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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS Roger of Poitou (pictaviemis) has i house which was held, in King Edward's time, by his predecessor Alflet * and used to render the king's due. Now it does not pay and has not paid * since Roger had (it). Count Eustace (has) 1 2 houses, and one of which Engelric * took possession (occupavit) ; and they used to render the king's due in King Edward's time. Now they do not pay and have not paid since Eustace had them ; and they are worth 12 shillings. William, nephew of the bishop,* (has) 2 houses, which were held by Thurchil, and renders customary due. Otto the goldsmith (has) 3 houses which belong to Esceldeforde [Shalford] and were held by /Elfgifu (Alveva) the countess, 5 and used to render the king's due, and do not render (it) now. And this is of the queen's land. 8 The Abbot of Westminster (has) 4 houses, which were held, in King Edward's time, by Earl Harold as belonging to Peering (ad ferigens) and used then to render customary due ; now they do not. Geoffrey de Mandeville (magna villa) (has) 2 houses, which were held in King Edward's time by Geni' as belonging to Ardleigh (ad erligam)* and used to render customary due ; now they do not. Suain (Suena) (has) I house, which was held in King Edward's time by Goda as belonging to Elmstead (ad e/mesttdam) T ; and then they used to render (reddebant) the king's due ; now they only render on their tenants' polls (nisi caput hominis). William de Watteville (watevilla 8 ) (holds) of Suain (sue none) i house, which was held by Robert (Fitz) Wimarc in King Edward's time, and used to render customary due ; now it does not. Turstin Wiscart 9 holds of John Fitz Waleram 3 houses and half a hide of land, which were held in King Edward's time by 1 She cannot be identified as his predecessor in any Essex manor. Reddit ' for ' reddidit.' His predecessor. See Introduction, p. 418. See Introduction, p. 351. Geoffrey's manor at Ardleigh had been held by two brothers, and this ' Geni' ' cannot be identified there (p. 508 above). 7 Suain (of Essex) had succeeded, at Elmstead, his father Robert Fitz Wimarc (p. 491). Goda was probably an Englishwoman whose land Robert had obtained. See p. 474, note 6, above. in Ellis' Indexes to Domesday. It identifies the Turstin who held of John Fitz Waleram at Saling. two burgesses, and used to render the king's customary due ; now they do not. That half hide was then worth 10 shillings ; and fo. 107 when received, 6 shillings ; (it is) now (worth) 5 shillings. 10 Ranulf Peverel (piperellus) (has) 5 houses, which Ailmar II held, in King Edward's time, as belonging to Terling (ad terlingai) ; and they used to render customary due ; now they do not. One of these is without the walls. Ralf Baignart (has) I house, which was held in King Edward's time by Ailmar melc as belonging to Tolleshunt (ad tollensum li te), and it used to render (reddebant) customary due ; now not. The Abbess of Barking (berchinges) (had) 3 houses 1S in King Edward's time, and then rendered (reddebat) customary due ; now not. Aubrey de Ver (has) 2 houses and 3 acres of land, which were held by Ulwin* his pre- decessor 14 in King Edward's time. They used then to render customary due. The king's demesne in Colchester (consists of) 1 02 acres of land, of which 10 are of meadow, (and) on (in) which are 10 bordars ; and 240 acres of (inter) pasture and scrub (Jructetam) ; and all this belongs to (jacet ad) the king's ferm. 15 In the burgesses' common 18 (In commune bur- gensum) are 80 acres, and 8 perches about (circa) the wall, from all which the burgesses have 60 shillings a year, for the king's service if there should be need (for it), and if not, they divide it in common (in commune divi- dunt). And (autem) there is a custom that every year, on the fifteenth day after Easter, the king's burgesses render 2 marcs of silver ; and this belongs (hoc pertinent) to the king's ferm. 10 The fee of Turstin Wiscart ' is among the endowments named in Eudo Dapifer's foundation charter of St. John's Abbey, Colchester. 11 This was ' Ailmar, a thegn of King Edward,' who had held Terling before the conquest. 19 This place has not hitherto been identified, and it was indexed in the Record Commission's edition as ' Collensum.' The entry gives us the surname of Ralf's predecessor at Tolleshunt (p. 526 above). 13 These are clearly the three houses mentioned under her manor of Wigborough (p. 449 above) as appurtenant thereto. u See Introduction, p. 343. 16 i.e. was included in the sources of revenue compounded for in the ' ferm.' 18 This appears to be the best way of rendering the above exceedingly difficult phrase. The phrase probably refers to common of pasture. 577 73
 * This famous surname it among the omissions