A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK 



left {reliquii) 2, now none. Then 5 beasts, 

 now 4. Then 24 swine, now 15. Then 

 30 sheep, now 71. 



In the same (vill were) 5 freemen under 

 Wisgar by commendation and soke with 2 

 carucates of land ; and they could sell. But the 

 King gave them to Norman son of Tancred 

 {Tanri). 



And in the same (vill was) a freeman under 

 commendation to the said Ulric with 45 acres. 

 Of that land 30 acres are in the soke of Saint 

 Etheldreda and 15 in the soke of Norman, the 



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predecessor of Ralph de Limesey, in Kanauadis 

 [Cavendish]. And under them were 3 bordars. 

 Then among them all 4 ploughs, afterwards and 

 now 2. 



And in the same manor (was) half a carucate 

 of land under Saint Edmund, which (the 

 tenants) could not sell without licence of the 

 Abbot. But the King gave it to Norman, son 

 of Tancred [Tanre). And (thereon) I serf. 

 Then i plough, now none. 



BoESTEDA [Boxted] was then worth 8//., 

 afterwards 7//., now iooj. And the freemen 

 were set to farm at $2s. Now manor and 

 freemen together are worth 6li. It is 1 league 

 long, and 5 furlongs broad. And pays "jd. in 

 geld. 



(At) Prestetona [Preston] Ulwar, a freeman 

 under Stigand T.R.E., held as a manor 2 

 carucates of land with soke. Then as now 



4 villeins, and 4 bordars, and i serf. Then 

 3 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now 

 2. Then and now I plough belonging to the 

 men. And 9 acres of meadow. Then 5 

 beasts, now 4. Then 24 swine, now 3. 

 Then 40 sheep, now 36. 



In the same (vill) were 3 freemen under 

 commendation to Wluard. Over 2 Saint 

 Edmund had soke and sac ; and over the third 

 Wisgar the predecessor of Richard (had them) ; 

 but earlier Norman son of Tancred ; now 

 Roger of Poitou has (soke and sac). And they 

 had 23 acres among them all, and half a plough. 

 Then and afterwards the whole was worth 4//'., 

 now 3//. 



In Walingafella [Waldingfield] Ulmer 

 the thegn held under Harold T.R.E. i carucate 

 of land with soke. Then as now I villein, and 



5 bordars. Then i serf, now none. Then as 

 now 2 ploughs on the demesne. Wood(land) 

 for 3 swine. And 4 acres of meadow. Then 

 as now I horse. Then as now 2 beasts. Then 

 12 swine, now none. Then it was worth 305., 

 afterwards and now it renders 40^. It is half a 

 league long, and half broad. And (pays) J^d, 

 in geld, whoever may be holders thereof. A 

 church with 30 acres. 



Stou [Stow] Hundrkt 



Buckeshala [Buxhall] Lewin Croc held 

 T.R.E. 2 carucates of land. Then as now 4 bor- 

 dars. Then 3 serfs, afterwards and now none. 

 Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne. And 

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16 acres of meadow. Then half a mill. Then 

 2 rounceys. I beast. Then 53 swine, now 

 16. Then 28 sheep, now 30. A church with 

 30 acres, and half an acre of meadow. Then 

 as now worth bos. He (Lewin Croc) had soke 

 and sac over the hall and the bordars. And 

 there were 7^ freemen under the same (Lewin) 

 by commendation only T.R.E. The soke was 

 in the Hundred. And they have 37 acres. 

 Then 2 ploughs, afterwards and now half. 

 And I acre of meadow. Then as now worth 

 lOJ. And to this manor Norman son of 

 Tan(c)red added 3 freemen under the King by 

 commendation and soke with 24 acres. Then 

 and afterwards i plough, now 2 oxen. Worth 

 \od. 



In Newetuna [(Old) Newton] T.R.E. 2 free- 

 men under Alsi nephew of Earl Ralph by com- 

 mendation only (held) 70 acres of land within 

 the soke and sac of the King and the Earl, and 

 2 bordars. Then i^ ploughs, afterwards and 

 now none. Then worth 301., afterwards and 

 now 20y. 



In ToRNEi [Thorney] a freeman under King 

 Edward with soke and sac. And after King 

 William came he was in like manner, and 

 Norman received (the freeman) from this manor 

 without livery of seisin, and afterwards Gerald 

 held him, after Gerald Roger of Poictou. He 

 has 60 acres. Then i plough, and afterwards 

 half (a plough), now i ox. Then worth ioj., 

 now it scarce renders 5;. 



In Stanaham [Stonham] are 50 acres of 

 demesne land of the hall in Cratinga [Greeting]. 



In Gratinga [Creeting] (were) 7 freemen, 

 5 were under Alfleta T.R.E. by commendation 

 only, and 2 were under commendation to the 

 King, with soke and sac over all them in the 

 Hundred. 30 acres. Then as now 2 ploughs. 

 Worth 205. In the same (vill) I sokeman 

 (holds) 3 acres of forfeited land. 



In ToRNiE [Thorney] are 24 acres and 



1 bordar, and they belong to the hall of Stanham 

 [Stonham]. 



Bosemera [Bosmere] Hundret 



(At) Stanham [Stonham] Uluric the thegn 

 held as a manor T.R.E. 2 carucates of land. 

 Now Roger holds in demesne. Then as now 

 8 villeins, and 3 bordars, and 4 serfs. And 



2 ploughs on the demesne. Then and after- 



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