A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK 



In the same (vill) 2 half (freemen) under 

 Edric's commendation (held) 5 acres, worth izd. 



Plumesgate [Plomesgate] Hundret 



(At) Cranesforda [Cransford] Atsur under 

 commendation of Edric of Laxfield held 80 acres 

 of land as a manor. Then as now i bordar. 

 Then 2 ploughs, now i. i acre of meadow. 

 Then 3 rounceys. Then 24 swine, now i. 

 And 16 sheep. Then 40 goats. Then it was 

 worth 20s., now 13/. and ^d. 



LXVIII. LANDS OF GILBERT THE 

 CROSSBOWMAN 



BiDINGA [BlYTHING] HuNDRET 



In EsTUNA [Easton] Elric son of Wlviat, 

 under commendation to Earl Harold, held, and 

 now Gilbert holds of the King as a manor, 2 

 carucates of land. Then 5 villeins, now 3. 

 Then as now 5 bordars, and I serf. Then i^ 

 ploughs on the demesne, now none. Then as 

 now 3 ploughs belonging to the men. Wood- 

 (land) for 8 swine, 3 acres of meadow. Then i 

 salt-pan, now none. Then i rouncey, 3 beasts, 



fol. 444^. 



and 2 swine, and 80 sheep. Now no stock [nkhil). 

 Then it was worth 405., now 20s. The King 

 and the Earl (have) the soke. Moreover in 

 Uggecehala [Uggeshall] (there is) i villein, 

 Uluric, with 20 acres and half a plough, and in 

 Cedestan [Chediston] i villein, Osketel, with 

 20 acres and half a plough, and they are (in- 

 cluded) in the valuation of Estuna [Easton]. 



The said Gilbert holds in Cedestan [Chedis- 

 ton] a freeman Godric (formerly) under com- 

 mendation to the same (Harold) with 20 acres, 

 and 2 bordars. Half a plough. Half an acre 

 of meadow. Wood(land) for 6 swine. Worth 4;. 



And in Estuna [Easton] (were) 2 freemen, 

 Godric and Osketel, under commendation to the 

 said (Harold) with 20 acres of land. Then as 

 now I plough. Worth 4;. The King and the 

 Earl (have) the soke. Estuna [Easton] is i 

 league long, and half a league broad. And in 

 geld (pays) bd. Others hold land therein, 



Hertesmara [Hartismere] Hundret 



(At) GisLiNCHAM [Gislingham] Alsi a free- 

 men held 2 carucates of land as a manor, and 2 

 bordars. Then and afterwards 2 ploughs on the 

 demesne, now i. And 2 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) for 4 swine. Worth 40J. This 

 manor belonged in the lifetime of King Edward 

 to the demesne of Abbot Lefstan of Saint 

 Edmund's, and Abbot Lefstan leased it to Alsi 

 and his wife by such an agreement that after 



their deaths the Abbot should have back his 

 manor and another manor of Alsi's, Eustuna 

 [Euston] by name. The King and the Earl 

 (have) the soke. 



In the same (vill) 8 freemen under com- 

 mendation to Alsi (held) 16 acres. Then I 

 plough, now half a plough. And they are (in- 

 cluded) in the above valuation. 



In the same (vill) 3 freemen under com- 

 mendation to the predecessor of Aubrey de 

 Vere (held) 6 acres, worth I2d. The King 

 and the Earl (have) the soke. It is I league 

 long and 7 furlongs broad. And (pays) i od. in 

 geld. 



fol. 445. 



LXVIIII. LANDS OF RALPH THE 

 CROSSBOWMAN 



Half Hundret of Ludingaland 

 [Lothingland] 



(At) Burch [Burgh (Castle)] Bishop Stigand 

 held T.R.E. with the soke 4 carucates of land 

 as a manor. Then as now 10 villeins, and 5 

 bordars. Then 2 serfs, now none. Then on 

 the demesne 3 ploughs, now 2, Then belong- 

 ing to the men 4 ploughs, now 3, 10 acres of 

 meadow. 3 salt-pans. Then as now 3 roun- 

 ceys, 6 beasts, 17 swine, and 160 sheep. One 

 church with 10 acres, and I acre of meadow. 

 Then worth loox., now io6j. 



(At) Caldecotan [Caldecot '^^] Bund under 

 Gurth's commendation held T.R.E. i carucate 

 of land as a manor. Then I bordar, now 3. 

 Then i plough, now half a plough. Then 

 worth lOJ., now 8j. 



In Earetuna [ ] a free- 



man Kettle under Ulf's commendation T.R.E. 

 held 40 acres. Then i bordar, now none. 

 Then as now half a plough. Then as now 

 worth 4J. 



In SuMERLEDESTUNA [Somerleyton] a free- 

 man Alwold under Gurth's commendation (held) 

 30 acres. Then half a plough, now none. 

 Wood(land) for 5 swine. Worth 2s. 



LXX, LAND OF RAINALD THE 

 BRETON =>«' 



Which he Claims of the King in Alms 



RiSEBRUGE [RiSBRIDGE] HuNDRET 



In Litgata [Lidgate] 3 freemen held as (a 

 manor) 4 carucates of land. Then 9 villeins, 



«* In Fritton. 



"' Lidgate was given to St. Edmund's by Reynold 

 Stanceberd (?), ' who was called " denasez," because 

 he had lost his nose in battle with the elder William ' ; 

 Add. MS. 14847, fol. 24. 



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