THE HOLDERS OF LANDS fo. HUNDRET OF TENDRINGA BENETLEIA [(Great) Bcntley], which was held by Ulwin as a manor and as 3 hides, is held by A[ubrey] in demesne. 1 Then and afterwards 7 villeins ; now 6. Then 5 bor- dars ; now i o. Then as now (semper) 4 serfs. Then 4 ploughs on the demesne ; now 3. Then among (the men * were) 5 ploughs ; now 4. (There is) wood(land) for 150 swine, 6 acres of meadow, pasture for 150 sheep, (and) I saltpan. Then 3 rounceys (runcini), 100 sheep, 20 beasts (animalia), and 40 swine ; now 100 sheep, and 3 rounceys, 26 beasts, (and) 40 swine. It was then worth 6 pounds ; now 10. DRUVRECURT* [Dovercourt], which was held by Ulwin' as a manor and as 6 hides, is held by A[ubrey] in demesne.* Then 8 vil- leins; now 6. Then 6 bordars; now 12. Then as now (semper) 6 serfs, and 3 ploughs on the demesne, and 6 ploughs belonging to the men. (There are) 3 acres of meadow, (with) pasture for 200 sheep. Then 3 rounceys (runcini), 12 beasts (animalia), 2OO sheep, (and) 40 swine ; and now the same (simiiiter). It was then worth 6 pounds ; now I2. 8 FULEPET [Beaumont 6 ], which was held by Ulwin' as a manor and as 2 hides, is held of Afubrey] by Edward. Then as now (semper) where a house was held by the man who bore this name (p. 576). White Colne, as a parish, is only half the size of that of Earls Colne, but can hardly be repre- sented by Miblanc's holding alone. Here, as in so many cases, Morant did not use properly the evi- dence given by himself. In White Colne there were two manors, Barwick Hall and Inglcdcsthorp, of which the latter is of interest to the student of place-names as an addition to the small list of Essex ' thorpes.' It is clear, from Morant's oven evidence, that Barwick Hall was held of the Clares, and is therefore Richard Fitz Gilbert's holding ' in colun ' (fos. 403-41), which Morant nowhere identifies. Ingledesthorp I hold (also from his own evidence) to have been obtained, with Dovercourt, ' in mar- riage' by Bigot from de Vereand held accordingly. 1 It continued to be so held by the family for more than 500 years, and one of their seats was there.
- ' homines ' is omitted in the MS.
- The name, which is Druurecurt in the MS.,
should probably be read as above. The Kentish Dover is twice entered as Dovre. 4 It included the site of Harwich. 6 There is, apparently, nothing whatever to ac- count for this doubling of value. 6 For this identification see the Introduction (p. 396). 17 villeins. Then 3 bordars ; now i. Then 3 serfs ; now none. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now i . Then as now (semper) 5 ploughs belonging to the men. (There is) wood(land) for 1 5 swine, I o acres of meadow, (and) 2 saltpans. Then 12 beasts (animalia) t 1 50 sheep, 30 swine, (and) 2 rounceys (run- cini) ; now 4 beasts, 100 sheep, 30 swine, i rouncey, (and) 3 hives of bees. It was then worth 100 shillings ; now 8 pounds. To this manor belongs I sokeman, who could not withdraw himself (recedere) from the land without permission (licentia) of Aubrey's pre- decessor, and who holds (tenens) 2 hides less 1 5 acres ; then 2 villeins (were there) ; now none ; then 2 bordars ; now 3 ; then i serf ; now none ; then as now (semper) i plough (was) on the demesne ; then I plough among the men ; now none ; (there is) wood(land) for 50 swine, (and) 2 acres of meadow 5 it was then worth 20 shillings ; now 40.' HALF HUNDRET OF FROSSEWELLA [FRESH- WELL] BUMESTEDA [(Helions) Bumpstead 8 ], which was held by Ulwin' as a manor and as 2 hides, is held of Afubrey] by Adelelm*. 9 Then as now (semper) 7 villeins, and 3 bordars, and 4 serfs. Then and afterwards 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now 2$. Then and afterwards 2 ploughs belonging to the men ; now i^. (There is) wood(land) for 20 swine, (and) 5 acres of meadow. Then 7 beasts (animalia), 8 swine, I rouncey (runcinus), 5 sheep, 15 goats, (and) 3 hives of bees; now 12 beasts, 40 swine, 5 rounceys, 80 sheep, 40 goats, (and) 5 hives of bees. It was then worth 5 pounds ; now 8. fo.je REDEWINTRA [Radwinter 10 ] was held as a manor and as half a hide and 15 acres by Alvric (the) sokeman ; he could sell the land, but the soke and sake" remained (in that case) with Aubrey's predecessor (remanebat antecessori Alberict). Miblanc (Dim[idiuf~ b/anc[us]Y* holds it of A[ubrey]. Then 4 villeins; now 2. Then I bordar ; now 5. Then i serf; now 2. Then i plough on the demesne ; now 2. Then 2 ploughs be- longing to the men ; now I. (There is) 7 This holding, with its ' z villeins ' is an ex- ceptionally large one for a sokeman. 8 i.e. the manor of Bumpstead Hall there. 9 See p. 534, note 5, above. 10 See p. 495, note 9, above. 11 i.e. the (profits of) jurisdiction. 18 See p. 534, note 1 1, above. 535
