A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK 



In Weibrada [Weybread] (is) a sokeman with 



2 acres, worth lod. 



In WiLEBi [Wilby] (is) a sokeman with 

 40 acres and I bordar and I plough. 2 acres of 

 meadow. Wood(land) for 20 swine. Then 

 worth los., now 8j. 



Waneforda [Wangford] Hundret 



(At) HuMBRESFELDA [Homersfield] Elmer the 

 Bishop T.R.E. held a manor of 5 carucates of 

 land ; now Bishop William holds it. Then as 

 now 16' villeins. Then as now 12 bordars. 

 Then as now 4 serfs. Then 2 ploughs on 

 the demesne, now 3. Then 10 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men, now 5 ; and 5 might be 

 restocked there. 12 acres of meadow. Then 

 wood(land) for 600 swine, now for 200. I mill. 

 A church with 12 acres. And (there were) 



3 horses when he took it over, and (are) 

 now. Then as now 6 beasts. Then as now 

 26 swine. 200 sheep. Then with the soke 

 worth 12//., now it renders (reddidit) 16/i. 

 Over the ferting of Almeham [Elmham] Bishop 

 William has soke and sac except over Bishop 

 Stigand's men ; and B[aldwin] the Abbot accord- 

 ing to the testimony of the Hundred had a writ 

 of King Edward (testifying) that he ought him- 

 self to have soke and sac over Saint Edmund's 

 land and over his men. 



In Barsham [Barsham] (are) 16 acres and 

 2 bordars and half a plough. Worth 2s. 



fol. 379*. 



XVIIII. FEE OF THE BISHOP OF 

 THETFORD 



Hertesmara [Hartismere] Hundret 



In Iacheslea [Yaxley] and in Thrandestuna 

 fThrandeston] Bishop Aylmar held T.R.E. I 

 carucate of land as a manor. Then as now 5 

 bordars. And I plough. 2 acres of meadow. 

 Worth 20J. And (the manor) belongs to the 

 church of Hoxna [Hoxne]. 



In Seilanda [Syleham] a freeman under 

 Stigand (held) 2 carucates of land and 12 bor- 

 dars and 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 4 

 ploughs belonging to the men, now 2. And 5 

 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 60 swine. 

 And I mill. Then as now worth 6oj. This 

 Ailmar (and) Arfast held. 



In Menneham [Mendham] Ulf the thegn 

 held T.R.E. i carucate of land, afterwards 

 Ailmar and Arfast (had it). Then as now i vil- 

 lein. And 10 bordars. And 1 plough on the 

 demesne. Then 3 ploughs, now I i. And 6 

 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 60 swine. 



And I mill. And 2 freemen (having) 1 1 acres 

 by commendation and half a plough. The eighth 

 part of a church with 40 acres and half a plough. 

 More land belongs to it but is accounted for [in 

 breviata) in Norfolc [Norfolk]."' Then worth 

 30^., now 60;. 



In Denham [Denham] 5 freemen under 

 Aimer (held) 60 acres and I plough. Worth los. 



In HoRAM [Horham] 7 freemen by commen- 

 dation (held) 42 acres. And then as now 1^ 

 ploughs. Wood(land) for 16 swine. 



In WiLEBi [Wilby] a freeman (held) 10 acres. 

 In CiCCHELiGA [Chickering] a freeman (held) 16 

 acres and 2 bordars. Then as now half a 

 plough. A church with 8 acres. The whole 

 is worth 20^ 



In HoRAM [Horham] 2 freemen by commen- 

 dation and soke (held) 1 9 acres and half a plough. 

 Worth 3J. and lod. 



In WiLEBEY [Wilby] a freeman (held) 40 acres 

 by commendation and soke. Then as now I 

 bordar. And I plough. And 2 acres of mea- 

 dow. Wood(land) for 20 swine. Then worth 

 I Ox., now 8j. 



In WiGHEFELDA [Wingfield] a freeman by 

 commendation and soke (held) 10 acres, worth 

 20^. 



In CiccHELiNGA [Chickering] a freeman by 

 commendation held 28 acres and 3 bordars. 

 Then as now half a plough. Worth 5/. 



In the same (vill) a freeman (held) 40 acres 

 and half a plough. Wood(land) for 12 swine. 

 Half an acre of meadow. Worth 6j. and id. 



In the same (vill) a freewoman (held) 8 acres. 

 Robert Malet's predecessor had commendation 

 T.R.E. Worth ltd. Ailmar had soke and sac. 



In Badingelelda [Bedingfield] 2 freemen 

 held 30 acres by commendation and I plough. 

 Then worth 6i., now ioj. 



fol. 380. 



Hundret of Losa [Loes] 



In Framalingaham [Framlingham] a freeman 

 under commendation of Bishop Almar (held) 20 

 acres of land and half a plough. Worth 41. 



Hertesmara [Hartismere] Hundret 



In AcLE [Oakley] a freeman Algar by com- 

 mendation to Saint Edmund T.R.E. (held) 

 14 acres and half a plough, and half an acre of 

 meadow. Worth 2x. Drogo holds from the 

 Bishop. 



>" See f .C.ff. iVfl// ii, 118. 



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