A HISTORY OF ESSEX 50 sheep. It was then worth 7 shillings ; now 8. HUNDRET OF WlTBRICTESHERNA [DfiNGIE] FANBRUGE [(North) Fambridge] was held by Godric', a free man, as a manor and as 8 hides in King Edward's time. Now T[hierri] (holds it) in demesne. Then 12 villeins ; now 2. (There are) now 10 bordars. Then 10 serfs ; now 5. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 4 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 2. (There is) wood(land) for 200 swine. There were here 2 free men who had 50 acres over and above (prteter) the afore- said hides. (There were) then 2 rounceys (run- cini), 10 beasts (anima/ia), 10 swine, (and) 150 sheep ; now 2 rounceys, 5 asses, 8 beasts, 20 swine, (and) 200 sheep. It is worth now as then (semper) 7 pounds. Thierri (Tedricus) holds i^ hides, in ex- change for Cogheshala [Coggeshall *], which were held by Tiselin". Then 2 ploughs ; now none. Then 3 bordars ; now none. (There is) wood(land) for 3 swine, (and) 12 acres of meadow. It was then worth 20 shillings ; now 10. fo. g6b HUNDRET OF ROCHEFORT [ROCHFORD] SUTTUNA [Sutton s ], which was held by a free man as a manor and as 2 hides and 30 acres in King Edward's time, is held by T[hierri] in demesne. Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 6 serfs. Then i bordar ; now 9. (There is) wood(land) for 50 swine, pasture for 100 sheep, and 4 acres of meadow. To this manor there used to belong (jacebanf) 3 free men. One (of them) held half a hide, and could depart (abire 3 ) without the permission (licentid) of the lord of this manor (ipsius mansionis) ; and another held 30 acres, which are (now) held of T[hierri] by Grimbold, and are worth 10 shillings; and the third (held) 30 acres, which are held (of Thierri) by Hunold and are worth 10 shillings, 4 and (these also) could depart. 6
- See p. 567, line 15, below.
- Morant made this to be Temple Sutton alias
Little Sutton in Prittlewell and Sutton ; but I cannot find any evidence for this identification. It will be seen below (p. 566) that Thierri had laid hands on the holdings of freemen adjoining his own estates. 3 This probably means that he could place him- self under the protection of another lord. 4 The words ' and are ... shillings ' are inter- lined. 6 The words ' sine licentia domini ipsius man- sionis ' must be understood here after ' abire.' T[hierri] received on (in) the demesne 2 roun- ceys (runcinas) and 7 beasts (animalla 6 swine, 100 sheep, (and) 6 hives of bees ; now (there are) 2 rounceys, 7 beasts, 21 swine, (and) 106 sheep. It was then worth in all (inter totum) 4 pounds ; now 7. Of this manor Robert holds of T[hierri] half a hide ; and (there are there) 2 bordars, and 2 ploughs, and (this) is worth 10 shillings in the above valuation (in eodem pretio). And to this manor there belonged i sokeman who could not withdraw himself (recedere). LXXII. THE LAND OF ROGER 'GOD SAVE THE LADIES' (D[EU]S SALVET D[OMI]NAS 6 ) HUNDRET OF WITHAM RUENHALE [Rivenhall 7 ] was held by Ulsi', a free man, as a manor and as 30 acres in King Edward's time. Then as now (semper) i plough. It is worth 20 shillings. HUNDRET OF HIDINGFORT [HINCKFORD] FELSTEDE [Felsted] was held by Ulsi' under Earl JEAfgur 8 (Algaro) as a manor and as half a hide and 30 acres. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 3 serfs. (There is) wood(land) for 20 swine, (and) 10 acres of meadow. It was then worth 30 shillings ; now 40. BADUUEN [(Great) Baddow 9 ] was held by Ulsi', a free man, as a manor and as i^ hides. Then i bordar ; afterwards and now 3. Then as now (semper) 4 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the demesne. (There is) wood(land) for 40 swine, and 8 acres of meadow. It is worth now as then (semper) 40 shillings. 6 It is no doubt only a coincidence that a ' William Godsave, Esq.' was a landowner at Cold Norton when Morant wrote. 7 One of the small estates there. 8 It is to be observed that both Felsted and Great Baddow (see next entry) had been held by Earl jElfgar and were given by the Conqueror to the abbey of the Holy Trinity at Caen. It is expressly mentioned however in Domesday (see p. 453 above) that King William had given '3 virgates' out of Felsted to this Roger. Thirty ' acres ' went to the ' virgate,' and four ' virgates ' to the ' hide," so that these ' 3 virgates ' are the 'half a hide and 30 acres' of the text. 9 This entry was omitted, under the Baddows, by Morant. 562
