HOLDERS OF LANDS 



4 villeins, now 5. Then and now 8 bordars. 

 Then 4 serfs, now 2 : 10 acres ot meadow. 

 Then i mill, now none. Then as now i plough. 



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Then as now i plough on the demesne, and 

 I plough belonging to the men : I rouncey, 

 • 7 beasts, 6 swine, 28 sheep, 7 sokemen (with) 

 half a ploughland. Then as now 2 ploughs, 

 3 acres of meadow, 3 bordars. Wood(land) for 



5 swine. It is worth 40 shillings. 



GiLDECROSS [GUILTCROSS] HuNDRET 



GuiDENHAM [Quiddenham] is held by Gos- 

 celin from the abbot, which St. Edmund held for 

 half a ploughland with the soke. Then as now 



2 villeins, I bordar, 3 acres of meadow ; half a 

 plough on the demesne, and 2 oxen belonging 

 to the men. Then (there was) I mill. It is 

 worth 10 shillings. 



In NoRTUNA [(Bio) Norton] the same (Gos- 

 celin) holds i ploughland which I sokeman of 

 St. Edmund held. Then as now 5 villeins and 

 then 3 bordars, now 5 : i acre of meadow. 

 Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 

 half a plough belonging to the men. Wood- 

 (land) for 10 swine, I mill, and I sokeman 

 (with) half an acre. Now 3 rounceys, 12 beasts, 

 10 swine, 45 sheep, 6 hives of bees. It is worth 

 30 shillings. It is i league in length and a half 

 in breadth, whoever holds there, and (renders) 

 8f pence of geld. To the church (belong) 

 5 acres, worth 10 pence. 



In Gadesthorp [Gasthorpe] a freeman held 

 30 acres T.R.E. ; now a certain Englishman 

 {^Anglicus) (holds) of the abbot. (There is) now 

 I bordar, (and) 3 acres of meadow. Then half 

 a plough, now I. It was then worth 5 shillings, 

 now 10. Of this the abbot had the commenda- 

 tion T.R.E. The soke (is) in the king's (manor 

 of) Cheninghala [Kenninghall]. 



In Snareshul [Snarehill] Fulcher holds 30 

 acres of the abbot which I sokeman held. 

 Then as now i bordar, half a plough. It is 

 worth 2 shillings. 



In Herlinga [Harling, (West)] Ricuard holds 

 I ploughland from the abbot which St. Edmund 

 held T.R.E. Then as now 4 villeins, 3 bordars, 

 I serf, 3 acres of meadow. Then i plough on 

 the demesne, now 2. Then as now 2 ploughs 

 belonging to the men ; i rouncey, 8 beasts, 



3 swine. Then 120 sheep, now 180. It was 

 then worth 20 shillings, now 40. 



Lawendic [Launditch] Hundret 



Wenlinga [Wendling] is held by the same 

 R[icuard] of the abbot, which St. Edmund held 

 for I ploughland. (There are) 2 villeins, 6 bor- 

 dars, 6 acres of meadow, I plough on the 

 demesne, and i^ ploughs belonging to the men. 

 VVood(land) for 100 swine and I sokeman (with) 



12 acres. Then as now i bordar. Then i 

 plough, now a half. Then as now i mill, 

 19 swine. It was then worth 20 shillings, now 

 30. It is 9 furlongs in length, and 6 in breadth, 

 and (renders) 2^ pence of geld. 



Feorhoo [Forehoe] Hundret 



Marthingeforda [iMarlingford] was held by 



St. Edmund T.R.E. Then as now 4 villeins, 



and I serf. Then i plough, now 2, and l^ 



ploughs belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 



8 swine, 6 acres of meadow. Then as now 2 

 mills, 2 rounceys, 22 beasts, 8 swine, 130 sheep, 



9 goats, and 3 sokemen. Then as now it was 

 worth 40 shillings. It is i league in length and 

 3^ furlongs in breadth (and) renders 6^ pence of 

 geld. Others hold land there. 



Blafelda [Blofield] Hi;ndret 

 BucHANAHAM [Buckenham (Ferry)] is held 

 of the abbot by Roger, which St. Edmund held 

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T.R.E. assigned to the monks' table [ad victum). 

 Now Roger Bigot holds it from St. Edmund for i 

 ploughland. Then as now 8 bordars and i plough 

 on the demesne. Then and afterwards 2 ploughs 

 belonging to the men, now a half: 9 acres of 

 meadow. Then 2 rounceys, now I. Then 2 

 beasts, now nothing. Now 6 swine, 21 sheep. 

 Then and afterwards it was worth 30 shillings, 

 now 20. And (it is) 11 furlongs in length and 



6 in breadth, and (renders) 20 pence of geld, 

 whoever holds there. 



To this manor belong {adjacent) 10 free- 

 men by commendation (with) 60 acres, (and) 6 

 acres of meadow. Then and afterwards 5 ploughs, 

 now l\. Then and afterwards it was worth 10 

 shillings, now 20. 



Heinesteda [Henstead] Hundret 



Castrum [Caister (St. Edmund's)] now as 

 then is held by St. Edmund for a manor and 

 for 3 ploughlands. Then as now 10 villeins and 



7 bordars, and 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 4 

 ploughs belonging to the men. (There are) 6 

 acres of meadow, half a mill : now 3 rounceys, 

 5 beasts, 30 swine, 40 sheep ; and 4 sokemen 

 with [(le) 25 acres of land, by the king's grant 

 with all custom, and they belong to impertinent in) 

 this manor, as the hundret testifies. It was then 

 worth 40 shillings, now 100. It is 6 furlongs 

 in length and 4 in breadth, and (renders) 1 6 pence 

 of geld, and several [p/ures) hold there. To the 

 church (belong) 11 acres, worth 16 pence. 



Broc [Brooke] was held by Earl Gurt T.R.E., 

 and King William gave it to St. Edmund when 

 he first came to St. Edmund's (as) 4 ploughlands. 

 Then (there were) 33 villeins, now 38. Then 

 as now 3 serfs. Now 3 ploughs on the demesne 

 and 6 ploughsbelonging to the men. Wood(!and) 

 for 30 swine, 9 acres of meadow. Now 5 roun- 

 ceys, 14 beasts, 40 swine. Now 65 sheep and 



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