THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



I. LANDS OF THE KING IN THE 



ROYAL DEMESNE {de regione) WHICH 

 ROGER BIGOT KEEPS IN SUFFOLK 



HUNDRET OF StOU [StOW] 



ToRNAi [Thorney ^] King William holds, 

 which King Edward held as a manor, and as 5 

 carucates of land. Then as now 36 villeins and 

 18 bordars. Then 6 serfs, afterwards i, now 

 none. Then and afterwards i plough on the 

 demesne, now none ; but T.R.E. there could 

 have been 2 besides that i. Then and after- 

 wards 45 ploughs belonging to the men, now 

 19. Then wood(land) for 30 swine, now for 



6. Then 14 acres of meadow, afterwards and 

 now 12. Then 2 mills, afterwards and now 

 I. There is also a market. There was T.R.E. 

 a church with i carucate of free land. But 

 Hugh de Montford has 23 acres of that carucate 

 and claims it as belonging to a certain chapel 

 which 4 brothers, freemen under Hugh, built on 

 land of their own hard by the cemetery of the 

 mother church. And they were inhabitants 

 [manentes) of the parish of the mother church 

 (and built this chapel), because it could not take 

 in the whole of the parish. The mother church 

 had always a moiety of the burial fees, and 

 had by purchase the fourth part of other alms 

 which might be made. And whether or not 

 this chapel were consecrated the Hundred doth 

 not know. In this carucate of the church there 

 were 5 bordars and i villein. Then as now 2 

 ploughs. In this manor T.R.E. 40 sokemen 

 owing every kind of custom. After Roger 

 received (his office) they were all removed but 



7. These had then as now 58 acres, and half a 

 plough. But T.R.E. there was a plough among 

 four. And the reeve of this manor held 26 

 acres in the King's soke T.R.E. When this 

 manor was undivided its annual value was 15//. 

 by tale, when Roger took it over 35//., now 40//'. 

 blanch. Tornei [Thorney] is i league long and 

 I broad. And (pays) \^d. in geld whoso may 

 be tenant there. Of this manor Hugh de Mont- 

 fort has 20 sokemen, and Count Robert 6. 

 Roger de Otburville 4. Frodo has 2. Roger 

 of Poitou 3. 



HuNDRET OF BoSEMERA [BoSMERE] 



King Edward held Brunfort [Bramford] as 

 1 2 carucates of land and a$ a manor. Then as 

 now 40 villeins, and 8 bordars, and i serf. 

 Then and afterwards i plough on the demesne, 

 now half. Then as now 18 ploughs belonging 

 to the men. 30 acres of meadow. And then 

 as now I mill. A church with 80 acres of 

 free land and i plough. Then 10 swine, now 

 12. Then as now 30 sheep. Then it was 

 worth . . . //'., and now 15//. by weight. It is 

 I league long, and i league broad. 



' In Stowmarket. 



In Blacham [Blakenham] (are) 9 sokemen 

 with half a carucate of land in the King's soke. 

 Then as now 3 ploughs. Then it was worth 

 lOi., now 20/. 



In SuMERSHAM [Somersham] (are) 4 sokemen 

 with 30 acres. Then as now i plough. Then 

 it was worth 51., now lOj. 



In Uledana [Olden''] (are) i^ sokemen with 

 10 acres and half a plough. Worth 2od. 



fol. 282. 



In Stanham [Stonham] (was) a sokeman with 

 12 acres T.R.E., (over) whom the Bishop of 

 Bayeux now holds. And Roger Bigot holds of 

 him. This sokeman could not withdraw from 

 (his holdings). 



HuNDRET OF ClAINDONE [ClAYDON] 



In Haminghelanda [? Hemingstone] (-.vas) a 

 free(man) under commendation to Gurth, with 

 30 acres. Then half a plough. Worth $s. 

 Ulmar the reeve joined this freeman on to the 

 King's farm at Brunfort [Bramford], and Roger 

 the sheriff is his warrantor. And (the freeman) 

 renders each year 5^. The King and the Earl 

 have the soke. 



HuNDRET OF HeRTISMERA [HaRTISMERE] 



(At) Dice [Diss^] King Edward held T.R.E. 



4 carucates of land as a manor T.R.E. {sic). 

 Then as now 14 villeins, and 24 bordars, and 2 

 serfs. And i plough on the demesne. And 1 8 

 ploughs belonging to the men. And 10 acres 

 of meadow. And a church with 24 acres and 

 half a plough. Then as now 7 beasts. Then 5 

 swine. Then 9 sheep, now 11. Then as now 



5 goats. Then worth 15//. with the soke over 

 one hundred and a half, and half a day's (provi- 

 sion) of honey with the customs, now (worth) 

 30//'. by weight. It is i league long and half (a 

 league) broad. And (pays) j^d, in geld. 



(At) Brom [Brome] Anand held T.R.E. 60 

 acres as a manor. Then as now 4 bordars. 

 Then i serf. Then as now on the demesne 

 half a plough. And half a plough belonging to 

 the men. Four acres of meadow. Worth i oj. 

 And 3^ freemen under commendation to Anand 

 (held) 1 4 acres and a plough ; and were worth 

 2s. and 2d. 



In EsTUNA [Easton Bavents (?)'] 2 villeins, 

 whom Earl Ralph held, (had) a carucate of land ; 



'In 1650 there was ' a leet in Coddenham called 

 Olden ' ; Pari. Surv. SufF. no. 3. The name is 

 now apparently lost. 



'' Now in Norfolk. 



' Easton Bavents is near Blythburgh, but is not in 

 Hartismere Hundred. 



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