A HISTORY OF ESSEX belonging to the men ; now 2. Then 9 villeins ; now 7. Then as now (semper) 8 bordars, and 8 serfs. (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine, (and) 7 acres of meadow. Then as now (semper) 6 beasts (animalia). Then 24 swine ; now 40. Then 40 sheep ; now 115. Then i rouncey (runcinus) ; now I and i colt (pullus). Then * hives of bees ; now 3. It was then worth 6 pounds ; now 9. HUNDRET OF HlDINGAFORDA [HlNCKFORD] BUMESTEDA [(Steeple) Bumpstead *], which was held by a free man as a manor and as 1 hide and I virgate in King Edward's time, is held by T[ihel] in demesne. Then as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne, and 2 ploughs belonging to the men, and 5 vil- leins, and 13 bordars, and 6 serfs. (There is) wood(land) for 20 swine, 15 acres of meadow, (and) now as then (semper) I mill. Then and afterwards it was worth 60 shil- lings ; now 6 pounds. STURMERE [Sturmer], which was held by a free woman as a manor and as i^ hides and 1 5 acres in King Edward's time, is held by T[ihel] in demesne. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and i plough belonging to the men, and 2 villeins, (and) 3 bordars. Then and afterwards i serf; now 2. (There are) 16 acres of meadow. Then s cows, and 2 rounceys (runcini), and 60 swine, and 3 hives of bees ; now 4 beasts (animalia), and i rouncey, and to. 8ab i colt (pullus), and 44 swine, and 72 sheep, and 3 hives of bees. It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 6o. 4 STURMERE [Sturmer 5 ], which was held by a free man as a manor and as i^ hides in King Edward's time, is held by T[ihel] in 1 The number is omitted in the MS.
- This is the Bumpstead in Hinckford Hundred.
Morant (ii. 348) was unable to determine whether one of its manors was held by the Helions, but his own evidence (p. 349) distinctly proves that the manor of Wantons or Waltons there was held of them. The family of Wanton seems to have succeeded that of Chamberlain (see the next manor) as their tenants here. 3 The number is omitted in the MS.
- Sturmer, which adjoins Steeple Bumpstead,
was held, in two portions under Helion, temp. John, by Philip de Burnham and John the Chamberlain as i knight's fee. Chamberlain's share was half a fee (Red Book of the Exchequer, PP- 35 8 > 53> 6 0- 6 See preceding note. demesne. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and I villein, and 6 serfs. (There are) 20 acres of meadow, (and) i mill. Then 6 beasts (animalia), and I rouncey (runcinus), and 12 swine, and 60 sheep ; now 12 beasts, and 30 swine, and 100 sheep less 2, 6 and i rouncey, and 3 colts (pulli). Then and afterwards it was worth 40 shillings ; now 60. TILIBERIA [Tilbury (by Clare)], which was held by a free man as a manor and as i hide and 38 acres in King Edward's time, is held by T[ihel] in demesne. Then as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne, and 1 plough belonging to the men, and 5 villeins, and i bordar, and 6 serfs. (There is) wood- (land) for 20 swine, (and) 19 acres of meadow. Then 15 beasts (animalia), and 40 swine, and 80 sheep, and 6 hives of bees ; now 5 beasts, and I rouncey (runcinus), and 36 swine, and 63 sheep. Then and afterwards it was worth 60 shillings ; now IOO. XXXVIIII. THE LAND OF ROGER 'DE RAMIS' HUNDRET OF HIDINGFORDA [HINCKFORD] RAINES [Rayne 7 ], which was held by Alwin', a free man, as a manor and as i hide and 2O acres in King Edward's time, is held by Roger in demesne. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then and after- wards 4 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 3. Then and afterwards 9 villeins ; now 8. Then as now (semper) 5 bordars. Then and afterwards 4 serfs ; now 3. (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine, and in acres of meadow. 8 (There is) i mill. Then 8 cows ; now 3. Then i rouncey ; now none. Then as now (semper) 100 sheep. Then 30 swine ; now 40. It is worth now as then (semper) 4 pounds. Of this manor Roger holds 30 acres of R[oger], and Wiberga 30 acres ; and this is worth 20 shillings in the above valuation (in eodem pretio). 6 i.e. 98, unless, as is possible, they were here reckoned by the long hundred (i 20 )- 7 i.e. the manor of Old Hall there. Morant, not unnaturally, held (ii. 403) that ' undoubtedly this Roger took the surname of Raines or Ramis from this parish,' in which the family had its chief seat. But there is no ground for his supposition that ' Ramis,' which occurs regularly, is a mistake for Raines. 8 The meadow clause is interlined, and the amount, though clear, is so abnormally large that we should probably suspect error. 542
