A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK 



Babenberga [Babergh] Two Hundrets 



At SiMPLiNGA [Shimpling] Ailith a freewoman 

 under King Edward of glorious memory held 6J 

 carucates of land as a manor. Then 9 villeins, 

 now 12. Then 12 bordars, now 16. Then 3 

 serfs, now none. Then and afterwards 4 ploughs 

 on the demesne, now 3. Then 7 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men, now 6. Wood(land) for 

 100 swine. And 17 acres of meadow. Then 

 4 horses, now 5. Then 7 beasts, now 5. Then 

 60 swine, now 33. Then 80 sheep, now lOO. 

 Then 16 goats, now 24. A church with 60 

 acres of free land, and I bordar, and I plough, 

 and half an acre of meadow. Then it was worth 

 10//., afterwards and now 12//. It is I league 

 long, and half a league broad. And (pays) i S'i- 

 in geld. 



In the same (vill) a freeman under Ailith by 

 commendation in Saint Edmund's soke (held) 

 30 acres and I bordar. Then as now I plough 

 and l^ acres of meadow. Then as now it was 

 worth 10;. And this Bainard holds by reason 

 of the exchange. 



fol. 416. 



XXXIIII. LANDS OF RANULF 

 PEVERELL 



Lacforda [Lackford] Hundret 



In Ecclingaham [Icklingham] Seward of 

 Melduna [Maldon] held under King Edward, 

 but in Saint Edmund's soke and sac, 3 carucates 

 of land as a manor. Then as now 6 villeins. 

 Then 2 bordars, now I. Then and afterwards 

 4 serfs, now 3. Then as now 3 ploughs on the 

 demesne. And 2 ploughs belonging to the men. 

 And I mill. Then i horse, now none. And 

 then 3 beasts, now 2. Then 30 swine, now 21. 

 Then 250 sheep, now 350. Then and after- 

 wards it was worth 4//., now looj. Saint Ed- 

 mund (has) the soke. 



Baberga [Babergh] Hundret 



At Aketona [Acton] Seward of Meldona 

 [Maldon], the thegn, T.R.E. held 12 carucates 

 of land as a manor with soke and sac. Then as 

 now 23 villeins. Then as now 38 bordars. 

 Then as now 1 7 serfs. Then 8 ploughs on the 

 demesne, afterwards and now 6. Then 20 ploughs 

 belonging to the men, afterwards and now 14. 

 And 50 acres of meadow. Wood (land) for 40 

 swine. Then and afterwards 2 mills, now I. 

 Then 8 horses at the hall, now 11. Then 34 

 beasts, now 31. Then 200 swine, now 160. 

 Then 300 sheep, now 423 sheep. Then 9 hives 

 of bees, now 7. A church to which are attached 

 30 acres of free land. Then and afterwards it 

 was worth 2o/»., now 30//'. 



In Aratona [Acton] (were) 4 freemen whom 

 Ranulf received as an estate {terra) of 50 acres. 

 In Walingafella [Waldingfield] 5 freemen 

 (with) 72 acres. In the other Walingafella 

 [Waldingfield] 3 with 50 acres. In Honilega 

 [ ] I with 50 acres. In Manetuna 



[Manton] "* i freeman with 50 acres. Among 

 them all they had 7 bordars. Then and after- 

 wards 5 ploughs, now 4. These freemen then 

 and afterwards were worth 4//., now bos. Of 

 them all 1 1 could and 4 could not sell their 

 lands ; but of all of them Ranulfs predecessor 

 in title had commendation and soke, except of 

 one who is in Saint Edmund's soke. Ranulf 

 received them all as (one) estate [terra). 



Achetuna [Acton] is one league long, and i 

 league broad. And (pays) lid. in geld. 



At AsETONA [Assington] the same Seward, 

 fol. 4i6i. 



Ranulfs predecessor, held 8 carucates of land 

 as amanor with soke and sac T.R.E. Then 

 and afterwards 14 villeins, now 5. Then and 

 afterwards 21 bordars, now 55. Then and after- 

 wards 14 serfs, now 12. Then and afterwards 

 7 ploughs on the demesne, now 6. Then and 

 afterwards 13 ploughs belonging to the men, 

 now 12. Wood(land) for 30 swine. And 15 

 acres of meadow. And I mill. Then 6 horses 

 at the hall, now 5. Then 24 beasts, now 23. 

 Then 1 00 swine, now 60. Then 210 sheep, 

 now 90. Then 14 hives of bees, now 6. Now 

 12 goat<;. A church with 30 acres of free land. 

 In the same (vill were) 5 freemen under the 

 same Seward by commendation and soke. But 

 they could not sell their lands, still remaining 

 however within the soke. And they had among 

 them all 30 acres of land and i acre of meadow. 

 Then as now i plough. Moreover in the same 

 (vill was) a freeman made over as an estate 

 (iiberatus pro terra), but he does not belong to the 

 manor of which Ranulfs predecessor had commen- 

 dation and soke. And he had 30 acres. Then 

 as now I plough. Then it was worth 10//., 

 and afterwards 12//., now 20/;. But it could 

 not render within loOs. (of that amount). Of 

 these 20//., 20X. are (assessed) upon these freemen. 

 It is I league long, 8 furlongs broad. And 

 (pays) id. in geld. 



In Clamesforda [Glemsford] Blacuin under 

 Siward's commendation held 30 acres as a manor 

 T.R.E. Worth 6j. Garin holds it. Saint 

 Etheldreda has the soke. 



In LosAM [Loose'^^] Leustan holds (and) held 

 under King Edward of glorious memory i^ 

 carucates of land. Ofi carucate the soke belonged 



"' In Hitcham ; Copinger, Suff. Rec. 

 *" In Hitcham ; ibid. 



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