THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



for 100 swine, now for 60. A church with 8 

 acres. 2 rounceys, 4 beasts, 20 swine, and 50 

 sheep. Ther it was worth 4//., now 4//'. and 

 I ox. And Alsi, a freeman added to this nnanor, 

 (has) 30 acres as a manor in the Abbot's soke and 

 commendation. Then as now 2 bordars. And 

 I plough. Worth los. It is 1 league long and 

 3 furlongs broad. And (pays) 13^^. in geld. 



In Westrefielda [Westerfield] Aseret a soke- 

 man under the Abbot held 25 acres.'** Then as 

 now I plough. And i acre of meadow. Worth 

 51. Hervey holds of the Abbot by the King's 

 command. 



In the same (vill) Turchil a freeman under 

 commendation (held) 8 acres. Worth i6i/. 

 Hervey held of the King, and now (he holds) of 

 the Abbot, by the King's command as he says. 

 The soke is the King's. 



fol. 384. 



In Petehaga [Pettaugh] the said Turchil 

 under commendation, half to the Abbot T.R.E. 

 and half to Gurth, (held) 20 acres and i acre of 

 meadow and i villein and half a plough. Worth 

 5i. This also Hervey held of the King, and 

 now of the Abbot, by the King's command, as 

 he says. Half the soke was the Abbot's and (half 

 belonged) to Hugh's predecessor.'** 



In Depleham "" [Debenham] a half freeman 

 by soke and commendation held 4 acres. Worth 

 8d. Him Robert Malet held of the King, now 

 (he holds) of the Abbot. 



In AssEFELDA [Ashfield] a freeman by soke 

 and commendation (held) 3 acres. Worth 8</. 



In Henlea [Henley] a freeman by commen- 

 dation and soke (held) half an acre. Worth id. 



In ToRP [Thorpe] Alsi a freeman by soke and 

 commendation (held) 10 acres. Worth lod. 



In ScARUETUNA [? Sharpstone '"] a freeman by 

 soke and commendation (held) 2 acres. Worth 

 4^. Walter '"• holds. 



Pereham [Parham] Half Hundret 



In Blachessala [Blaxhall] 5 freemen in the 

 soke and commendation of the Abbot (held) 26 

 acres. Then as now half a plough."^ Worth 4/. 



In Wantesdena [Wantisden] (are) 12 acres 

 belonging to the demesne ofSutburne [Sudbourne], 

 worth 24</. 



"■ ' and he could not sell his land ' ; I»f. El. 1 60. 

 '" ' Half the soke (is) the Abbot's and half the 

 Earl's ' ; ibid. 



">' ' Debenham ' ; ibid. '" See n. 140. 



'•" 'Walter the Deacon' ; Inq. EI. 161. 

 '" ' I plough' ; ibid. 1 65. 



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In the same (vill) Morwin a freeman held 2 

 acres, worth \d. The said Morwin holds of the 

 Abbot. 



Plumesgata FPlomesgate] Hundret 



(At) SuDBURNA [Sudbourne] Saint Ethel- 

 dreda held T.R.E. as a manor 6 carucates of land. 

 Then as now 1 4 villeins. Then 1 5 bordars, now 

 2 1 .'" Then 2 serfs."* Then 3 ploughs on the 

 demesne, now l. Then 12 ploughs belonging 

 to the men, now 6 ;'" and 6 might be re-stocked. 

 4 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 1 2 swine. 

 Then i rouncey, now 2. Then as now 7 beasts, 

 17 swine, and 120 sheep. Then as now it was 

 worth 7//."° A church with 8 acres. It is i 

 league long, and half (a league) broad. And 

 (pays) 20^. in geld. 



fol. 384*. 



Hertesmara [Hartismere] Hundret 



At Weringheseta [Wetheringsett] Saint 

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

 manor, now Ralph de Savigny holds the fourth '" 

 of Ranulph Peverell. Then as now lo villeins. 

 And 9 bordars. Then 4 serfs, now 2. Then as 

 now 2 ploughs on the demesne. And 3 ploughs 

 belonging to the men. And 4 acres of meadow. 

 Then wood(land) for 500 swine, now for 400. 

 A church with 16 acres and half a plough. 

 And 2 rounceys,"* 8 beasts, 30 swine, 107 sheep, 

 and 1 8 goats. Then worth loA'., and the like 

 now. 



In the same (vill) 4 freemen under commen- 

 dation, Gotwin, Brictmar, Osulf, Derolf, (held) 

 40 acres. Then as now 2 ploughs. Worth ioj. 

 Saint Etheldreda (had) the soke. It is i^ 

 leagues long, and i league broad. And (pays) 

 9^. in geld. Others have holdings therein. 



RiSEBRUGE [RiSBRIDGE] HuNDRET 



(At) Cedeberia [Chedburgh] 2 freemen 

 T.R.E. held 2 carucates of land as 2 manors. 

 Then 2 bordars, now 5. Then as now 4 serfs. 

 Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, now 4. And 

 half a plough belonging to the men. 8 acres of 

 meadow. Wood(land) for I2 swine. This 

 Frodo holds of the Abbot. When he took it 

 over (there were) 4 rounceys, now none. Then 

 8 beasts, now 14. Then 20 sheep."' All this 

 land belonged to [jacebat in) the demesne of the 



'"' ' now 22 ' ; ibid. "* ' now none ' ; ibid. 



"* ' now 5 ' ; ibid. Here Dom. Bk. is evidently 

 the more accurate, as the loss of the 6 ploughs which 

 ' might be restocked ' would leave 6. 



196 < Then worth 6//., now 7/;.' ; ibid. Here the 

 advantage of accuracy would seem to lie with the Inj. 



'" ' one of them ' ; ibid. 166. 



'" ' 2 rounceys at the hall ' ; ibid. 



'"'now none'; ibid. 155. 



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