HOLDERS OF LANDS 



HUNDRET OF FlEC [VVesT FlEGG] 



SoMERTUNA [Somerton] was held by Archisti, 

 I freeman with I ploughland.^ Then as 

 now 12 villeins and 1 1 bordars and 6J acres 

 of meadow, and i^ saltpans. Then as now 

 I plough on the demesne and i^ ploughs 

 belonging to the men, and then as now 3 

 rounceys ; then 8 beasts and always, and 145 

 sheep and 2 hives of bees. In addition there are 

 there 1 9 sokemen and i ploughland and 3 ploughs. 

 Then as now it was worth 20 shillings. And 

 this land W[illiam] de Noiers holds in the farm 

 of Meleham [Mileham], and the soke is in the 

 hundret, and he (the freeman) could sell it with- 

 out licence of Stigand. Richard Punant put it 

 in charge {adcensavit). 



Hundret of Heinest' [Henstead] 



Hameringahala [Arminghall] (is) i out- 

 lying estate of i ploughland belonging to Torp 

 [Thorpe]. Then 6 villeins, afterwards and 

 now 8. Then 2 serfs, now none. Then as 

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now 3 bordars. Then i\ ploughs on the 

 demesne, afterwards and now I. Then 4 ploughs 

 belonging to the men, afterwards and now 2. 

 Wood(land) for 8 swine and 12 acres of meadow. 

 Then I mill, afterwards and now none, because 

 Eudo Clamahoc withdrew {ahstulit) it in the 

 time of King William ; now R[alf] de Belfago 

 his successor holds it, as the hundret witnesses : 

 and it renders 24 shillings. In the outlying 

 estate are 4 sokemen with 20 acres of land. 

 Then as now I plough. It is 5 furlongs in 

 length and 3 in breadth, and (pays) for geld 

 8 pence. 



Half Hundret of Hersam [Earsham] 



Hersam [Earsham] was held by Stigand 

 T.R.E. for 3 ploughlands. Then and after 

 21 villeins, now 25. Then as now 24 bordars, 

 and then as now 5 serfs. Then 3 ploughs on 

 the demesne, afterwards and now 2. Then 

 16 ploughs belonging to the men, afterwards and 

 now 12. Then woodland for 300 swine, 

 afterwards and now 200 ; 20 acres of meadow. 

 Then as now 2 mills, and then as now 3 horses 

 at the hall [in aula), and I beast. Then 40 swine, 

 and now the same. Then as now 30 goats, and 

 1 1 sokemen with i ploughland and 4 bordars. 

 Then 4 ploughs, afterwards and now 3. Wood- 

 (land) for 40 swine, and 12 acres of meadow. 

 Then it was worth 1 1 pounds, afterwards and 

 now 40 pounds blanch, with all things that 

 belong (.) It is i^ leagues in length and I league 

 in breadth, and (pays) for geld 6 pence. 



In Dentuna [Denton] 12 sokemen. Of 9 

 of these Stigand had the soke in Ersam [Ear- 



' More probably ' Archbishop Stigand [Jnhi' Sii') 

 held I freeman.' 



sham], and they had 60 acres, and of 4 (sic) St. 

 Edmund had the soke ^ and they had 40 acres, so 

 that (qd') they could neither give nor sell their land 

 away from the church {extra eccksiam), but Roger 

 Bigot added them to Ersam [Earsham] on account 

 of the custom, because the soke was in the hun- 

 dret. Then as now 5 ploughs among them all. 

 In Aldeberga [Alburgh] 1 5 freemen ; of 1 3 

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the predecessor of Eudo, son of Spiruwic, had 

 commendation, of 2 St. Edmund. Among them 

 all 80 acres of land and 4 acres of meadow. 

 Then as now among them all 5 ploughs ; and it 

 is I league in length and 5 furlongs in breadth, 

 and (pays) 10 pence for geld. But more 

 (tenants) hold there. In Redanaha [Redenhali] 

 7 freemen of Stigand's by commendation T.R.E. 

 with 60 acres of land and 2 bordars ; then 

 3 ploughs, afterwards and now 2. Wood(land) 

 for 4 swine, and 2 acres of meadow. In Ste- 

 restuna [Starston] 15 sokemen of Stigand's 

 belonging to Ersam [Earsham] with the soke 

 hold 80 acres of land and 2 acres of meadow and 

 6 bordars. Then as now 8 ploughs among them 

 all. In the same (were) 15 sokemen, of whom 

 St. Edmund had commendation T.R.E. ; but 

 their land was entirely in the church, but the 

 soke and sac in Hersam [Earsham], and R[oger] 

 Bigot therefore annexed [addidit) them when he 

 held the manor of Hersam [Earsham] in Stigand's 

 time. Among them all 60 acres of land and 

 I acre of meadow. Then as now 3 ploughs. 



In Riuessalla [Rushall] (were) 10 freemen 

 of Stigand's T.R.E. with 60 acres and 3 bordars. 

 Then as now 3 ploughs. Wood(land) for 6 

 swine, and 2 acres of meadow. 



In Torp [Thorpe (Abbots)] 20 freemen ; 2 

 were Stigand's by commendation, and they had 

 100 acres of land T.R.E., and 18 were St. Ed- 

 mund's by commendation, and they could not 

 give up (their land) {reddere) without leave of 

 St. (Edmund's), but soke and sac were in Hersam 

 [Earsham]. Then as now 6 ploughs among 

 them all. Wood(land) for 4 swine and 4 acres 

 of meadow. It is half a league in length and 



5 furlongs in breadth, and (pays) for geld 



6 pence. In Brodiso [Brockdish] 28 free- 

 men, 5 of Stigand's with half a ploughland 

 T.R.E. and 23 of St. Edmund's with 140 acres, 

 but they could neither give nor sell without 

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Stigand's leave, for he had the soke. Then among 

 them all (were) 8 ploughs, now 7. Wood(land) 

 for 12 swine, 6 acres of meadow. It is 7 fur- 

 longs in length and 5 furlongs in breadth and 

 4 perches, and (pays) for geld 6 pence. The 

 soke and sac of all these belonged to Stigand 

 T.R.E. All these freemen used to render 

 40 shillings to Stigand T.R.E. ; but if 



^ Perhaps for ' commendation,' see below. 



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