HOLDERS OF LANDS 



afterwards and now 8. Of the abovesaid bordars 

 the king has the poll-tax only [scoium de suo capita 

 tantum)} In the borough Roger has 33 men 

 commended to him whom his predecessor held, 

 in whom he had nothing except commendation. 

 He has also l mill, which Turstin a burgess 

 holds. He lays claim to this by the king's gift, 

 but the hundret does not know how. This mill is 

 worth 32 shillings. (There is) i church. 



Hundret and Half of Fedebruge 

 [Freebridge] 



Penteleia [Pentney] was held by Hagane 

 T.R.E. for a manor, 3 ploughlands ; now it is 

 held by Robert de Vals. Then as now 1 1 vil- 

 leins, 14 bordars, 6 serfs ; 3 ploughs on the 

 demesne, 3 ploughs belonging to the men, 20 

 acres of meadow, 3 mills, the third part of a 

 saltpan. To this land belongs {jacet) I outlying 

 estate, Waltuna [Walton, (East)], i ploughland. 

 Then as now 6 bordars, 2 serfs, i plough on the 

 demesne, 16 acres of meadow, 3 rounceys. Then 

 20 mares, now 7. Then as now 21 beasts, 

 30 swine ; then 40 sheep, now 92 ; 7 hives of 

 bees. There too (in eaderti) 10 sokemen (with) 

 72 acres. Then as now i plough. The whole 

 was worth 100 shillings T.R.E. , and when he 

 received it ; now 7 pounds. The whole of this 

 is held by Robert [de Vals]. (It is) 5 furlongs in 

 length and 4 in breadth, and (pays) 8 pence for 

 geld. To the church 30 acres (belong). It is 

 worth 2 shillings and 8 pence. 



In ToRP [Thorpe,(Gayton)] 80 acres were held 

 by a freeman T.R.E. ; now the same R[obert] 

 holds them. Then as now 6 villeins, 6 bordars, 

 3 acres of meadow, i plough on the demesne, 

 half a plough belonging to the men. In the 

 same (vill) is a freeman (with) 20 acres ; it is 

 worth 12 pence. 



Eastwininc [East Winch] a freeman of 

 Guyert's held T.R.E. 60 acres ; now the same 

 R[obert]. Then as now 6 villeins, 3 bordars, 



2 ploughs, 1 1 acres of meadow. Then the whole 

 was worth 40 shillings, now 60. In Plicham 

 [Flitcham] (is) i sokeman with 30 acres. The 

 same R[obert] holds it ; I bordar and I acre of 

 meadow ; then 2 oxen, now 3. It is worth 



3 shillings. To the church 8 (acres belong). It 

 is worth 8 pence. 



In Masingheham [Massingham, Great] ^ i 

 freeman 30 (acres), which Humfrey de Cuelai 



' This poll-tax is said by Mr. Ballard {Domesday 

 Boroughs, p. 63) to be peculiar to East Anglia. He 

 instances Ipswich {Dom. Bk. ii, 290^) ; Colchester (ii, 

 106^), as well as this passage and compares the 480 

 ' bordars ' at Norwich ' who on account of poverty 

 pay no custom' (f. I l6b above). 



^ The prior of Massingham held of the Earl 

 Marshal in 1302 in Great Massingham. Feud. Aids, 

 iii, 409. 



holds, 2 bordars ; it is worth 18 pence. This land 

 Aluin (of Thetford) seized [invasit) after that the 

 king came into this country. The soke lies in 

 Masingeham [Massingham, (Great)], (a manor) 

 of the king. In Puceham [Flitcham] Algar 

 held of Stigand the archbishop for a manor 2 

 f. 173b. 



ploughlands ; now Ranulf son of Walter (holds 

 them). Then 20 bordars, now 23 ; then 3 serfs, 

 now 2 ; then 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 

 afterwards i, now 2 ; then as now i plough 

 belonging to the men, 5 acres of meadow, and 

 I mill ; then I rouncey, and now ; then 



3 beasts, then 27 swine, now 32 ; then 180 

 sheep, now i. Then and afterwards (it was 

 worth) 40 shillings, now i shilling. The whole 

 is i^ miles in length and 5 furlongs in breadth, 

 and pays 16 pence for a geld of 20 shillings, 

 whoever may hold there. Here belongs [jacet) 



1 sokeman (with) 5 acres of land, and is worth 



2 shillings. Over this manor and over all the 

 men who were in it Stigand used to have the 

 soke ; and it was delivered to Roger during his 

 lifetime [vivente eo). The same R[obert de Vals] 

 holds it. 



Apletuna [Appleton] was held by Aba, 

 2 ploughlands, for a manor, of Stigand ; then 

 as now 20 bordars and 2 serfs, 10 acres of 

 meadow, and 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 

 4I ploughs belonging to the men. Then i 

 rouncey; then 6 swine, now 35 ; then 63 sheep, 

 now 14 ; and it was worth then 40 shillings, 

 now 50, and the same [Robert] holds it. (There 

 is) I church (with) 12 acres, and it is worth 

 12 pence. 



Hundret of Smetheduna [Smethden] 



In Rincteda [Ringstead, (Great)] Tovet a 

 freeman held T.R.E. ; then as now i plough on 

 the demesne and 2 serfs and 5 villeins ; then as 

 now half a plough belonging to the men, and 

 2 acres of meadow, and the eighth part of a 

 mill, and I rouncey ; then 82 sheep, and now 

 the like. And 4 sokemen (with) 10 acres of 

 land, and I sokeman of St. Benet [of Ramsey] 

 (with) 2 acres, who has been added in King 

 William's time. The whole was then worth 

 10 shillings, now 20. St. Benet (has) the 

 soke, and Ralf son of Herluin holds it. 



There too {in eadem) I ploughland was held 

 by Alstan under Stigand T.R.E. ; now Ralf de 

 Turvavilla holds it. Then and afterwards 

 I plough, now 2 oxen, and 2 acres of meadow ; 

 and it is worth 5 shillings. 



There too {in eadem) i sokeman (with) 6 acres ; 

 and it is worth 6 pence, and the same [Ralf] 

 holds it. And 2 sokemen of St. Benet (with) 

 16 acres of land, then i plough ; and it is worth 



4 shillings. The same (holds it). And I free- 

 man (with) 24 acres of land ; then and after- 

 wards I plough, now I ox, and it is worth 



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