THE HOLDERS OF LANDS 



Robert holds Totintune [Toddington '] 

 of the earl. Azor held it of King Edward. 

 Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 4 

 hides. There is land for 4 ploughs. On the 

 demesne are 2 ploughs, and there are 10 vil- 

 leins and 1 1 cottars with 2 ploughs, and 6 

 acres of meadow, and i serf. In the time 

 of King Edward and afterwards it was worth 

 60 shillings ; now 70 shillings. 



Nigel holds Warnecha(m) [Warning- 

 camp -]. Turgot held it of King Edward. 

 Then, as {et) now, it was assessed for 4 

 hides. There is land for 3 ploughs. On 

 the demesne is I plough, and (there are) 4 

 villeins and 3 cottars with i plough, and 8 

 acres of meadow. 



Of this land Rafin holds of Nigel 3 hides, 

 and there (is) i plough on (his) demesne, 

 and (there are) 8 villeins and 3 cottars with 

 2 ploughs. There (are) 24 acres of mea- 

 dow, and 2 fisheries yielding {r/e) 18 pence. 

 Wood(!and) yielding {(if) 3 swine. 



The whole manor in the time of King 

 Edward was worth 60 shillings, and after- 

 wards 20 shillings; now 50 shillings. 



The abbey of Almanesches holds of the 

 earl Nonneminstre [L}-minster].^ Esmund 

 the priest held it of King Edward. Then, 

 as {et) now, it was assessed for 13 hides. 

 There is land for 12 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne are 3 ploughs, and (there are) 69 

 villeins and 12 cottars with 17 ploughs. 

 There (is) a church, and 4 serfs, and 2 salt- 

 pans yielding {de) 30 pence. Wood(land) 

 yielding {de) 20 swine. In the time of King 

 Edward it was worth 20 pounds, and after- 

 wards 16 pounds; now 25 pounds. 



There Roger holds of the same abbey i 

 hide. Esmeld the priest held it, and it has 

 never paid geld. There is land for I plough. 

 There (the plough) is on the demesne, with 

 9 cottars, and (there are) 25 acres of meadow, 

 and I fishery yielding {de) 2 shillings, and 60 

 acres of pasture. 



And moreover Roger holds of the same 

 abbey i hide. Alwin held it of King Ed- 

 ward.* There is land for 2 ploughs. It is 

 assessed for i hide. There are 4 villeins 

 and 6 cottars with 2 ploughs, and a mill 

 yielding {de) 30 pence. 



' In Lyminster. 2 [u Lyminster. 



3 A nunnery was founded here by E;irl Roger 

 as a cell of Almanesches. The church of Ly- 

 minster is called Nummenistre in a papal bull of 

 I 178, printed in Dugdale Mon. vi, 1032. 



* This and the preceding hide were probably 

 part of Clopeham (see note 8, p. 445). 



These 2 hides in the time of King Ed- 

 ward and afterwards, as {et) now, were worth 

 60 shillings. 



Warin holds of the earl Angemare [Ang- 

 mering]. Earl Godwin held it. Then it 

 was assessed for 5 hides. Now one of these 

 hides is in the rape of William de Braiose. 

 There is land for 2 ploughs. On the de- 

 mesne is I (plough), and (there are) 6 villeins 

 and 4 cottars with I plough. In the time 

 of King Edward and afterwards, as {et) now, 

 it was worth 40 shillings. 



Geoffrey holds of the earl Angemare [Ang- 

 mering]. Three free men held it in the 

 time of King Edward. Then it was as- 

 sessed for 5 hides. Now one of these hides 

 is in the rape of William de Braiose. There 

 is land for 2 ploughs. On the demesne is 



1 (plough), and (there are) 6 villeins and 



2 cottars with 2 ploughs. There (are) 3 

 acres of meadow, and (woodland) yielding {de) 



3 swine. 



In the time of King Edward and after- 

 wards it was worth 50 shillings; now 60 

 shillings. 



Rainald holds of the earl Stoches [North 

 Stoke]. Brixi held it of King Edward. Then, 

 as {et) now, it was assessed for 8 hides. There 

 is land for 7 ploughs. On the demesne are 

 3 ploughs, and (there are) 16 villeins and 16 

 cottars with 4 ploughs. There (is) a church, 

 and 5 serfs, and 2 fisheries yielding {de) 10 

 pence. In the time of King Edward and 

 afterwards, as {et) now, it was worth 20 

 pounds. 



Roger holds of the earl Bercheha(m) 

 [Burpham], and Alward (holds it) of him. 

 Lewin held it of King Edward. Then, as 

 {et) now, it was assessed for 5 hides. There 

 is land for 4 ploughs. On the demesne are 3 

 ploughs, and (there are) 8 villeins and 12 

 cottars with 3 ploughs. There (is) a church, 

 and 10 serfs, and 8 acres of meadow, and 

 wood(land yielding) 3 swine. 



In the time of King Edward and after- 

 wards it was worth 8 pounds, and (is) now, 

 and yet it returns 10 pounds. 



Robert holds of the earl Prestetune [East 

 Preston]. A certain free woman, Ulveva, 

 held it in the time of King Edward. Then, 

 as {et) now, it was assessed for 7 hides.^ There 

 is land for 4 ploughs. There are 14 villeins 



5 This was part of Ulveva's manor of Hamsey 

 (see note 9, p. 442). 



