A HISTORY OF ESSEX wood(land) for 30 swine, (and) 9 acres of none. (There is) wood(land) for 350 swine, meadow. It was then worth 20 shillings ; (and) 35 acres of meadow. It is worth now now 60. * as then (semper) 60 shillings. In STAVINTUNA [Stevington (end) 2 ] Renold holds of A[ubrey] 30 acres which were held by Alwin' ; and Ordric held 15 acres (which are now Aubrey's) ; and these two (men) were in the king's soke, but he gave them to Aubrey. Then as now (semper) 3 villeins, and 2 bordars, and i plough. (There is) wood(land) for 10 swine, (and) 3 acres of meadow. It was then worth 20 shillings ; now 30. There also (In eadem) a certain Englishman holds of A[ubrey] 40 acres which were held by Alvric (the) sokeman, who had power to sell the land ; but the soke and sake remained (in that case with Aubrey's predecessor) ; then as now (semper) 2 bordars (were there), and i plough ; it is worth 10 shillings. XXXVI. THE LAND OF PETER DE VALOGNES [VALONIENSIS] HUNDRET OF HERLAUA [HARLOW] SCERINGA [Sheering], which was held by 3 free men as a manor and as 5 hides and 30 acres in King Edward's time, is held by Peter in demesne. Then as now (semper) 5 ploughs on the demesne, and i plough belonging to the men, and 3 villeins. Then 3 bordars ; now 6. Then as now (semper) 8 serfs. There is wood(land) for 100 swine, 32 acres of meadow, (and) now as then (semper) i mill. Then 8 cows with calves, and i rouncey (runcinus), 35 sheep, (and) 16 swine ; now 2 rounceys, and i mule, 3 and i ass, 84 sheep, 56 swine, (and) 3 hives of bees. Then and afterwards it was worth 100 shillings; now 6 pounds. LATTUNA [Latton *], which was held by a free man as a manor and as z hides and 30 acres, is held of P[eter] by Turgis. Then 2 fo. ?8b ploughs on the demesne ; now i . (There is) half a plough belonging to the men. Then as now (semper) i villein, and i priest. (There are) now 4 bordars. Then 4 serfs ; now 1 The tripling of value should be observed. 2 Now the manor of Waltons in Ashdon. 3 This is one of what appear to be the only two entries of mules (mu/i) in Domesday; the other is at Rudham in Norfolk.
- Latton was divided into three manors at the
time of Domesday. Peter's manor has not been identified. PERINDUNA [(Little) Parndon], which was held by I free man as a manor and as 3 hides in King Edward's time, is held of P[eter] by Roger. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now i^. (There is) now half a plough belonging to the men. Then i bordar ; now 5. Then as now (semper) 3 serfs. (There is) wood(land) for IOO swine, (and) 45 acres of meadow and marsh (inter pratum et maresf). Then as now (semper) i mill. And 5 acres of land have been added which were held by a free man in King Edward's time. Then 8 beasts (animalia) and 41 sheep ; now 14 beasts, and I rouncey (runcinus), and 76 sheep, and 26 swine, and 3 hives of bees. Then and afterwards it was worth 40 shillings ; now 60. In WALDA [ 6 ] Ralf holds of P[eter] 30 acres, which were held by a free man as a manor in King Edward's time. Then as now (semper) I plough, and 2 serfs, and I bordar. (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine, (and) 2 acres of meadow. It is worth 20 shillings. HUNDRET OF BEVENTREU [BECONTREE] LEINTUNA [Leyton 7 ], which was held by Suen' Suart 8 as a manor and as 3 hides, is held by P[eter] in demesne. Then as now (semper) I plough on the demesne. Then I plough belonging to the men ; now 2. Then 7 villeins ; now 1 0. Then as now (semper) 2 bordars. (There is) wood(land) for 30 swine, (and) 24 acres of meadow. Then (there was) i mill ; now none ; and it has been taken away thence 9 (inde ablatus) in King William's time. Then 2 fisheries ; now none. (There is) now i rouncey (run- cinus), and 1 1 swine. It was then worth 20 8 This is an exceptional phrase. Little Parn- don lies on the Lea, and the parish and county boundary here crosses the stream and embraces the right bank of the river. 6 Identified by Morant here as Wallbury, though the 'Walda' of the next fief (that of Ranulf brother of Ilger), which is entered, as here on Peter's fief, immediately after Parndon, was identified by him with Weld, alias Sewals, a manor in Harlow. For the possible identity of this Walda with the Harlow Hundred portion of North Weald see Introduction, p. 397. 7 It is not clear which of the manors in Leyton is represented by this entry. 8 i.e. Suain the Swarthy. 9 Compare Introduction (p. 378). 536
