A HISTORY OF' SUFFOLK 



1 plough. And belonging to the men I plough. 

 Wood(land) for 20 swine. 2 acres of meadow. 

 And 4 rounceys, 3 beasts, 6 swine, 20 sheep, and 

 16 goats. And under him a freeman (held) I 

 acre. Then as now worth 20s., but it renders 

 13X. as farm [ad firmam). 



Moreover in the same (vill) a freeman Al- 

 win under the same (Stigand's) commendation 

 (held) I carucate of land as a manor T.R.E. ; 6 

 villeins, and 8 bordars. And l plough on the 

 demesne. And 2 ploughs belonging to the men. 

 Wood(land) for 10 swine. 4 acres of meadow. 

 4 rounceys, 1 5 swine, and 1 3 sheep. Then worth 

 20s. And 6 freemen (held) 14 acres and i 

 plough. Then worth 4/. And since [postquam) 

 King William came into this country 2 brothers 

 have shared {habent partiti) (this land). One of 

 them Ulsi is in hand under the King ; Uluric 

 is in the hands of Earl Hugh ; and this Ulsi 

 has 60 acres and 2 villeins and 4 bordars. And 

 4^ freemen (have) 10 acres, I plough in demesne, 

 and to the men belongs i plough. And (there 

 are) 2 acres of meadow. And wood(land) for 6 

 swine. Now this, the King's part, is worth 18;. 

 and 8(^., but it renders 1 41. and \d. 



In BuRGHEA [Bungay] Godric a freeman 

 (held) 30 acres as a manor ; and i bordar and I 

 plough and 2 acres of meadow. Then worth 8i., 

 now I OS. ; and it renders Si. worth of farm. 



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In the same (vill) Pat a freeman held T.R.E. 

 60 acres as a manor. Now 2 freemen Houart 

 and Ulsi hold it. Then as now 8 villeins. 

 Then 8 bordars, now 4. Then 4 serfs, now 2. 

 Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne. And 



2 ploughs belonging to the men. Wood(land) 

 for 12 swine. And 2 acres of meadow. Then 

 as now 4 rounceys. Then 6 beasts, now 8. 

 And 12 swine. Then 30 sheep, now 100. 

 Then worth 20f., now 30X. ; and they render of 

 farm i6j. A church with 12 acres, worth 2s. 

 To this manor belong 2 half freemen and one 

 whole freeman with 1 6 acres. Then as now 1 

 plough. Worth 3J. 



In the same (vill) Alfger a freeman (held) 30 

 acres as a manor T.R.E., now Edric holds (it). 

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

 serfs. And I plough on the demesne. And I 

 plough belonging to the men. And wood(land) 

 for 1 6 swine. And 2 acres of meadow. Worth 

 8f. and renders as much of farm. 



Furthermore in the same (vill) 2 freemen 

 held 7 acres worth i2d. A church with 8 acres 

 worth \2d. In the same (vill) 15 freemen 

 under Stigand's commendation (held) 80 acres, 

 and 3 bordars. Then and now 4 ploughs. 3 

 acres of meadow. Then worth 1 31., now they 

 render 20;. A church with 30 acres, worth y. 

 It is 2 leagues long, and I (league) and 8 furlongs 

 broad. And (pays) $s. in geld. 



In ScADENAFELLA [Shadingfield] a freeman 

 under the same (Stigand's) commendation (held) 

 30 acres as a manor and 4 bordars. Then as 

 now I plough. And the bordars (have) half a 

 plough. Wood(land) for 6 swine. I acre of 

 meadow. Then worth I Ox., the like now. 



In Westuna [Weston] 2\ freemen under 

 Stigand's commendation (held) 12 acres and i 

 plough. Worth 2s. A church with 20 acres 

 worth 35. 



BissoPEs [Bishop's] Hundret 



In Deham [ Denham] a freeman under com- 

 mendation (held) 30 acres, and I bordar. Then 

 as now I plough. And half an acre of meadow. 

 Wood(land) for 3 swine. Worth bs. The soke 

 is in Hoxa [Hoxne]. 



Lacforde [Lackford] Hundret 



King Edward gave Mitdenehalla [Milden- 

 hall] to Saint Edmund, and afterwards Stigand 

 held under Saint Edmund in the lifetime of King 

 Edward 1 2 carucates of land as a manor. Then 

 and afterwards 30 villeins, now 33. Then 8 

 bordars, afterwards and now 15. Then as now 

 1 6 serfs. Then as now 6 ploughs on the demesne. 

 And 8 ploughs belonging to the men. And 20 

 acres of meadow. A church with 40 acres. 

 And I mill. And 3^ fisheries. 3 1 forest mares 

 {eque silvatice), 37 beasts, and 60 swine, and 1,000 

 sheep. And 8 sokemen with 30 acres. Then 

 as now half a plough. To this (manor) belongs 

 one berewick Ecclingaham [Icklingham] with 6 

 carucates of land. Then 6 villeins, now 4. 

 Then 7 bordars, now 5, Then as now 8 serfs. 

 And then as now 3 ploughs on the demesne. 

 Then 4 ploughs belonging to the men, after- 



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wards and now 2. And i mill. A church with 

 24 acres. 2 rounceys, 3 beasts, 4 swine, 500 

 sheep. And therein was I sokeman with 30 

 acres. Then as now i plough. Then and 

 afterwards the whole was worth 40//'., now 70/;. 

 by tale. This vill is i league long, and i league 

 broad. And (pays) ii\d. in geld. And several 

 persons hold (land) therein. And the aforesaid 

 berewick is 2^ leagues long, and as much broad. 

 And in geld (pays) ii^i^. 



Half Hundret of Gipeswid [Ipswich] 



In the borough of Gipeuuid [Ipswich] Stigand 

 had 2 burgesses T.R.E. with soke and sac. And 

 the King used to have the customs. Now they 

 are dead. And the King has the customs and 

 soke and sac. 



Claindune [Claydon] Hundret 



In AcREHAM [Akenham] i sokeman under 

 Stigand (held) 30 acres Then i plough, now 



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