THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



Gutmund with 

 Worth 2s. 



15 acres and i acre of meadow. 



In Caldecotan [ 

 (are) 3^ acres worth 6d. 



2 in demesne 



Lacforda [Lackford] Hundret 



LiUERMERA [Livermere] Hugh de Beuerda 

 holds of Hugh, which Gutmund held T.R.E. 

 under Saint Etheldreda, and he could not sell it; 

 2 carucates of land as a manor. Then as now 

 4 villeins, and 3 bordars. Then 3 serfs, now I. 

 Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 

 and afterwards 2 ploughs belonging to the men, 

 now I. And 4 acres of meadow. And I fishery. 

 Then as now i horse. And 3 beasts. Then 

 10 swine, now 3. 160 sheep, now 100. Saint 

 Etheldreda has soke and sac. And the same 

 (Hugh) holds 3 freemen under Gutmund by 

 commendation and by soke and sac under Saint 

 Edmund (with) 80 acres of land, and half the 

 commendation of one (freeman) with the land 

 Saint Edmund had T.R.E. Among them all 

 were then as now 2 ploughs. And i acre of 

 meadow. The manor was worth 40J., and the 

 freemen 1 3^. It is 6 furlongs long, and 4 broad. 

 And in geld (pays) 4(^, 



Baberga [Babergh] Two Hundrets 



Stanesteda [Stanstead] Gutmund the thegn 

 held T.R.E., Hugh holds it in demesne; 5 caru- 

 cates of land as a manor with soke. Then 4 

 villeins, afterwards and now 3. And 10 bordars. 

 Then and afterwards 10 serfs, now 6. Then 4 

 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now 3. 

 Then as now 2 ploughs belonging to the men. 

 And 1 6 acres of meadow. And i mill. Wood- 

 (land) for 20 swine. Then 3 horses, now 4. 



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Then as now 16 beasts, 60 swine, and 100 

 sheep. Then and later it was worth 6//., now 

 it renders 12//'. It is I league long, and 4 fur- 

 longs broad. And (pays) y^d. in geld whoever 

 be the holder thereof. A church with 25 acies 

 of free land. 



Stou [Stow] Hundret 



Hagala [Haughley] Gutmund held under 

 King Edward as a manor 8 carucates of land 

 with soke and sac over the hall demesne only. 

 Then 32 villeins, afterwards and now 30. And 

 8 bordars. And then 10 serfs, afterwards 6, 

 now 3. Then as now 4 ploughs on the demesne. 

 Then and afterwards 24 ploughs belonging to 

 the men, now 8 ploughs. Wood(land) for 200 

 swine. And 42 acres of meadow. A church 

 with 31 acres of free land and half an acre of 

 meadow. Then as now 6 horses at the hall, 

 18 beasts, 80 swine, 146 sheep, and 80 goats. 



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And on the demesne 6 sokemen under the said 

 Gutmund, whose soke is in the Hundred, and 

 they had not power to sell their land, (held) then 

 and always half a carucate and 20 acres of land. 

 Then and afterwards 2 ploughs, now none. 

 Then the whole was worth 16//., afterwards 

 12//., now 20./. Of this manor Hervey holds I 

 carucate and 30 acres worth 635., and Ralph 

 (holds) 1 carucate worth 20J. Turold i caru- 

 cate worth 305. Pesserera half a carucate worth 

 lOJ. Robert 20 acres worth 51. Richard 30 

 acres at 5;. All this is (included) in the valua- 

 tion [pretio) of the manor. It is I league long, 

 and half a league broad. And (pays) i-]d. in 

 geld. 



In Dagaworda [Dagworth ""] Hugh holds in 

 demesne 7 freemen whom Gutmund, predecessor 

 of Hugh, held by commendation only (having) 

 2 carucates of land within the soke of the King 

 and the Earl. And under tliem are 17 bordars. 

 Then and afterwards 5 ploughs among them all, 

 now 4. Wood(Iand) for 1 2 swine. And 8 acres 

 of meadow. Then and afterwards worth 45J., 

 and now 451. 



In the same Dagawarda [Dagworth] (Roger) 

 holds in demesne 6 sokemen belonging to 

 Tornei [Thorney""] the King's crown manor 

 [manerium regis de regione) with all customs. And 

 they have among them all I carucate of land 

 and 4 bordars. Then and afterwards 3 ploughs, 

 now 2. And 5 acres of meadow. Then and 

 afterwards worth 30s., now 20J. Haifa church 

 with 25 acres of free land. And these 6 soke- 

 men Hugh claims by livery of seisin {ex liberatlone). 

 Dagaworda [Dagworth] is I league (long), and 



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half a league broad. And (pays) 301^. in geld, 

 whoever may be tenant therein. 



In Watdena [Wetherden], (now held) in de- 

 mesne, were 1 7 freemen under Gutmund, the 

 predecessor of Hugh, by commendation only ; and 

 they had 2 carucates of land within the soke of 

 the King and the Earl. Then 10 bordars and 

 always. Then 5 ploughs, afterwards 4, now 5 

 among them all. Wood(land) for 4 swine. And 

 6 acres of meadow. Half a church with 15 

 acres of free land and I acre of meadow. Then 

 and afterwards worth 50;., now 40J. It is I 

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

 25^. in geld, whoever may be the tenant therein. 



In Eruestuna [ ] 10 freemen 



under Gutmund, the predecessor of Hugh, by 

 commendation only (held) half a carucate of land 

 within the soke of the King and the Earl ; and 

 2 bordars. Then and afterwards 3 ploughs 

 among them all, now they have scarcely I plough. 

 And 4 acres of meadow. Then and afterwards 



»'' In Haughley. "» In Stowmarket. 



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