A HISTORY OF ESSEX In TOLESHUNTA [Tolleshunt (Darcy)] Robert de Verli holds (of Robert) 40 acres which belong to (jacent in) this Hundret and are appraised in (his) manor. 1 HUNDRET OF TENDRINGA [TENDRING] ACCLEIA [(Great) Oakley], which was held by Alvric Camp * as a manor and as i O hides in King Edward's time, is held by Robert in demesne. Then and afterwards 1 2 villeins ; now ii. Then and afterwards 2O bordars ; now 30. Then and afterwards 10 serfs; now 5. Then as now (semper) 3 ploughs on the demesne. Then I o ploughs among the men ; now 9. (There is) wood(land) for 100 swine, 8 acres of meadow, (and) now i mill. (There are) 2 salt-pans. (There is) pasture for 20 sheep. Then 10 rounceys (runcini) ; now 4. Then 10 beasts (animalid) ; now 5. Then as now (semper) 20O sheep less 20. Then 20 swine; now 15. It was then worth II pounds ; and when received, (the same) ; it is now worth 16 pounds. Of this manor Ralf holds 2 hides and 10 acres; and 13 bordars (are there), and i plough ; and it is worth 30 shillings in the above valuation (in eodem pretio). And the land of a certain free man, which is called TENDRINGA, is held by Robert, and Walter holds it of him as a manor and as I hide less 15 acres. 3 Then 5 villeins; now 2. Then 3 bordars ; now 7. Then 3 serfs ; now none. Then as now (semper) I plough on the demesne. Then 3 ploughs among the men ; now 2. (There is) wood(land) for 20 swine and i acre of meadow. Then 2 rounceys (runcini) ; now 4. Then 2 beasts (animalid) ; now IO. Then 2O swine ; now 27. Then 49 sheep ; now 60. Then 24 goats ; now 37. (There are) now 3 hives of bees. It was then worth 20 shillings ; now 30. R[obert] received this in exchange (in suo escangid). DICHELEIA [Dikeley 4 ], which Alestan' held as a manor and as i hide and 37^ acres, is held of R[obert] by Nigel. Then as now (semper) 8 bordars. Then i serf ; now none. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; now i. Then as now (semper) 2 ploughs belonging to 1 See below. The Tolleshunts abut on Wins- tree, not on Chelmsford Hundred, and no portion of Tolleshunt Darcy is now in either of them, though these ' 40 acres ' were assessed in Chelms- ford Hundred at the time of Domesday. 8 See Introduction, p. 353. 3 This must be the manor of ' Gernons' there which descended with Great Oakley to the family of Plaiz. 4 A manor in Mistley (now Dickley Hall). the men. (There is) wood(land) for 10 swine and 2 acres of meadow. Then 7 beasts (ani- malid) ; now 8. Then I rouncey (runcinus) ; now 4. Then 37 sheep ; now 51. Then 7 swine; now 15. Then as now (semper) 20 goats. It is worth 20 shillings. ERLEIA [Ardleigh], 5 which was held by Scapi' as a manor and as half a hide and 30 acres, is held of R[obert] by William. And fo. 68 it is appurtenant (facet) to a certain manor in Sudfolc [Suffolk 6 ], but belongs to (pertinet in) this Hundret. 7 Then i villein ; now none. Then as now (semper) i serf. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne ; when he received (it), i ; now none. Then 2 bordars ; now none. (There is) i acre of meadow. It was then worth 40 shillings ; and when received, 2O ; now 5. HUNDRET OF UDELESFORT [UTTLESFORD] WIDINTUNA [Widington], which was held by Ingulf as a manor and as 3 hides and i virgate, is held of Rfobert] by Robert. And Robert (Gernon), as he says, has (it) by ex- change (in escangio). Then 5 villeins ; now 4. Then 3 bordars ; now 5. Then as now 5 serfs, and 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 4 ploughs belonging to the men ; now 2. (There are) 10 acres of meadow. Then 3 sheep ; now 65. Then 24 swine ; now 49. It was then worth 60 shillings ; now 4 pounds. SCORTEGRAVA [Shortgrove 8 ], which was held by Ulwin' and Grinchel as a manor and as 2 hides, is held (of Robert) by the same Robert. 9 And Robert (Gernon) has (it) by 5 Morant identifies this as the manor of Mose there, but on what grounds there is nothing to show. 6 This is a very important clause, for it identi- fies Scapi', the former holder, as the Scapi' or Scalpi', a ' thegn of Harold,' whose manors in Suffolk had been obtained by Robert Gernon, who had enfeoffed in them, as his under-tenant, William 'de alno' (ii. fos. 319-20). This gives us the name of the William who, at Ardleigh also, was his under-tenant, and who was obviously the an- cestor of the Richard ' de Aune ' who held 4 knight's fees of Robert's successor in 1166 (Red Book of the Exchequer, p. 349). These four fees fell eventually to the share of Aveline, wife of Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, at whose death they were found to include land in Ardleigh. 7 i.e. for purposes of assessment. 8 In Newport. 9 This estate adjoined Widington, and the two descended together. It is probable also that 520
