A HISTORY OF ESSEX now 15. Then as now (semper) 6 serfs, and 3 ploughs on the demesne. Then 8 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 12. Wood(land) for 400 swine, 45 acres of meadow, (and) i mill. There are I rouncey (runcinus), and I colt (pullus), and 14 beasts (animalia), 96 swine, 38 sheep, (and) 13 goats. And (there are) 3 sokemen with (de) I virgate and 20^ acres, who could not withdraw themselves fo. 32 (recedere). 1 It then rendered 8 nights' ferm (nodes de firma) ; now 1 7 pounds. XVI. THE LAND OF ST. STEPHEN OF CAEN 8 HUNDRET OF HlDINGHFORT [HlNCKFORD] PENFELDA [Panfield] was held in King Edward's time by i free woman as i hide and 3 virgates in King Edward's time (sic). Then 4 ploughs on the demesne ; now 3. Then 2 ploughs belonging to the men ; when received, none ; now half (a plough). Then 4 villeins ; now none. Then as now (semper) 8 bordars. Then 8 serfs ; now 7. Wood- (land) for 200 swine, (and) 12 acres of mea- dow. (There are) 2 rounceys (rundni), 12 beasts (animalia), 165 sheep, (and) 37 swine. It was then worth 10 pounds ; afterwards 100 shillings ; now 10 pounds. XVII. THE LAND OF ST. OUEN 3 HUNDRET OF WENSISTREU [WINSTREE] MERESAIA [(West) Mersea 4 ] was held by St. Ouen (Audoenus) in King Edward's time as 20 hides. Then 4 ploughs on the demesne ; now 6. Then as now (semper) 16 ploughs belonging to the men. (There are) 36 vil- leins, (and) 62 bordars. Then 10 serfs ; now 3. (There are) 1 1 rounceys (rundni), 2 colts (pulli), 1 6 beasts (animalia), 34 swine, (and) 300 sheep. To this manor belongs (adjacet) half a hide, which is held now as then (sem- per) by i priest and is worth 10 shillings. Wood(land) for 200 swine, (and) pasture for 300 sheep. (There was) then i fishery. It was then worth 26 pounds ; now 22. There is also in Colchester i house which belonged to this estate (terrte 6 ), but Waleram took it 1 i.e. betake themselves to another lord. 8 The Abbaye aux Hommes. 3 The Abbey of St. Ouen, Rouen, which re- ceived this estate from Edward the Confessor.
- Including the manors of Fingringhoe and
Peete on the mainland. 6 Here again ' manerium' and ' terra ' are used indifferently. away. 6 And in the Hundret of Wensistreu [Winstree] there are 8 sokemen of the king holding 107 acres and worth 10 shillings ; of these St. Ouen has two-thirds (n partes). And 2 sokemen with (de) half a hide and 30 acres were taken (away) by Ingelric ; Count E(ustace) has them now. And (there were) 2 sokemen who have been added to LEGRA [Layer], a manor of the king in another Hundret. 7 And of all this soke St. Ouen has now as then (semper) two-thirds (partes) and the king a third. And (St. Ouen has) now as then (semper) two-thirds (n partes) of the forfeitures of the Hundret. 8 fO. 22b XVIII. THE LANDS OF THE BISHOP OF BAYEUX IN ESSEX [EXSESSA] HUNDRET OF BERDESTAPLA [BARSTABLE] PHENGE [Vange], which was held by 2 free men as 5^ hides, is held of the bishop by (Ralf) the son of Turold. 9 Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne and 4 ploughs belonging to the men. (There are) 6 villeins, 9 bordars, (and) i serf. (There is) half a hide of wood(land). 10 Pasture for 120 sheep, (and) I fishery. (There is) now I mill. There are 2 rounceys (runcint), 4 beasts, (and) 4 swine. Then 67 sheep ; now 270. Of this estate (terra) 30 acres were held by i free man, and were added in King William's time to the aforesaid land, and it is not known how. It was then worth 100 shillings ; now 8 pounds. BURGHESTEDA [(Great) Burstead], which Ingar (the) thegn n held in King Edward's time as I manor and (as) 10 hides, is held by the bishop in demesne. Then as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne. Then 1 2 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 11. Then 20 villeins ; now 22. Then 5 bordars ; now 10. Half a hide of wood(land), 10 (and) pasture for 150 sheep. There are 2 rounceys (runcint), II beasts (animalia), 1 06 swine, 21 9 sheep. It is worth 20 pounds. To this manor have been added in King William's time 28 free men holding 28 hides and 5 acres, on which were then 1 6 ploughs, (and) now 1 3 ; (there are) 5 hides of wood(land), 10 23 acres of mea- dow, and pasture for 250 sheep ; (there are) 6 See p. 419 above. 7 See p. 432 above, where 'Legra' is styled a mere ' berewita ' of Stanway. 8 i.e. the penalties imposed in it. 9 See p. 342 above. 10 This unusual reckoning of woodland in terms of the hide should be observed (see p. 376 above). 11 See Introduction, p. 352. 454
