A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK 



swine, now none. Then lOO sheep, now 36. 

 Then it was worth 4/1'., now 40;. It is 6 fur- 

 longs long and 6 broad, and (pays) J^d. in geld. 

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

 mendation to the said Aluric with 8 acres. 

 I acre of meadow. And half a plough. Worth 

 16^. This Roger Bigot holds of the Bishop. 



In Parvo Belinges [Little Bealings] the same 

 Aluric held T.R.E. 50 acres as a manor. 2 

 bordars. Then i plough, now half a plough. 

 3 acres of meadow. Then I mill, now none. 

 Then it was worth 20s., now lOi. 



In the same (vill) Beorn, a freeman, T.R.E. 

 held 50 acres as a manor, and 3 acres of meadow. 

 Then it was worth, as afterwards and now, 8j. 

 This land the freeman Beorn himself bought of 

 the Abbot with an agreement that after his death 

 it should revert to the Church of St. Etheldreda, 

 as the Hundred witnesses. This Roger Bigot 

 holds of the Bishop, and W. de More of him. 

 These three manors Earl Ralph held on the day 

 of his forfeiture ; and Hilary of him. 



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HuNDRET OF WiLEFORDA [WilFORD] 



In WiKHAM [Wickham (Market)] Roger Bigot 

 held a freeman (formerly) under commendation 

 to Saint Etheldreda with 25 acres. And under 

 him (were) 4 freemen with 7 acres. Then I 

 plough, now half a plough. 2 acres of meadow. 

 Worth 51. 



This Ralph de Savigny [Sauenie) holds of Roger 

 Bigot as of the Bishop's fee. 



In Debeis [Debach] (are) 15 acres, and they 

 belong to Cerfella [Ciiarsfield]. 



In the same (vill is) a freeman with half an 

 acre. 



Hundret of Losa [Loes] 



In Cerresfella [Charsfield] 14 freemen (held) 

 I carucate of land, Roger Bigot holds this and 

 Ralph de Savigny [Saugno) (holds it) of him ; 

 and 13 acres. Then 5 ploughs, now 3. i acre 

 of meadow. 3^^ of those (freemen) were under 

 commendation of Saint Etheldreda and of Edric 

 of Lessefella [Laxfield]. William Malet was 

 seised (thereof) on the day of his death. And 

 the others were under commendation of the 

 Abbot only. Then it was worth 6oj., now a 

 like sum. 



In the same (vill were) 2 sokemen under 

 Saint Etheldreda with 7 acres. They are in- 

 cluded in the said valuation. 



In the same (vill was) a freeman, Marculf, 

 under commendation of Edric of Laxfield. 

 William Malet was seised (thereof) on the day 

 on which he died, i bordar. Then i plough. 

 1 acre of meadow. And under him (were) 4 

 freemen with 4 acres. Then it was worth lOf., 



now 5;. It is 8 furlongs long and 6 broad. 

 And (pays) lid, in geld. Others have holdings 

 therein. 



In Gretingeham [Cretingham] (was) a free- 

 man Balchi, (whom) the same Ralph (de Savigny) 

 holds under commendation of Adestan, with 24 

 acres of land, (and) i acre of meadow. Then 

 half a plough, now the like. Worth 4;. 



In the same (vill was) a freeman under the 

 same (Adestan's) commendation with 38^^ acres. 

 I bordar. 2 acres of meadow. I plough. Then 

 it was worth 12s., now a like sum. 



In Kenetona [Kenton] (were) 5 freemen, 

 4 were under commendation to Saint Etheldreda, 

 and Sacxe the predecessor of Ralph de Savigny 

 {Savigno) (had commendation) over one. 30 acres 

 of land. Then as now 1 plough. Then it was 

 worth loj., now 6s. Now R.alph de Savigny 

 holds of Roger Bigot. 



Banberga [Babergh] Two Hundrets 



In Ilelega [Eleigh] (were) 3 freemen under 

 soke and commendation of Earl Algar, now 

 Tehel de Herion holds them of the Bishop. 

 And they had 30 acres. Then i plough, now 

 half a plough, and half an acre of meadow. 

 Worth 5J. 



At Brantestona [Brandeston] ^" Alveva, 

 mother of Earl Morchar, held T.R.E. 3 carucates 



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of land as a manor. And 5 villeins, 6 bordars, 

 and 5 serfs. Then as now 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne. Then and afterwards 2 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men, now i. And 4 acres of 

 meadow. Wood(land) for 10 swine. Then as 

 now 2 horses at the hall. Then 5 beasts, now 

 3. Then 20 swine, now 23. Then 100 sheep, 

 now 120. 



In the same (vill) 3 freemen under Alveva by 

 commendation and soke and sac, who could sell 

 without licence, (held) 24 acres of land. They 

 were then as now worth 5//'. It is I league 

 long, and 3 furlongs broad. And (pays) 6d. in 

 geld. Ralph de Curbespine holds this manor of 

 the Bishop. 



Stou [Stow] Hundret 



In Cratinga [Greeting (St. Peter)] Aluric son 

 of Brune, a freeman under Wisgar by commenda- 

 tion only, T.R.E. held i carucate of land in the 

 King's soke. Now William de Boeville holds it of 

 the Bishop. Then as now 5 bordars and i serf. 

 Then as now i plough on the demesne, and half 

 a plough belonging to the men. And a third 

 share of a mill. And 4 acres of meadow. And 

 4 beasts, and 8 swine. Then 8 sheep, now 



In Waldingfield. 



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