A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK 



abbey T.R.E. with every kind of custom except 

 Saint Edmund's six forfeitures. Then worth 40^., 

 now 60J. It is half a league long, and 3 fur- 

 longs broad. And (pays) i^. in geld. Others 

 hold land therein. 



In CoPLETUNA '^ [Clopton] 3 freemen (held) 

 20 acres. Saint Etheldredahad soke and sac and 

 commendation. And they were worth 2s. 

 Saint Edmund (held) the 6 forfeitures. 



Half Hundret of Cosforda [Cosford] 



(At) Hecham [Hitcham] Saint Etheldreda 

 held T.R.E. 11 carucates of land. Then 30 vil- 

 leins, now 36. Then 1 8 bordars, now 26. Then 

 as now 8 serfs. Then 4 ploughs on the demesne, 

 now 3. Then 20 ploughs belonging to the men, 

 now 16, and 16 acres of meadow. Wood(land) 



fol. 385. 



for 20 swine. Then as now 1 1 rounceys, 30 

 beasts, 175 sheep, 60 swine, 42 goats, and 2 hives 

 of bees. A church with 2 acres. Then it was 

 worth 20//'.,*" now 40//. It is i league and 4 

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

 I $d. in geld. Others have holdings there. 



(At) NiEDiNGA [Nedging] T.R.E. Saint Ethel- 

 dreda held 3 carucates of land. Then 8 villeins, 

 now 6. Then 6 bordars, now 9. Then 3 serfs, 

 now 1 . Then as now 3 ploughs on the demesne. 

 Then 2 ploughs belonging to the men, now i . 

 8 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 6 swine. 

 And 1 mill. And 2 rounceys, 14 beasts, 100 

 sheep, and 20 swine. A church with 7 ** acres. 

 And2sokemen with 14 acres. Then i plough, 

 now 2 oxen. Then it was worth 4/;'., now 8//. 

 It is I league long, and 3 furlongs broad. And 

 (pays) 2^d. in geld. 



In Hecham [Hitcham] 5 sokemen (held) 60 

 acres. Then 2^ ploughs now i, and 3 acres of 

 meadow. Worth 10;. Roger Bigot holds (this). 



In the same (vill are) 123 acres of demesne 

 land, and 3 bordars, and i plough, and i^ acres 

 of meadow. Worth los. In the same (vill) 

 I sokeman (held) 40 acres. Worth $5. This 

 Richard, son of Count Gilbert, holds. 



BisscoPEs [Bishop's] Hundret 



(At) Wineberga [? Wingfield ^^] a freeman 

 over whom Saint Etheldreda had commendation 

 T.R.E. held 2 carucates of land, and 7 bordars.""* 

 Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, now i . Then 

 as now 2 ploughs belonging to the men. 1 1 

 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 140 swine. 



Then 2 rounceys, now 1. And i beast. Then 

 60 swine, now 20. And 20 sheep. And 2 hives 

 (of bees). A church with 24 acres. Worth 4.S. 

 And 13 freemen with 80 acres. Over one 

 Robert Malet's predecessor had commendation. 

 Then 4 ploughs, now 3. Then worth 4//. and 

 1 3f. and 4.d., now 4//. This Roger Bigot claims 

 as of the King's gift : but the Abbot of Ely 

 proved his right against him: now Roger holds **" 

 on account of the respite of plea {per respectum). 

 The soke (is) in Hoxa [Hoxne]. It is i league 

 and 2 furlongs long, and 4 furlongs broad. And 

 (pays) ii\d. in geld. Others hold land therein. 



In Saham [Soham] a freeman by commendation 

 (held) I carucate of land and 2 villeins and 3 

 bordars. Then as now 2 ploughs. And 5 acres 

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



**" Cloptuna ' ; Inj. El. 155. 



"' 'Then v?orth iSR.' ; ibid. 156. 



"^ ' 8 acres ' ; ibid. 



«" '8 bordars'; /nf. El. 156. 



•"Seen. 81. 



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worth 20;., now 25/. The soke is in Oxa 

 [Hoxne]. This Robert Malet held of the King: 

 the Abbot proved his right, and Robert holds it 

 of him. 



In Blidinga [Blything] Hundret 



Saint Etheldreda held at Alnet'ne *"' [ ] 



as a manor T.R.E. 2 carucates of land. Then 

 9 villeins, now 7. Then as now 13 bordars. 

 Then as now i serf. Then as now 2 ploughs 

 on the demesne. And 3 ploughs belonging to 

 the men. And half a church with 2 acres. 

 Wood(land) for 6 swine. 2 acres of meadow. 

 And I rouncey, 8 beasts, 28 sheep, 8 swine, 16 

 goats. To this manor belong 80 burgesses in 

 Dunewic [Dunwich], and they dwell upon 14 

 acres. Then as now it was worth lOOs. 



In the same (vill) *'' belong 3 freemen dwelling 

 in Besemera [ ] *"' with 1 4 acres and 



I plough. Worth y. Saint Etheldreda (has) 

 soke and sac. 



Hundret of Colenesse [Colneis] 



In Morestuna [Moston *"*] (was) a freeman 

 Ulviet"" with 5 acres under commendation to 

 Saint Etheldreda T.R.E. Worth idd. Robert 

 Malet holds him of the Saint. 



In Tremlega [Trimley] (was) a freeman 

 Lewric with 40 acres as a manor under the 

 Abbot's commendation T.R.E. Roger Bigot 

 holds him of the king. The Abbot proved his 

 right, and Roger (now) holds of him. And i 

 plough. And 3 bordars. One acre of meadow. 

 And a freeman under him with 4 acres. Worth 

 20y. 



"» 'of the abbot' ; ibid. 



*" ' Ernetune,' ' Ernetherne ' ; ibid. 



*" ' To this manor ' ; ibid. 



*" ' dwelling in Besmera ' omitted ; ibid. 



"' In Trimley St. Martin. 



'Wlfgiet'; Inq.El. 1 58. 



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