There is doubtless a scribal error. WIDITUNA [Widdington 5 ] R[anulf] has seized 30 acres, which he holds in demesne ; and they are worth 5 shillings. And in STANES- GATA [Stangate 6 ] R[anulf] has seized i hide and 30 acres, which Ralf Fitz Brien 7 holds of him, (and) which 2 free men held in King Edward's time. Then as now (semper) 2 bordars and i plough (were there) ; there is pasture for 20 sheep ; it was then worth 15 shillings; now io. 8 And in HENIES [(Great) Henny] (are) 2o acres which were held by 1 2 free men in King Edward's time ; now Turold holds (them of Ranulf 9 ) ; and they are worth 3 shillings. And in LAMERS [Lammarsh 10 ] are 2 acres of free (liberte) land ; and they are worth 4 pence. fo. 100 ENCROACHMENT (!NVASIO) OF HUGH DB MONTFORT IN EsSEX (EXSESSA) Hugh de Montfort has seized (invaiit) i free man to the wrong of (super) the king, and William son of Grossa 11 (gross*) io free men, who, between them all (hit omnes), held 3 hides and 9 acres in King Edward's time. There were then there (in quibus) 8 ploughs ; now 7^. Then as now (semper) 13 bordars and 5 serfs. Then 2 mills ; now I. (There is) wood(land) for 157 swine, (and) 30 acres of meadow. It is worth now as then (semper) 6 pounds and 2 shillings. And he has further (adhuc) seized (invasit) 4 free men with (de) 2 hides and 20 acres, which are worth 30 shil- lings ; and there were there then 2$ ploughs ; now none. And in the Hund[ret] of Laxen- dena [Lexden] he has seized 3 free men holding I hide and 30 acres where (in quibus) there were 3 ploughs, (and are) now 2^ ; then i bordar ; now 6 ; (there is) wood(land) for 100 swine, (and) 12 acres of meadow ; it was then worth 30 shillings ; now 50 ; and one of these three (free men) belongs to (facet ad) the fee of St. Peter of Westminster In Uttlesford Hundred. 8 In Dengie Hundred (in Steeple). 7 See p. 5 30, note 8, above. 8 Here, as at Terling, Ranulf held the manor, and had unlawfully annexed to it the holdings of these free men. Turold held the chief manor there of Ranulf (p. 519 above), so that the observation in the pre- ceding note applies here also. 10 Lammarsh also was held of Ranulf by Turold, and it descended with Great Henny. 11 He held the important manor of Felix Hall in Kelvedon under Hugh (p. 497 above), so that this encroachment was probably in or near Kelvedon. Morant thought it was the manor of Easterford Hall, but this was only conjecture. 567
 * This small holding has not been identified ;
 * The manor of Terling was held by Ranulf in
 * The total of these two holdings would be 3