HOLDERS OF LANDS 



Among the whole then as now i6 villeins and 

 1 8 bordars and 4 serfs, and 4 ploughs belonging 

 to the men, and 16 acres of meadow ; wood(land) 

 for 200 swine, 30 goats ; then as now 2 rounceys 

 and 6 beasts and 40 swine and 100 sheep and 

 17 hives of bees. 



In RisiNGA [ ^ ] 2 sokemen (with) 20 acres. 

 Then half a plough, now I. Then and after- 

 wards it was worth 6 pounds, now 10. 



^ In Fatwella [Feltwell] 40 ^ sokemen (with) 

 3 ploughlands, and 40 acres, 5 ploughs and 

 8 acres of meadow, and (this) is worth 70 shillings. 

 And^Simon holds'* I sokeman (with) I ploughland 

 and 7 ^ villeins and 5 bordars and 4 serfs and 

 I plough on the demesne, and 3 acres of meadow 

 and I plough belonging to the men, * and it 

 is worth 20 shillings, and I church ; this 

 [Feltwell] Godric claims as of {ad) the fee of 

 Ralf which lay in Stohu [Stow (Bedon ')], and 

 thereupon i man of Godric is willing to under- 

 take the proof by ordeal [vult portare judicium). * 

 Over all these St. Aldreda * had the soke and 

 all custom and commendation. And of these 7 

 were free with their lands, but the soke and com- 

 mendation remained to St. Aldreda. '■* The whole 

 was made over to W[illiam de Warenne] for the 

 exchange. ^ 



In Matelwalde [Methwold] 4 freemen (with) 



3 ploughlands, then as now 4 villeins and 



1 bordar and 4 acres of meadow. Then 



4 ploughs, afterwards and now 3. Then it was 

 worth 20 shillings, now 45. '^'Stigand (had) the 

 soke ; and they were made over for the exchange. 

 Simon and Walter (Gait) (hold) 2 ploughlands, 



2 ploughs, and they are worth 40 shillings.^" 



NoRH Walde [Northwold] : 34 sokemen of 

 St. Adeldreda, 5 ploughlands, then as now 

 7 ploughs, and 8 acres of meadow. Then they 

 were worth 60 shillings, now 100. St. A[ldreda] 

 has the soke and commendation, and all custom 

 f. 162b. 



of 30 of the men only, and 4 were free. Their 

 soke and commendation (belonged) to St. A[ld- 

 reda]. " 



In MoNDEFORT '^ [Mundford] 7 sokemen 



' See note (*), p. 84. 



' Cf. Inj. El. (Hamilton, Inq. Com. Cant. 139). 



'/.£. 41. * I.E. omits. ''I.E. 8. 



«/.£. omits. 'Cf. f. iz6. M.e. Ely Abbey. 



' I.E. omits. The Ely placiium {I.C.C. p. 192), 

 states that Gerard, knight of William de Warenne, 

 holds \ a ploughland in demesne in Feltwell, and 

 William de Warenne has 45 sokemen of Ely who per- 

 form certain services. See Introd. p. 3 I . 



'» I.E. omits. 



" In Northwold (Ely placiium, ubi supra) W. de 

 Warenne had 33 sokemen of Ely performing similar 

 services. 



" Cf. I.E. (Hamilton, p. 195). The Ely placitum 

 (uii supra) says William had 5 sokemen of Ely 

 performing similar services. 



belonging to St. A[ldreda] with all custom ; half a 

 ploughland and i plough, and they are worth 

 10 shillings." This also is for the exchange. 

 There too {in eadem) (is) I freeman of Harold's 

 (with) half a ploughland, 2 bordars, 2 acres 

 of meadow ; then as now half a plough ; and it 

 is worth 10 shillings. (This also is) for the 

 exchange.*^ 



In CovESTUNA [Coulston] i ploughland, 

 I freeman of Harold's, 4 villeins, 4 bordars. 

 Then 2 serfs, 12 acres of meadow. Then and 

 after 2 ploughs on the demesne. A third could 

 be (employed) ; now i, and then as now 

 I plough belonging to the men, and 2 mills and 



1 fishery, wood(land) for 15 swine ; and it is 

 worth 8 shillings. This is for the castellany '^ of 

 Lewes {pro castellatione aquarum). The whole 

 is 5 furlongs in length and 4 in breadth and 

 pays 5 pence and i halfpenny in a geld of 

 20 shillings. 



In Keburna [Ickborough] Roger holds ; 2 

 freemen, half a ploughland, and 6 acres and i 

 bordar and I acre of meadow. Then as now I 

 plough, and they are worth 3 shillings. 



In Santuna [Santon] 5 freemen, 2 plough- 

 lands. Walter holds a moiety, i villein, 

 3 bordars. Then as now 3 ploughs, and it 

 is worth 10 shillings. 



Otrinkeehia [Ottering Hythe ^'] ; i plough- 

 land, 3 freemen, 3 bordars ; then as now 



2 ploughs ; and it is worth 5 shillings. The 

 same Walter (holds) the moiety. 



Wetinge'" [Weeting]; 9 freemen, 5^^ plough- 

 lands ; Waselin and Osward 2 ploughlands, a 

 third of the whole {de omni tercia parte), 15 vil- 

 leins and 20 bordars and 6 serfs, 13 acres of 

 meadow, then as now 6 ploughs. Wood(land) 

 for 5 swine, half a fishery, and 2 ploughs belong- 

 ing to the men ; then as now they were worth 

 60 shillings. Of 7 of these the commendation 

 and soke belonged to St. Aeldreda,^'^ and of 2 the 

 soke only. The whole is i^ leagues in breadth 

 and pays 14 pence in geld.^' 



Otringheia [Ottering Hythe"] (is) 4 fur- 

 longs in length and 3 in breadth and pays in 

 f. 163. 



geld 4 pence. This all is of the castellany of 

 Lewes {de castellatione de Lawes). 



Cranewisse ^* [Cranwich] , i freeman of Harold's ; 

 then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 



" I.E. omits. 



" Or ' rape ' of Lewes ; see Introd. p. 1 8 ». 



'^ Now Methwold Hithe. 



'« Cf. I.E. (Hamilton, p. 138). The Y-Xy placitum 

 (ibid. p. 192) states that Gerard, a knight of W. de 

 Warenne, had 3 ploughlands in Weeting belonging to 

 Ely. 



" I.E. omits. " Cf. I.E. loc. cit. 



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