A HISTORY OF ESSEX X. THE LANDS OF ST. /ETHEL- THRYTH (ADELDRED^) OF ELY HUNDRET OF DoMMAUA [DuNMOW] BROCCHESHEVOT [Broxted] is held now as then (semper) by St. ./Ethelthryth as a manor and (as) 3 hides. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 4 ploughs belonging to the men. (There are) 16 villeins. Then 2 bordars ; now 5. (There are) 5 serfs. Wood(land) for 250 swine, (and) 30 acres of meadow. Then and now 16 beasts (animalia), 2 rounceys (runcini), 70 sheep, and 2 hives of bees. It was then worth 10 pounds ; now 8. From this manor were taken away, in King William's time, 9 acres of land, which are held by Eudo ' dapi- fer,' and moreover 2 carucates of land from the demesne, which are held by the same Eudo, and (this) is worth 4 pounds. 1 fo. 19 RODINGES [(Aythorp ?) Roding] is held now as then (semper) by St. uEthelthryth, and (was assessed) at 3 hides and 45 acres in King Edward's time ; now at 2 hides and 45 hides ; and William de Warenne has taken the third hide from the demesne, to which it belonged in King Edward's time. 2 Then as now (sem- per) 8 villeins, I priest, 2 bordars, (and) 4 serfs. Then 3 ploughs on the demesne ; now 2. Then as now (semper) 4 ploughs belong- ing to the men. Wood(land) for 100 swine, (and) 20 acres of meadow. There are 2 rounceys (runcini), 9 beasts (animalia), 28 swine, (and) 15 sheep. And there belong to this manor 3 sokemen with (et) 1 1 bordars and 3 serfs. It was then worth 4 pounds ; now 6. RATENDUNA [Rettendon] was held by St. .flSthelthryth in King Edward's time as i manor and as 20 hides ; it is now held as 16^ hides. Then as now (semper) 26 villeins and 6 bordars. Then 7 serfs ; now 6. Then as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne, and 1 2 ploughs belonging to the men. Wood- (land) for 300 swine. (There are) 9 beasts (animalia), 41 swine, (and) 164 sheep. It was then worth 17 pounds ; now 20. And 1 This is entered below, under Eudo's fief, as his manor of Broxted, assessed at 9 acres and valued at 4 pounds, which makes the assessment nominal. It is there stated to have been held of the abbey by 2 sokemen. 8 This was again an aggression by a neighbour. William de Warenne was lord of Leaden Roding adjoining, and under his fief Domesday mentions that he had added this hide to it, thus raising its assessment from % to 3^ hides. I hide and 30 acres were held (tenet) by Siward of St. /Ethelthryth, and are now held by Ranulf Peverel (piperellus) of the king. But the Hundret testifies that they are the abbey's (testatur de abbatia). 3 And (there are) 2 hides and 30 acres 4 which were held by the abbey (ecc/esiy), and of the abbey (de ea) by Levesun, in King Edward's time ; now Eudo holds (the land) of the abbot because his predecessor held it ; but the Hundret bears witness that he was not able to sell it without the abbot's leave. 6 HALF HUNDRET OF FROSSEWELLA [FRESH- WELL]. CADENHOU [Hadstock 6 ] is held now as then (semper) by St. .flJthelthryth as I manor and as 2 hides. Then 8 villeins; now 12. Then 8 bordars; now 13. Then 4 serfs; now 2. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 3 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 4. Wood(land) for 100 swine, and 6 acres of meadow. Then i mill ; now none. There are i rouncey (runcinus), 4 beasts (animalia), 1 6 swine, 36 sheep, (and) 8 goats. It was then worth 6 pounds ; now i o. HUNDRET OF UDELESFORT [UTTLESFORD] LITELBYRIA [Littlebury] is held now as then (semper) by St. j*Ethelthryth as I manor and (as) 25 hides. Then as now (semper) 39 villeins, and 19 bordars, (and) 7 serfs. Then 5 ploughs on the demesne ; now 4. Then 17 ploughs belonging to the men; now 15. Wood(land) for 160 swine, (and) 55 acres of meadow. Then as now (semper) 4 mills, 2 rounceys (runcini), 32 swine, 80 sheep, (and) 3 hives of bees. It is worth 20 pounds. There is also an outlying estate (berewita) which is called STRATHALA [Strethall], which was held by 2 men William 7 and Elwi as 5 8 This is duly entered under Ranuli's fief, as having been held as a manor by Siward (see p. 449 above), with a note that the Abbot of Ely claims it. 4 It will be observed that these two holdings amount to 3 hides and 60 acres, which, being deducted from 20 hides, leaves the ' 1 6 hides ' at which the abbey's estate was assessed in 1086. 5 This holding is duly entered under the fief of Eudo ' dapifer ' as having been held as a ' manor ' by Levesun, with a note that it is claimed by the Abbot of Ely and that the Hundred supports the claim. 6 As this was the only holding of the abbey of Ely in the Hundred, it must be represented by ' Cadenhou,' though the latter name is now lost. 7 The occurrence of this distinctively Norman name as that of a former holder is noteworthy. 450
