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 A HISTORY OF ESSEX in PEBENERS [Pebmarsh *] the wife of Aubrey (alberici) de Ver seized (invasit) 5 free men with (de) i^ acres, 8 which (quod) Tidbald' held (tenuit) under her, and (this) is worth 3 shillings. 8 Ralf Baignard seized (invasit) in HENHAM* half a hide and 10 acres, which were held by 2 free men in King Edward's time. Then as now (semper) I plough. It is worth 12 shillings. And in CELVESTUNA [ B ] (are) i hide and 43 acres, which were held by 6 free men in King Edward's time ; then and afterwards 4 ploughs (were there) ; now 3 ; (there are) 1 5 acres of meadow ; it is worth 40 shillings. In BOLINTUNA [Bollington 6 ] I free man held 20 acres in King Edward's time, and holds (them) still, but has concealed (the fact), 7 and therefore he has given pledge (dedit vadem).* And it is worth 3 9 shillings. In PHERNEHAM [Farnham] a free man held 30 acres. Now Ralf Latimer (Latimarius 10 ) holds (them), but has concealed (the fact), 11 and, therefore, he has given pledge (dedit vadem). 1 * And it is worth 10 shillings. In LIFFILDEWELLA [ ls ] I free man held (and) holds still (tenet semper) 30 acres, and it is worth 6 shillings and 8 pence. 1 The mention of Pebmarsh enables us to say that ' Mappesteda ' must be Little Maplestead, which adjoins Pebmarsh. Morant overlooked the entry under both these parishes. He suggested however that 'Nepsteda' (p. 457 above) might be in one of the Maplesteads (ii. 282), and, as it was held by the wife of Aubrey (de Vere), the entry in the text enables us to say that it was identical with ' Mappesteda,' i.e. Little Maplestead. 2 ' i acra et quarta parte alterius." The assess- ment is strangely low. 3 The words ' 5 free men ... 3 shillings ' are interlined. 4 He held the manor of Henham Hall. 5 See p. 479, note 5, above. 6 A manor in Ugley. 7 Perhaps this means that he had not sought recognition of his tide from King William. Clearly his small holding had in some way escaped detection. 8 See Introduction, p. 412. 9 ' iii.' is written above ' x.,' apparently as a correction. 10 The word means an interpreter. 11 See note 7 above. 18 See Introduction, p. 412. 13 This place has not been identified. ENCROACHMENT OF TUROLD u In HANIES [Henny] 4 free men held 18 acres in King Edward's time and hold still. (They had) then as now (semper) half a plough between them. And it is worth 3 shillings. fo. xoib In LAMERS [Lammarsh] Turold seized (invasit) 47 acres, which were held, in King Edward's time, by 8 free men ; and they have (them) still. (They had) then as now (semper) half a plough. And it is worth 5 shillings. ENCROACHMENT OF WALERAM 15 In HENI [Henny] (are) half a hide and io acres, which were held by 7 free men in King Edward's time ; and they have now as then (semper) I plough ; and (there are) 4 acres of meadow ; and it is worth 10 shillings. This is held of John (Fitz Waleram) by Roger. 16 In HALSTEDA [Halstead] Ulwin* held 10 acres, which Waler[am] seized ; then as now i plough (was there) ; then i bordar ; now 40." Then 3 serfs ; now none ; (there is) wood(land) for 16 swine, (and) 5 acres of meadow. It was then worth 20 shillings ; now 30 18 In BRANCHETREU [Braintree 19 ] 30 acres of land were held by 3 free men in King Edward's time, and (they) are worth 3 shil- lings. This land was seized by Ledmar' of Hamesteda [Hempstead] and held as part of (ad) the fief of Richard (Fitz Gilbert) ; and Richard does not warrant it to him (nun est sibi tutor *. 14 Ranulf Peverel's under-tenant at Lammarsh and Henny. 15 Father of John Fitz Waleran, the Domesday tenant-in-chief (see p. 544 above). 16 The under-tenant of his manor at Henny. 17 This ' xl.' must, it seems, be a scribal error. 18 Morant identified this holding as Slow House in Halstead ; but, as he gave ' Waler[am] ' as ' Walter,' and states that the holding was given by the Conqueror to ' Albrey de Vere,' his account is unreliable. 19 Very possibly Sandpit Leet, as suggested by Morant (ii. 397). on p. 573 below ; also Introduction (p. 411). The double entry is due perhaps to the scribe's doubt whether to assign the holding to Richard or to his 570
 * See the other version of this encroachment