A HISTORY OF ESSEX HUNDRET OF WfiNSISTREU [WlNSTREE] LEGA [ *], which was held by Gotre, a free man, as a manor and as 4^ hides in King Edward's time, is held of Robert by Robert de Verli. Then 3 ploughs on the demesne ; now 2. Then as now (semper) 3 ploughs belonging to the men. Then 7 villeins; now 5. Then 5 bordars ; now 12. Then 7 serfs ; now 3. (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine, (and) now i mill. Then I fo. 65. rouncey (runcinus); now 8. Then 160 sheep; now 80. Then 20 swine ; now none. It is worth now as then (semper) 4 pounds. SALCOTA [Salcot (Verley) 2 ], which was held by i free man as a manor and as i hides in King Edward's time, is held of Robert (de eodem) by the same R[obert de Verli]. Then as now (semper) i plough on the demesne. Then 4 bordars ; now 3. Then as now (semper) i serf. Then no live stock (nickil) ; now 2 rounceys (runcini), 2O swine, 80 sheep, (and) 2 beasts (animalia). It was then worth 26 shillings ; now 30. HUNDRET OF WDELESFORDA [UTTLESFORD] STANESTEDA [Stansted (Mountfichet)], which was held by a free man as a manor and as 6 hides in King Edward's time, is held by Robert in demesne. 8 Then 4 ploughs on the demesne ; afterwards 2 ; now 3. Then as now (semper) 10 ploughs belonging to the men, and 1 1 villeins, and i priest. Then and afterwards 4 bordars ; now 1 8. Then 8 serfs ; afterwards 4 ; now 3. (There is) wood (land) for 1,000 swine, (and) 2O acres of meadow. Then as now (semper) i mill. Then 8 beasts (animalia); now 1 6. Then 140 sheep ; now 1 2O. Then 20 swine ; now 60. Then 40 goats ; now 24. (There are) now 2 rounceys (runcini) and 5 asses. To this manor belongs (adjacet) I detached estate (berewita), which is called MAGGHEDANA [Manuden], of i hide ; 1 This manor, in spite of its size, has not been identified. If its name is a scribal error for ' Legra,' it would be somewhere in the Layers ; but a long search has failed to trace any manor there held of the Stanstead Barony. It should be ob- served that Gotre or Gotra,the English predecessor here, had also preceded Robert de Verli and his overlord at Tolleshunt (Darcy). 8 Now known as Verley. ' Salcot Wigborough,' now known as Salcott, is immediately adjacent ; only the narrow ' Salcott Creek ' divides them. 3 This manor was the head of the barony (see p. 301 above for its castle), and yet (as with Bend- fieldbury below) the name of the English holder is not even recorded. then as now (semper) I plough (was there) on the demesne, and 2 bordars ; wood(land) for 10 swine is there. Then and afterwards (this manor) was worth 8 pounds ; now 1 1 . TACHELEIA [Takeley 4 ], which was held by i free man as a manor and as 3 hides and 15 acres in King Edward's time, is held by R[obert] in demesne. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 3 ploughs be- longing to the men, and 3 villeins. (There are) now 8 bordars. Then and afterwards 3 serfs ; now 2. There is wood(land) for 200 swine, (and) 20 acres of meadow. Then] 2 rounceys (runcini) ; now I . Then 1 2 beasts (animalia); now 3. Then 16 sheep; now 10. Then 20 swine ; now 38. It is worth now as then (semper) 100 shillings. Peter holds of R[obert] half a hide, and i ox (b") (is there) ; (this) is worth 12 shillings. WENDENA [(Great) Wendon], which was held by i free man as a manor and as 7 hides less 6 acres in King Edward's time, is held of R[obert] by Hugh. Then as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne. Then 4 ploughs belonging to the men ; and when he received (it), the same ; now 5. Then and afterwards 8 villeins ; now 9. There are now 5 bordars. Then and afterwards 6 serfs; now 5. (There are) 24 acres of meadow. Then and after- wards (there was) I mill ; now 2. Then 5 sheep, and 7 swine ; now 3 colts (pullt), and 30 swine, and 67 sheep. Then and after- wards it was worth 7 pounds ; now 8. HALF HUNDRET OF CLAVELINGA [CLAVERING] BENEDFELDA [Bendfield(bury) 6 ], which was held by I free man 6 as a manor and as 5 hides in King Edward's time, is held by R[obert] in demesne. Then as now (semper) fo. 6 5 b 3 ploughs on the demesne. Then 7 ploughs belonging to the men ; afterwards 6 ; now 4. Then 10 villeins ; afterwards and now 9. Then and afterwards 2 bordars ; now 1 1 . Then and afterwards 7 serfs ; now 4. (There is) wood(land) for 200 swine, 16 acres of meadow, (and) i mill. Then 2 rounceys
- i.e. the manor of Bassingborns there.
6 A manor and hamlet in Stansted Mountfichet, but reckoned as in Clavering Hundred. 6 As with the manor of Stansted (Hall) above his name is not given, but I take him to be the Godwine de Benefelle who is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of Hertfordshire (see the Victoria History of that county, i. 177). 516
