HOLDERS OF LANDS 



the demesne, now 3.' Then 6 ploughs belong- 

 ing to the men, now 3. Then as now 19 vil- 

 leins and 13 bordars. Then 7 serfs, now 5 ; 



26 acres of meadow, i mill. Then lorounceys, 

 now 4. Then i cow,^ now 6. Then 131 sheep, 

 now 300. Then 24 swine, now 23.' This 

 land is I league and 100 perches in length and half 

 a league and i furlong in breadth. And in marsh- 

 land [maresc) the measurement is unknown {nescit 

 memuram). Now as then it is worth 10 pounds. 

 To this manor belonged [adjacebant) T.R.E. 



27 sokemen, with all custom, but after King 

 William came Hugh de Montfort had them all 

 but one. And W[illiam] de Warenne (has) 

 I sokeman with 6 acres from the church. All 

 this land rendered 14 pence of geld when the 

 hundret and a half rendered a geld of 20 shillings. 

 Now it does the same {similiter). 



In Becheswella [Bexwell] (is) i ploughland, 

 and I plough on the demesne and i plough be- 

 longing to the men, 7 villeins, I serf, 10 acres of 

 meadow. It is worth 20 shillings.^ 



In Phincham [Fincham] St. Etheldreda held 

 30 acres of land T.R.E. Then as now 3 bordars 

 and I plough, 10 acres of meadow. It is worth 

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10 shillings. In Hidlingeia [Hilgay] (are) 

 4 bordars (with) 2 acres and they are worth 

 6 pence. 



In Photestorp [Foston '] (is) i ploughland, 

 and 3 villeins and 2 bordars. Then as now 

 I plough on the demesne, and half a plough 

 belonging to the men and 2 acres of meadow 

 and 80 sheep, 8 swine. It is worth 20 shillings.* 

 It is 4 furlongs in length and 3 in breadth 'and 

 (renders) 4 pence of geld.' Ulchetel, Hermer's 

 man, claims in whatever way trial be made, 

 either by battle or by ordeal, that this land is 

 free. And another (man) is ready to prove in 

 the same way {eo modo) that it belonged to the 

 church on the day on which King Edward died.' 

 But the whole hundred witnesses that it belonged 

 [fuisse ad) T.R.E. to St. Etheldreda. 



In FoRHAM [Fordham] (are) 3 bordars (with) 

 12 acres. It is worth 2 shillings. In Dunham 

 [Downham (Market)] (are) 2 villeins (with) 10 

 acres and i acre of meadow. It is worth 1 2 

 pence. AH Dunham [Downham (Market)] is 



3 furlongs in length and 2 in breadth, and (renders) 



4 pence of geld, whoever holds there. 



'/.£.' Then as now 3 ploughs on the demesne.' 



* I.E.' beast.' 



' /. E. tMnsfers to end of entry. 



* I. E. ' now ,is then.' 



' Blomefield (vii, 364) suggests Foston in Totten- 

 hill (i.e. Fodderstone Gap in Shouldham Thorpe), 

 where the prior of Ely held in I 3 16 ; Feuti. Aids, iii, 



45I- 



'' I.E. ' now as then.' ' /. E. omits. 



' /. E. adds ' and both have given pledges.' 



Hundred and a half of Fredebruge 

 [Freebridge] 



Waltuna [Walton, (West)] was held by St. 

 Etheldreda T.R.E. for 4 ploughlands. Then as 

 now (there were) 20 villeins (and) 40 bordars. 

 Then 17 serfs,' now 13 ; 100 acres of meadow, 

 I fishery. Then as now 5 ploughs on the 

 demesne and 3 ploughs belonging to the men. 

 Then 22 saltpans (iaV\ now 24. Then as now 

 6 rounceys. Then 18 beasts, now 16. Then 

 22 '" swine, now 23. Then as now 1,300 slieep. 

 To this manor belong {Hie jacent) 47 acres of 

 land " in Esingatuna [Islington] which now as 

 then are held by 2 villeins. And 7 sokemen 

 with I ploughland, and 1 1 bordars, and 3 serfs. 

 Then as now 2 ploughs. Now as then it is 

 worth 15 pounds.'^ 



In Agra [Acre, (? West)] half a ploughland was 

 held by St. Etheldreda T.R.E. (with) 2 bordars, 

 I serf, (and) i acre of meadow. Then as now half 

 a plough (and) 30 sheep. It is worth 3 shillings. 



In Esingatuna [Islington] St. Etheldreda 

 held I ploughland T.R.E. Then (there was) 



I plough, now a half, 2 villeins, 3 bordars, 

 20 acres of meadow, (and) 2 saltpans. To this 

 manor belong 18 sokemen with 17!^ acres.'' The 

 whole is worth 16 shillings. 



Hundret of Grimeshou [Grimshoe] 



Feltwella [Feltwell] then as now was held 

 by St. Etheldreda for 6 ploughlands. Then 

 (there were) 40 villeins, now 28. Then 

 5 bordars, now 10. Then 14 serfs, now 12. 

 Then five '* ploughs on the demesne, now 4.'^ 

 Then 8 ploughs belonging to the men, now 7 ; 

 30 acres of meadow. Then as now 2 rounceys, 



I I beasts, 140 sheep. Then 33 swine, now 22 ; 

 I mill and 2 fisheries. Then as now it was worth 

 1 2 pounds. It is i^ leagues in length, and i league 

 in breadth,'* and (renders) 30 i pence of geld. 



To this manor belonged T.R.E. 34 " soke- 

 f. 213b. 



men " with all custom '' whom W[illiam] de 

 Warenne {Gar) now holds,'* and 6 freemen by 

 soke and commendation only." '* The same 

 W[illiam] has them all.'« 



Nortwalde [Northwold] then as now was 

 held by St. Etheldreda for 6 ploughlands. Then 

 as now (there were) 8 villeins, 18 bordars, (and) 



'/.£. 18. '"/. £.31. 



" /. E. ' of the demesne of this vill ' 

 " /. E. ' It was then worth 9 pounds, now I 5.' 

 ^^ I.E. '17 acres of land and half a ploDgh.' 

 "/.£. 4. "I.E. 5. 



"' Repeated. 



" I.E.'l league in breadth and a half in breadth.' 

 '* /. E. omits. 



'" I.E. adds ' and 7 others were freemen who could 

 sell their lands, but the soke and commendation re- 

 mained to St Etheldreda.' 



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