THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



commendation of the Abbot of Ely. Then and 

 afterwards 2 ploughs, now i^ ploughs. And 2 

 acres of meadow. Worth 8j. Roger holds in 

 demesne. 



Plumesgate [Plomesgate] Hundret 



(At) NoRDBERiA [ ]'" Edwin the 



priest, a sokeman under the Abbot, held 30 acres 

 as a manor T.R.E. Then as now i plough. 

 And 4 beasts, and 8 swine. Then 60 sheep, 

 now 40. Then and afterwards it was worth 

 20s., and now a like sum. 



In the same (vill) 49 freemen (have been) added 

 to this manor with 26o|^ acres. Then as now 

 10 ploughs. And 2 acres of meadow. Wood- 

 (land) for 8 swine. Then and afterwards it was 

 worth 10//'., now 11 A". All these men were in 

 the Abbot's soke and commendation, and one 

 (was) wholly a sokeman, by name Godric. 



In Gliemham [Glemham] (is) a freeman with 

 5 acres, worth i2d. (This is) in demesne. 

 The soke (is) the Abbot's. 



IX. LAND OF WILLIAM DE SCOIES 



BOSEMERA [BosMERE] HuNDRET 



(At) Blacham [Blakenham] Aluric the thegn 

 held T.R.E. i carucate of land as a manor. 

 Then as now 6 bordars. And then i plough on 

 the demesne, now 2. And half a plough be- 

 longing to the men. 5 acres of meadow. Then 



fol. 353A. 



as now 2 mills. 

 now 4 



And 



7 



A church with i acre, (worth) 



I rouncey. Then 2 beasts, 

 swine, now 1 1. Then 12 



Then 

 sheep, now 14. 



2d. To this manor Hardwin added 28 freemen 

 with 171 acres and i bordar. Brunard holds 

 60 acres of this land and i plough. Worth 15*. 

 Then 6 ploughs, afterwards and now 2. Then 

 10 acres of meadow. And 2 (third) parts of a 

 mill. The manor was then as now worth 3//. ; 

 and the freemen 451. The King and the Earl 

 (have) soke over the whole. It is 5 furlongs 

 long, and 5 broad. And (pays) jd. in geld. 

 This manor (was set) to farm for three years at 

 i2/«. each year, and an ounce of gold for {in) 

 the three years together by way of fine {geriuma) ; 

 but the men who thus received it to farm have 

 all been ruined (confusi). 



"' Inq. El. (p. 148) reads : 'In Norberia (are) 

 freemen belonging to Sudburne with 290^ 



50 

 acres, 

 whereof the abbot had sac and soke and commenda- 

 tion T.R.E. and two of these, Alfuric and ^dwin, 

 could not give or sell their land.' In the summary 

 of the lands taken from the abbey by Roger (p. 187) 

 these freemen are said to have belonged to ' Bercham.' 



Blachebruna [Blackbourn] Hundret 



Westuna [(Market) Weston] Huard de Ver- 

 non holds of William, which Aluric, a freeman, 

 held T.R.E. as a manor ; i carucate of land, and 

 8 acres in Torp [Thorpe]. Then 4 villeins, 

 now 2. Then as now i plough on the demesne. 

 And I plough belonging to the men. 2 acres of 

 meadow. Wood(land) for 10 swine. Now 2 

 rounceys. Then as now 10 swine. Then 15 

 sheep, now 80. A church with 4 acres. 

 Worth 20s. And 3 freemen (hold) i carucate 

 with 20 acres. Then 3 ploughs. 3 acres of 

 meadow. Worth 20J. Of this land Hugh, 

 William's man, appropriated [invasit) 25 acres 

 against the Abbot. They could give and sell 

 their land T.R.E., but commendation and soke 

 and sac remained in Saint Edmund's possession. 



And in the same (vill were) losokemen under 

 Saint Edmund with all customs T.R.E., but 

 Hardwin held them in King William's time : 

 and they have 60 acres of land. Then 2 ploughs, 

 now half. Worth 41. It is 7 furlongs long, 

 and 5 broad. And pays <)d, in geld. Others 

 hold (land) therein. 



[Blything] 

 manor of Cokeli 

 a freeman held it. 



In the Hundret of Blidinga 

 William de Scoies has the 

 [Cookley], T.R.E. Wluric 

 fol. 354. 



Then as now 6 carucates of land. Then 6 

 villeins, and now 2. Then 6 bordars, now 11. 

 Then as now i serf. Then as now 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne. Then as now 2 ploughs 

 belonging to the men. Then as now wood(laivd) 

 for 4 score swine. And 6 acres of meadow. 

 And I mill. Then 2 rounceys. And then as 

 now I cow, 8 swine, 7 sheep, 30 goats, and 2 

 hives of bees. And half a church with I acre. 

 And upon this manor Huard de Vernun and 

 Robert de Vals are enfeoffed (casati) ; and 

 Huard's share is worth 50J. and Robert's share 

 8s. It is 14 furlongs long, and 7 broad. And 

 it renders in the King's geld y^d. 



Claindunk [Claydon] Hundret 



In TuROLUESTUNA [Thurlston] (were) 2 free- 

 men (with) 5 (acres ?), and i bordar. Then 

 half a plough. Worth i^d. 



X. LANDS OF HERMER DE FERRIERES 



Blachrune [Blackbourn] Hundret 



Osmund, a freeman, over whom Saint Edmund 

 had commendation T.R.E. and soke and sac, 

 held Bernincham [Barningham] as a manor. 

 Half a carucate of land. Then as now i villein, 

 and 2 bordars. And i plough on the demesne. 

 And half a plough (belonging to the men). And 

 2 acres of meadow. Worth I oj. Saint Edmund 

 (has) the soke. 



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