A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK 



In Brom [Brome] (are) 6 acres. Worth 1 2d. 



In the same (vill) 3 half freemen (held) 7 acres. 

 Worth i^d. This William Scutet holds of 

 Robert Malet. 



In Brom [Brome] Warin {Guarinus) holds of 

 Robert Malet 30 acres (which) a freeman 

 Ulmar under commendation to Edric (held). 

 Then as now I plough, i^ acres of meadow. 

 Then as now worth 5;. And 5 freemen under 

 Edric's commendation (held) 14 acres, and were 

 worth 2s. This the same Warin holds of Robert. 



In AcLE [Oakley] William Gulafra holds of 

 Robert Malet 30 acres (which) a freeman 

 Godman under the said Edric's commendation 

 (held), and (there were) 2 freemen with half an 

 acre. Then as now half a plough 

 meadow, i mill. Then as now worth ioj, 



i^ acres of 



And in Thraudestuna [Thrandeston] the 

 same Godman holds 16 acres, worth 2s. This 

 William Gulafra holds of Robert Malet. A 

 church with 6 acres worth I2(^. 



In Strandestuna [Thrandeston] William de 

 Caen holds of Robert Malet 5 acres (which) a 

 freeman under commendation to Edric T.R.E. 

 (held), worth 1 2d. The King and the Earl (have) 

 the soke. 



In the same (vill) Hugh holds of Robert Malet 

 9 acres, worth I2d. 



BiscoPES [Bishop's] Hundret 



In Badingafelda [Bedingfield] a freeman 

 under Edric by commendation (had) 20 acres and 

 3 bordars and half a plough. Wood(land) for 10 

 swine. Worth 51. 



In Carletuna [Carlton] Edric held 80 acres 

 as a manor. One villein, and 5 bordars. And 

 I plough. And i acre of meadow. 



In the same (vill) 10 freemen (had) 160 acres 

 of land less 2, and 3 ploughs. The whole is 

 (included) in the valuation of Leistuna [Leiston], 

 The soke (is) in Keleshala [Kelsale] Roger 

 Bigot's manor. 



In Alrincham [Aldringham] (are) 7 villeins 

 and I bordar. (Included) in the valuation of 

 Leestuna [Leiston]. And they have 90 acres. 

 The soke (is) the Bishop's in Hoxa [Hoxne]. 



In Denham (Denham] (is) i sokeman with all 

 customs with 50 acres of demesne land. (This 

 is included) in the valuation of Heia [Eye]. Then 

 as now I bordar. And 1 plough. And i acre 

 of meadow. 



fol. 310^. 



In the same (vill are) 4 freemen under com- 

 mendation (having) 30 acres and half a plough. 

 Worth 5f. The soke (is) the Bishop's. 



In Menham [Mendham] (is) I sokeman (having) 

 10 acres and half an acre of meadow. Worth 

 24.d. The soke (is) the Bishop's. 



In Kereshalla [Kelsale] (is) i freeman under 

 commendation, and he has 30 acres and I bordar. 

 Then i plough, now half a plough. Worth 55. 

 Roger Bigot (has) the soke. 



In Alrincham [Aldringham] l freeman by 

 commendation and by fold-soke and other 

 services (held) 20 acres and half a plough. 

 Worth 4.od. 



In Badingafelda [Bedingfield] 6 freeme 

 under commendation (had) 80 acres. Then r. 

 now 2 ploughs. Then worth 10;., now 15 . 

 The fourth part of a church with 6 acres. 



LAND OF ROBERT MALET'S 



MOTHER HELD OF THE QUEEN'S 



FEE 



In Badingafelda [Bedingfield] (were) 3 free- 

 men under commendation to Stigand (having) 

 44 acres and I bordar. Wood(land) for 20 swine. 

 And I acre of meadow. Worth 5;. The 

 Bishop (has) the soke. 



In the same (vill) in Badingafelda [Bedingfield] 

 were 2 freemen under commendation to Stigand 

 (having) 26 acres of land. Wood(land) for 6 

 swine. Then as now i plough. Worth 4s. 

 The soke (is) the Bishop's. 



Blidinga [Blything] Hundret 



In Dersam [Darsham] Edric a freeman held 

 T.R.E. 94 acres as a manor. Then as now 4 

 bordars. Then 2 ploughs, now i|. And 2 

 acres of meadow. Worth I2s. and 8d. And 

 under him 6 freemen under commendation (held) 

 36 acres. Then as now i plough. Worth 6s. 



In Forlea [Fordley "] the said Edric held 60 

 acres and 3 bordars and i^ ploughs and 4 acres 

 of meadow and a mill. Worth I oj. And under 

 him 6 freemen under commendation (held) 26 

 acres and i plough. Worth 4f. 



This Edric was under commendation to Edric 

 of Laxfield, Robert Malet's predecessor, before 

 King Edward died. Afterwards Edric became 

 a.n outlaw {udlagavit); King Edward seized all his 

 land ; afterwards he was reconciled to King 

 Edward ; and he granted him back his land. He 

 gave him, too, a sealed charter {breve /t sigillum) 

 that whosoever of his freemen under commen- 

 dation might choose to return to him, by his grant 

 they might return ; ths Edric King Edward 

 seized into his hand ; afterwards the Hundred 

 saw no sign that he returned to Edric his lord ; 



" In Middleton. 



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