[272] Mandate to Sheriff of Essex in favour of William fitz Otto (_Journ. B. A. A._, xxxi. 387). It is possible that the charter to Christ Church, London (_ibid._, p. 388), may also belong to this occasion; but, even if so, it is of no importance. [273] A charter to Roger de Valoines. See Appendix G. [274] _Journ. B. A. A._, pp. 384-386. [275] The portions which are wanting in the charter and which are supplied from my transcript will be found enclosed in brackets. [276] Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and William the chancellor are omitted altogether, and Ralph _Lovell_ becomes Ralph _de London_. Dugdale has, of course, misled Mr. Birch. [277] Appended (as the "Degrees of England") to Gibson's well-known edition of the _Britannia_ (1772), vol. i. p. 125. [278] Second edition, p. 647. [279] Appendix V., p. 1 (ed. 1829). [280] Page 164. [281] "Ego Matildis filia regis Henrici et Anglorum domina do et concedo Gaufredo de Magnavilla pro servicio suo et heredibus suis post eum hereditabiliter ut sit Comes de Essexia, et habeat tertium denarium Vicecomitatus de placitis sicut Comes habere debet in comitatu suo" (Camden). [282] Mr. Birch reads "tenuit bene," omitting the intervening words. [283] Mr. Birch for "eandem terram" (_rectius_ "turrem") conjectures "illam". [284] Mr. Birch conjectures "Preterea." [285] Newport (the name hints at a market-town) was ancient demesne of the Crown. It lay about three miles south-west of (Saffron) Walden. [286] There was still a toll bridge there in the last century. For table of tolls and exemptions, see Morant's _Essex_. [287] Apparently, the high road on the left bank, and the way on the right bank, of the Cam. [288] Neither this market nor this fair are, it would seem, to be traced afterwards. [289] Mr. Birch conjectures "vigiliam." [290] This was presumably a grant of the borough of Maldon (_i.e._ the royal rights in that borough), though Peverel's fee in Maldon was an escheat at the time. The proof of this is not only that it is here described as a "borough" (_burgus_), but also that its annual value was to be deducted from the sheriff's ferm, which could only be the case if it formed part of the _corpus comitatus_, _i.e._ was Crown demesne. In Domesday, Peverel's fee in Maldon was valued at £12, and the royal manor at £16 ("ad pondus"), though it had been £24. It was probably the latter which Henry II. granted to his brother William as representing ("pro") £22 ("numero") (see Pipe-Rolls). [291] Depden, three miles south of Walden. It had formed part, at the Survey, of the fief of Randulf Peverel. [292] Catlidge, according to Morant. [293] Mr. Birch conjectures "tenentibus ibidem pro." [294] Bonhunt, now part of Wickham Bonhunt, adjoining Newport. It had been held by Saisselinus at the Survey. In 1485 it was held of the honour of Lancaster. [295] Mr. Birch conjectures "ipse habuit."