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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS time, (were) 6 free men with (de) I hide and 46 acres ; then i plough was there ; now none ; then and afterwards (it was worth) 1 5 shillings ; now IO. In ARCHESDANA [Arkesden] Goduin' sech held i hide less 8 acres. It is now in the king's hand(s). Then I bordar, and i plough ; now nothing. (There are) 2 acres of meadow. It was then worth 20 shillings ; now 10. And this land was held by G[eoffrey] de ' Magna villa." And 1 5 acres were held by Ulmar', as belonging to (ad) the fief of Ansgar, under G[eoffrey], and the county (court) does not testify (in his favour). Hugh de Berners (berneriis) held 37 acres of the king, which he denied, and afterwards it was proved to be the king's (fuit dtrationata ad opus regis), and he has given pledge (dedit vadem *). Then as now (semper) i plough on the demesne, and i bordar. (There is) wood- (land) for 40 swine, (and) 4 acres of meadow. It was then worth 10 shillings ; now 20. In PLESINCHOU [Plesingho*] a free man held I hide of land, which Humfrey Orescuil (aurei testiculi) has seized to the wrong of (invasit super) the king. Then as now (semper) i plough on the demesne, and 7 bordars, and 2 serfs. (There is) wood(land) for 30 swine, (and) 7 acres of meadow. (There was) then i mill. It was then worth 1 6 shillings ; now 23. In WIGHEBERGA [(Little) Wigborough 8 ] Hamo ' dapifer ' * has added (to his estate) 2 sokemen of the king, with (de) 30 acres and worth 4 shillings, whom he has seized to the wrong of (invasit super) the king ; and in CARESEIA [ 6 ] 8 acres, worth 8 pence ; and in STANBURNA [Stambourne *] 40 acres, which were held by Alestan, a free man, and 1 2 free men in King Edward's time, and they have (it) still, (and) then as now (semper) 2 ploughs (were there) and 3 bordars, and it is worth 40 shillings. 7 In the Hundret of ODELESFORT f Uttlesford] W[illiam] Cardun 8 has taken possession of (occupavit) i sokeman with (de) 8 acres, and it belongs to (jacet ad) CISHELLE [(Great) Chis- hall] of the fief of Geoffrey de Magna villa, and is worth 2 shillings. fo. xoz HALF HUNDRET OF CLAVELINGA [CLAVERING] ENCROACHMENT OF SUAIN (SuANi) 9 BOLITUNA [Bollington 10 ] and BERTUNA [ "] were held of Harold by Goduin', a free man, as a manor and as 4^ hides in King Edward's time. Now Alvred holds it of him (eo). 1 * Then as now (temper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 5 ploughs belonging to the men, and 7 villeins and 13 bordars, and 5 serfs. (There is) wood(land) for 20 swine, (and) 2 acres of meadow. Then and after- wards it was worth 4 pounds ; now 6. Robert Fitz Wimarc seized (invasit) this land in King William's time, and it is still held by (his son) Suain (Suenus). In MAGGHEDANA [Manuden] Aubrey (Albericus) de Ver seized (invasit) i hides and 15 acres, which were held by 3 free men in King Edward's time. Then 5 ploughs ; afterwards and now 4. Then as now (semper) 6 villeins, and 6 bordars, and 3 serfs. (There is) wood(land) for 30 swine, (and) 9 acres of meadow. Then and after- wards it was worth 60 shillings ; now 4 pounds. And in SMALTUNA [ ] (are) 1 5 acres of land, which were held by a free man in King Edward's time ; then i plough (were there) ; afterwards half (a plough) ; now none ; and it is worth 3 shillings. In MAPPESTEDA [(Little) Maplestead IS ] and Dcngie Hundred, where Geoffrey had a consider- able manor (p. 5 1 3 above). There is there entered, at the end of the survey of that manor, an almost identical holding of 6 free men who had i hide and 40 acres. 1 See p. 566, note 10, above. frey de Mandeville. 8 Hamo had manors at Carseia ' (in Dengie Hundred) and at Stambourne. 7 The words ' 40 acres ... 40 shillings ' are interlined, and their construction it somewhat doubtful. 8 Geoffrey de Mandeville's tenant at Great Chishall (see p. 5 1 2 above). 9 This heading refers only to the entry which immediately follows it. 10 A manor in Ugley, part of which was held by Robert Gernon. 11 If this was a local name, it appears to be now lost, being probably merged in Bollington. Suain (?) > In Hinckford Hundred. 569
 * In Willingale (see p. 463, note 2, above).
 * Of which the manor was held by Hamo.
 * This aggression has nothing to do with Geof-
 * An unidentified manor in Dcngie Hundred.