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SWAN of Essex. Saxon or Viking Nobleman. (Son of Robert FitzWymarc Sheriff of Essex). The Great Sheepmaster of Essex and the Sheriff of Essex sometime between 1066 - 1086. Land Holdings in Huntingdonshire and Essex.
SWAN of ESSEX. Holds (East) MERSEA Meresaila in Lordship, which his father, Robert son of Wymarc held before 1066 as a manor.
6 hides, always 2 ploughs in Lordship, then 8 (men's) ploughs, now 6. Then 9 villagers now 8, then12 smallholders now 16. Then 3 slaves now none. Woodland, then 40 pigs, meadow 5 acres, 4 fisheries. Then 1 cob, 9 cattle, 10 pigs, 100 sheep and 1 beehive. Value £10.
ABBERTON Edburg(h)etune. Ralph de Marcy from Count Eustace; Odo from SWAN of ESSEX. Ranulf Peverel.
Village. Reservoir, Stone Age remains.
Abberton Hall, with moat and ancient barns.
ASHELDHAM Hair(c)tuna. Warner and Ralph from SWAN of ESSEX.
Village. 11 goats.
Fornerly an Iron Age camp and Roman settlement.
ASHINGDON Nesanduna. Roger from SWAN of ESSEX.
Village.
King Canute the son of King SWAN the Forkbeard fought Edmund Ironside here in 1016.
BASILDON Be(r)lesduna. Thorold and "W" from SWAN of ESSEX.
Now a New Town, formerly a hamlet.
BENFLEET Benflet. Ranulf brother of Ilger and Theodoric Pointel from the King; SWAN of ESSEX.
Mill.
Now the village of North Benfleet and the town of South Benfleet.
BERDEN Berdane. Alfred from SWAN of ESSEX.
Village. Beehive, 3 cobs, 2 foals.
16th century Berden Hall and Priory.
BOLLINGTON HALL Bel(n)tuna. Robert Gurnon: Alfred claims from SWAN of ESSEX.
1 freeman.
Now in Ugley a London suburb.
BOREHAM Borham. Lambert from Count Eustace; Ranulf claims from the Count; William de Warrene; Osbert from SWAN of ESSEX.
Village. Mill, Church.
Now, Hall and Palace built by Henry VIII and granted to Thomas Radcliff by Elizabeth I.
CANEWDON Carenduna. SWAN of ESSEX.
Village. 3 cobs, 342 sheep.
Model, built 1960, Church with Roman bricks.
Canute the son of Swan the Forkbeard fought his last fight hear with Edmund Ironside.
CHILDERDITCH Ciltedic/endis.
Sheriff of Surrey from the King; formerly Queen Edith; Osbern from SWAN of ESSEX.
Formerly, Aliven a freewoman; Sasselin.
Village.
Celebrated by Edward Thomas (If) should ever by chance grow rich, I'll buy Cadham, Cockridden and Childerditch.
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