HOLDERS OF LANDS 



now the same; then as now i6 villeins and 

 4 bordars. Then 3 serfs, afterwards and now i, 

 and 8 acres of meadow. Then 2 ploughs be- 

 longing to the men, afterwards and now i^ ; 

 then I mill, half a fishery. Then i rouncey 

 and now the same {similiter) and 2 beasts. And 

 f. 136. 



14 swine and 44 sheep, and 4 sokemen (with) 

 60 acres. Then it was worth 70 shillings, after- 

 wards and now no. Here used to belong 

 (Jacehat) T.R.E. I freewoman (with) 30 acres 

 of land ; afterwards Ralf the earl had (this) for 



3 years before he made forfeiture, and when he 

 made forfeiture- Afterwards Robert Blund held 

 (this) and Godric (held it) to farm for 30 shil- 

 lings with other land. Siward has once more 

 {iterum) joined this [illatn) to this manor and does 

 not pay Godric the farm ; and W[illiam] de 

 Noiers has added 4 sokemen of St. Benet's with 



4 acres of land. The whole is I league in 

 length and half (a league) in breadth and pays 

 6 pence (for a geld) of 20 shillings whoever may 

 hold there. 



HUNDRET OF GrIMESHOU [GrIMSHOE] 



Methelwalde [Methwold] was held by 

 Stigand ^ T.R.E. (as) 20 ploughlands. Then 

 28 villeins, afterwards 24, now 18. Then 

 4 bordars, afterwards 8, now 13 ; then as now 

 24 serfs, 30 acres of meadow ; then 6 ploughs 

 on the demesne, afterwards and now 5. Then 

 23 ploughs belonging to themen,^ afterwards 13, 

 now 7 ; then as now 2| mills, 7 fisheries on the 

 demesne, 4 rounceys, 12 beasts, 84 swine, 

 800 sheep, 27 hives of bees. Here then as now 

 belonged I outlying estate Wetinga [Weeting] ; 

 then as now 3 villeins and i bordar and 3 serfs 

 and 1 acre of meadow. Then 2 ploughs on 

 the demesne, afterwards and now I ; then 

 I plough belonging to the men : then as 

 now 2 rounceys. In Feltwella [Feltwell] 

 60 acres of land. And in Tedforda [Thet- 

 ford] half a ploughland, and 5 bordars' T.R.E., 

 now 3, and 2 messuages [mamure) are vacant, 

 ^i church^ ; and i church of St. Helen with 

 I ploughland and i villein, and there could be 



1 plough. 



In Halingheia [Hilgay] i freeman, 30 acres of 

 land, I plough, and in Wella [Upwell, or Out- 

 well] 3 bordars ; and in the whole manor there 

 could be 8 ploughs (in use). Then it was worth 

 20 pounds, now 30 ; and it is 2 leagues in 

 length and half a league in breadth, and pays 

 f. 136b. 



2 shillings and i halfpenny in a geld of 20 shil- 



' /. E. (Hamilton, I.C.C. p. I95)says Stigand held 

 these lands of Ely at a food rent. This entry occurs 

 in /. E. (ibid. p. 137). 



^ I.E.' villeins.' 



'' with 5 acres of land,' /. E. ' I. E. omits. 



lings. And 4 freemen^ belonged [jacent] to this 

 manor T.R.E. ; now W[illiam] de War[enne] 

 has (them). 



Crokestuna [Croxton] was held by Stigand 

 T.R.E. ; then as now 5 ploughlands. Then 

 8 villeins, afterwards 4, now none ; now 4 bor- 

 dars. Then 5 serfs, afterwards 4, now none. 

 Then 3 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and 

 now 2. Then 2 ploughs belonging to the m.en ; 

 then I mill, which afterwards Ralf the earl 

 took " in King William's time,'^ and 3 acres of 

 meadow ; then as now i rouncey, 6 beasts, 

 19' swine, 215 sheep. Here used to belong 

 T.R.E. 17 sokemen. Of these W[illiam] de 

 War[enne] has 16 and Ralf de Toeni (one*). 

 Then it was worth 10 pounds, now it is worth 

 40 shillings, but it pays 100 shillings ; and 

 3 ploughs could be (used). The whole is 

 'i^ leagues in breadth [sic: length], and I in 

 breadth,' and pays 12 pence in a geld of 20 shil- 

 lings.i" 



HuNDRET OF LaWENDIC [LaUNDITCh] 



Meleham [Mileham] was held by Stigand 

 T.R.E. (as) 10 ploughlands; then as now 20 vil- 

 leins and 44 bordars. Then 6 serfs, afterwards 

 and now I, and 10 acres of meadow ; then as 

 now 2 ploughs on the demesne, and I plough 

 could be restored. Then 24 ploughs belonging 

 to the men, afterwards and now 1 9, and 5 could 

 be restored; wood(land) for 1,000 swine ; then 

 as now I mill and i saltpan, and 3 sokemen 

 (with) I ploughland and I acre. Then and 

 afterwards 12 villeins, now 4 ; then as now 

 10 bordars, and 4 acres of meadow. Then 

 I plough on the demesne, afterwards and now 

 half (a plough), and a half could be restored. 

 Then 4 ploughs belonging to the men, after- 

 wards and now 2, and the others could be re- 

 stored ; then wood(land) for 1 00 swine, now for 

 50. And 4 sokemen (with) 30 acres of land and 

 I bordar ; then as now i plough and 4 acres of 

 meadow. And I sokeman (with) I ploughland, and 



1 sokeman (with) 8 acres ; between the whole 

 10 bordars and 5 acres of meadow. Then 



2 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now 3; 

 now I plough belonging to the men, wood(land) 

 for 10 swine. And 7 sokemen (with) 40 acres 



f. 137- 



of land and I bordar and 4 acres of meadow ; 



^ I.E. ' sokemen.' ° /. E. omits. 



'/.£■. 18. * /. E. does not omit. 



'/.£.' I league in length and a half in breadth.' 



'" /. E. adds, ' Claim of St. Audrey. Medeluuolda 

 was mensal land of the monks {jacebat ad inctum 

 monachorum) and the abbot made it over (j>rcstavii) to 

 Stigand on condition that after his death it should be 

 restored to the abbey. And the hundred bears wit- 

 ness that (it belonged) to the abbey, and Crochestuna 

 likewise. These manors Stigand held on the day on 

 which King Edward was alive and dead'.' 



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