THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



In the same (vill) 24 freemen (held) 80 acres 

 under soke and commendation of the Abbot. 

 Then as now 8 ploughs. Then as now worth 

 30*. It is I league long, and half (a league) 

 broad. And (pays) Sd. in geld. The Abbot 

 holds in demesne. 



In WoRDHAM [Wortham] 2 sokemen (held) 

 60 acres as 2 manors T.R.E. Then as now 

 8 bordars. And 2| ploughs. And 4 acres of 

 meadow. Wood(land) for 14 swine. Worth 



20 J. 



In the same (vill) i sokeman (with) 14 

 acres. Half a plough. Worth 32^. 



In the same (vill) Alfahc a freeman under 

 the Abbot's soke and commendation (held) 30 

 acres as a manor T.R.E., and 4 bordars and 

 I plough, and I acre of meadow. Worth los. 



In the same (vill) Uluric a freeman held 30 

 acres under the Abbot's soke and commenda- 

 tion. And 6^ bordars. And i plough on 

 the demesne, and half a plough belonging to 

 the men. I acre of meadow. Worth ioj. 



In the same (vill) 25 freemen (held) 3 caru- 

 cates of land. Then as now 6 ploughs. Worth 

 20s. The soke and commendation (are) the 

 Abbot's. It is I league long, and 10 furlongs 

 broad. And (pays) i2d. in geld. 



In GisLiNGHEHAM [Gislingham] a sokeman 

 Aluric (held) 30 acres. Then as now i plough. 

 And I bordar. And i acre of meadow. Worth 

 I Of. 



In the same (vill) 12 freemen and i sokeman 

 (held) 8 acres out of the 30 acres in the same 

 soke, land and commendation belonging to the 

 Abbot. Then 3 ploughs, now 2. And i acre 

 of meadow. Worth 1 ox. 



(At) Palegrava [Palgrave] Saint Edmund 

 held T.R.E. 4 carucates of land as a manor. 

 Then as now 1 1 villeins and 1 7 bordars. Then 

 3 serfs, now i. Then as now i plough on the 

 demesne. And 4 ploughs belonging to the men. 

 And 6 acres of meadow. And 2 churches with 

 30 acres and half a plough. And 2 rounceys, 

 1 2 beasts, 6 swine, and 8 sheep. Then worth 

 6//., now 8/;. The soke is the Abbot's. 



In the same (vill) 29 freemen (held) 2 caru- 

 cates of land less 12 acres. Then as now 8 

 ploughs. And 2 acres of meadow. Worth 

 40X. The soke and commendation (are) the 

 Abbot's. It is I league long, and half a (league) 

 broad. And (pays) i2d. in geld. 



In RiCHiNGEHALA [Rickinghall] 14 freemen 

 under the Abbot's soke and commendation (held) 

 80 acres. Then as now 3 ploughs. And 2 

 acres of meadow. The fifth part of a church 

 with 5 acres. Worth 201. 



(At) Brocfort [Brockford] Saint Edmund 

 held T.R.E. 3 carucates of land and 43 acres. 



Then as now 14 bordars, and 3 serfs. And 2 

 ploughs on the demesne. And 2 ploughs belong- 

 ing to the men. And 4 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) for 40 swine. And 8 beasts, 6 

 swine, 20 sheep, and 20 goats. Then as now 

 worth loox. 



fol. 361/^. 



Theodwardestreo [Thedwastre] Hundret 



(At) Bertuna [(Great) Barton] Saint Edmund 

 held T.R.E. as a manor 5 carucates of land. 

 Then as now 22 villeins, and 5 bordars. Then 4 

 ploughs on the demesne, now 3. Then as now 

 6 ploughs belonging to the men. Then 11 

 serfs, now 4. And 3 acres of meadow. Wood- 

 (land) for 4 swine. 4 rounceys, 18 beasts, 44 

 swine, and 402 sheep. And now 2 hives of 

 bees. And 70 freemen (held) 5 carucates of 

 land. And then as now among them all 1 8 

 ploughs. And 2 bordars. And i acre of 

 meadow. Over these men (the Saint) has and 

 always had sac and soke and all customs. And 

 they all belong to the (Saint's) fold except 3. 

 To the church of this vill 50 acres of free land 

 belong as alms. Then worth 16//., now 20//. 

 It is I league and 2 furlongs long, and I league 

 broad. And (pays) 27^^. to a geld. 



(At) Pachenham [Pakcnham] T.R.E. Saint 

 Edmund held as a manor 7 carucates (of land). 

 Then as now 44 villeins, and 23 bordars. 

 Then 3 ploughs on the demesne, now 4. Then 

 as now 23 ploughs belonging to the men. Tlien 

 6 serfs, now 9. And 26 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) for loo swine. Then 2 mills, 

 now I. And 3 rounceys, 48 beasts, 65 swine, 

 and 190 sheep. And now 8 hives of bees. 

 And 31 freemen and i bordar (held) 2 caru- 

 cates of land. Then as now among them 

 were u ploughs. And 3 acres of meadow. 

 These all have always belonged to the Saint 

 with sac and soke and all customs, and to the 

 (Saint's) fold. 



In the same (vill were) 3 freemen with 30 

 acres of land. Then as now i plough. Wood- 

 (land) for 4 swine. They could give and sell 

 the land, but soke and sac and commendation 

 would remain in the Saint's possession. 



In the same (vill) T.R.E. i freeman with I 

 carucate of land got the Abbot's consent to lease 

 him {impetiavit ah abbati prestari sihi) half a caru- 

 cate of land on condition that the whole of his 

 land, wheresoever it should be, should remain in 

 the Saint's possession after his death. And now 

 out of this (freeman's) land i carucate lies in 

 Pachenham [Pakenham] in demesne. And i 

 plough. And 5 bordars, and 2 serfs. And a 

 winter mill. And the Saint had always com- 

 mendation and sac and soke over him. To the 

 church of this township belong {jacent) 30 acres 

 of free land as alms. Then Pachenham [Paken- 



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