THE HOLDERS OF LANDS demesne (Juit d[omi]nic[us]), but is now in the sheriff's hand(s) and included in the king's ferm (ad firmam regis). 1 HONDRET OF CESFEWORDA [CHAFFORDJ * The king has PHINGHERIA [Fingrith * (in Blackmore)] which was held by Harold in the time of King Edward. (There was) then as now (semper) i plough on the demesne ; and 6 villeins and 8 bordars have 2 ploughs. In the demesne are 24 beasts (anima/ia). (There is) wood(land) for 1,000 swine, (with) 3 acres of meadow. It was then worth 4 pounds ; now 14. In WOCHENDUNA [Ockendon] the king has I sokeman with (tit) 25 acres; it was then worth 32 pence, (and) now 52. GINGA [(Margarett)ing] * was held by Frie- bert in the time of King Edward as a manor and as 3^ hides. Then as now (semper) 6 villeins and 3 bordars. Then 2 serfs ; now I. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne and the men had I plough. (There are) 4 acres of meadow and 88 swine. It is appraised (Apf) in Phingheria [Fingrith]. 5 CILTENDIS [Childerditch] was held by Harold ; afterwards by the queen ; now the sheriff of Surrey (holds it) for ii hides. Then 3 villeins ; now 5. Then 3 bordars ; 1 This is a very obscure and probably corrupt passage.
- In spite of this Hundredal heading, the two
manors which follow it are in Chelmsford Hun- dred. It is not till we reach Childerditch that we find ourselves in Chaffbrd Hundred.
- This place was not identified by Mr. Chisen-
hale-Marsh, and Morant asserted that there was not any mention of Blackmore in Domesday. This gives some importance to the above identification, which is confirmed by the subsequent occurrence of the three manors entered together in the text as held by the serjeanty of acting as chamberlain to the queen. In The Red Book of the Exchequer (p. 507) we read : Johannes de Sanford Wolver- mestone per serjanteriam in camera Reginx, et Fingret, et Ginges,' etc. In the Testa de Nevill version of the same inquest (1212) we similarly read ; ' Gilbcrtus de Saunford . . . Fingrie, Ginges, et partem de Wlfameston per serjant- [eriam] quod sit camerarius domine Regine ' (p. 266). The first and last names are preserved in Fingrith Hall and Wolston Lodge.
- Thi ' Ing ' (Ginga) is identified, like Fingrith,
by its forming part of the above holding by ser- jeanty, which explains how the Sandfords came to hold Margaretting. Morant wrongly assigned other Domesday entries, instead of this one, to Margaretting. 6 This last sentence and the Childerditch entry which follows have been huddled into the MS. subsequently. now 4. (There is) I serf. Then I plough on the demesne; now i$. Then the men had 2 ploughs ; afterwards and now i . (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine, (and) pasture for 60 sheep. It was then worth 3 pounds ; now 4.* HONDRET OF CELMERESFORT [CHELMSFORD] WRITELA [Writtle 7 ] was held by Harold as a manor and as 16 hides in the time of King Edward. Now King William (holds it) as 14 hides. 8 Then 97 villeins ; afterwards and now 73. Then 36 bordars; afterwards and now 60. Then 24 serfs ; afterwards and now 1 8. Then 12 ploughs on the demesne ; fo. jb afterwards and now 9. Then the men had between them 64 ploughs ; afterwards and now 45. Then (there was) wood(Iand) for 1,500 swine ; now for 1,200. (There are) 80 acres of meadow. Then I mill ; now 2. Then as now (semper) 9 rounceys (runtini) and 5 colts (full!) and 40 beasts (anima/ia) and 318 sheep and 172 swine. This manor then rendered 10 nights' ferm (noctes de firmaf and 10 pounds. It now renders 100 pounds by weight and 100 shillings fine (gersuma). 10 Ingelric obtained possession of (p'occupavit) 2 hides of the land of Harold's reeve who rendered to this manor all the customary due, that is 12 pounds, after the king came into England ; and Count E[ustace] now holds it because his predecessor was seised of it. 11 And in Harold's time there was I swineherd rendering the customary due to this manor and seated (sedens) on I virgate of land and 1 5 acres ; but Robert Gernon (grino), after the king came (into) England took (accepit) him from the manor and made him (a) forester of 6 This Childerditch entry has been crowded in afterwards by the scribe on an insufficient blank space. 7 This comprised more than the present parish of Writtle ; Roxwell, for instance, which was only a hamlet or chapelry of Writtle. 8 Because Ingelric had annexed 2 hides (as in the text). See Introduction (p. 336) for this phrase. 10 Consideration money for the lease. 11 Under the fief of Earl Eustace (p. 468 below) Domesday states that his manor of Newland (Hall in Roxwell) had been held by Harold ' as i manor and as 3 (iif) hides ' and had belonged to Writtle in the time of King Edward, but had been seised by Ingelric. As its value had only risen from /; to 7, there seems to be something wrong about the alleged due of 11 from it. And its 3 hides are 2 in the Writtle entry. 433 55
