A HISTORY OF ESSEX demesne. Then as now (semper} 5 villeins and 1 8 bordars. Then 2 serfs ; now none. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, (and) now the same. Then as now 6 ploughs be- longing to the men. (There is) wood(land) for 300 swine and 8 acres of meadow. Then i mill ; now none. And (there is) I sokeman, who could not withdraw him- self (recedere), holding half a hide ; then half a plough (was there, and) now none. (There are) 2 acres of meadow, 13 beasts (animalia), 35 swine, 140 sheep, 25 goats, (and) 3 rounceys (runcini). Then and afterwards fo. 30 it was worth 8 pounds ; now 1 2 (pounds) blanch (Candidas). 1 DUNULANDA [(East) Donyland] was held by Edric as a manor and as i^ hides. It is now held by the count in demesne. Then as now (semper) 10 bordars. Then 4 serfs ; now I . Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now i. Then 2 ploughs be- longing to the men ; now i . (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine, 6 acres of meadow, (and) pasture for 100 sheep. Then and afterwards it was worth 40 shillings ; now 3 pounds. On the demesne are 80 sheep. There also i free man held half a hide, which is now held by the count ; but Ingelric had it, and the Hundred (court) knows not how he came to have (habuerit) it. It is worth 5 shillings. BRICCEIA [(Great) Birch], which was held by Edric as i manor and as 3 hides, and afterwards by Ingelric, is held of the count by Hugh. Then 13 villeins ; now 6. Then 5 bordars; now 17. Then 6 serfs; now 4. Then 3 ploughs on the demesne ; now 2^. Then 8 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 6. There is wood(land) for i oo swine (and) 1 6 acres of meadow ; and (there are) 2 houses in Colchester (cole- cast ro) which belong (jaceni) to this manor, and I sokeman, who could not withdraw himself (recedere), with (de) 13 acres; now as then (semper] he has half a plough. In the demesne (were) then i rouncey (runcinus), now 3 ; then 20 beasts (animalia), now 10 ; then 35 swine, now 34 ; then 140 sheep, now 1 2O ; then 40 goats, now 20. Then and afterwards it was worth 6 pounds ; now 100 shillings. ESTORP [East Thorpe], which was held in King Edward's time by Edric, a free 1 See p. 465, note 8, above. man, as a manor and as i hide and 25 acres, is held of the count by the same (Hugh). Then 2 bordars ; now 8. Then 4 serfs ; now 2. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now i. Then i plough be- longing to the men (inter homines) ; now 3. Wood(land) for 30 swine, (and) 6 acres of meadow. Then I rouncey (runcinus) and 1 6 beasts (animalia), and 15 swine, and 30 sheep ; now i o swine and i rouncey. It was then worth 40 shillings ; now 30. COLUN [Colne (Engaine) 2 ], which was held by Alvric biga, in King Edward's time, as i virgate and 10 acres, is held of the count by Robert. Then i bordar ; now 3. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now i plough belonging to the men (inter homines). Then 5 serfs ; now 3. (There are) 13 acres of meadow, (and) wood(land) for 40 swine. It was then worth 30 shillings ; now 40. This Alvric held this land freely, but Ingelric had it after the king came, and the Hundred (court) knows not how. DUNILANDA [(East) Donyland] which was held by Godric of Colchester (col<s castro 3 ) as 25 acres, is held by the same (Robert). It is worth 12 pence. fo. aob HUNDRET OF ANGRA [ONGAR] STANFORT [Stanford (Rivers)] was held by Lewin in King Edward^s time, and afterwards by Ingelric, as i manor and as 9 hides. Now the count holds it in demesne as the same (pro tantundem). Then as now (semper) 24 villeins. Then 2 bordars ; now 17. Then 22 serfs ; now 16. Then 10 ploughs on the demesne ; and when (the manor) was received, 7 ; now 5. Then as now (semper) 15 ploughs belonging to the men. (There is) wood(land) for 400 swine, (and) 50 acres of meadow. Then as now (semper) I mill, 4 rounceys (runcini), 40 beasts (animalia), 1 1 swine, (and) 233 sheep. It was then worth 24 pounds, and the same when received ; now 40 pounds blanch (b/ancas).* There also (In eadem) a free man held 40 acres, but Ingelric took him and added him to this estate (accepit eum adjungens isti terrte) ; 8 Wrongly identified by Morant and his suc- cessors as Wakes Colne (see my paper on ' The Manor of Colne Engaine' in Essex Arckttol. Trans. [n.s.] viii. 192-8). 3 See pp. 415-6 above. 4 i.e. assayed by fire (see p. 465, note 8, above). 466
