HOLDERS OF LANDS 



Depwade Hundret. 



TiPHAM [Tibenham] is held now as then by 

 St. Benet (as) I ^ ploughlands and 1 5 acres. Then 

 as now (there were) 4 villeins, 5 bordars, i plough 

 on the demesne. Then 1^ ploughs belonging to 

 the men, now I ; and 3 acres of meadow. 

 Wood(land) for 10 swine ; (there are) 6 swine. It 

 is worth 25 shillings. 



f. 233b. 



XVIII. THE LAND OF ST. STEPHEN 

 OF CAEN (Cadomo) 



Hundret and a Half of Fredebruge 

 [Freebridge] 



Wella [Well (Hall, in Gayton) '] was held by 

 Stigand T.R.E. Then as now (there were) lo 

 villeins and 2 ploughlands [carucatas terre) and 6 

 bordars and I serf, 30 acres of meadow. Then 

 (there were) 2 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards 

 5 oxen, now 2 ploughs ; i plough belonging to 

 the men, 2 mills. To this manor belong [jacent) 

 14 sokemen with {de) 28 acres of land. Then 

 I plough, now 5 beasts. Then as now 7 swine. 

 Then 15 sheep, now 60. Then and afterwards 

 it was worth 9 pounds, now 10. Wella [Well 

 (Hall)] and Gaituna [Gayton] are \\ leagues in 

 length and half in breadth, and render 1 6 pence 

 of geld whoever holds there. To {in) Wella 

 belong besides {jacent adhuc) 5 furlongs of pasture 

 in length and 4 in breadth, and they are included 

 in the above valuation {est in eodem pretio). 



XIX. THE LAND OF WILLIAM DE 

 SCOHIES 



Hundret and a Half of Fredebruge 

 [Freebridge] 



Ilsinghetuna [Islington] was held by Scula, 

 a freeman, T.R.E. for a manor and for 2 plough- 

 lands. Now W[illiam] holds it in demesne. 

 Then as now 3 villeins, 7 bordars. Then 2 

 ploughs on the demesne ; afterwards and now i ; 

 10 acres of meadow, 100 sheep. Then (there 

 were) 30 swine, now 16. To this manor belong 

 {hie jacent) 7 sokemen (with) i2 acres. It was 

 then worth 40 shillings, now 60. 



In Eclewartuna [Clenchwarton ?] ^ Richard 

 holds of W[illiam] ^ 40 acres, and they are worth 

 5 shillings. This land was held by Rafrid. And 

 Earl Ralf successfully claimed {derationavit) half, 

 and held it on the day on which he suffered for- 

 feiture. Now Uruoi {Fruoius), Rafrid's man, holds 

 it as of the fee of {ad feudum) William de Scohies, 

 and vouches the king to warranty {revocat Regent 

 ad tutamen). 



' Blomefield, viii, 427. See also Cal. of Docts. 

 France, i 56, 162. 

 ' Expunged. 



f. 222. 



In Ilsinghetuna [Islington] T[ur]chill, a free- 

 man, held half a ploughland T.R.E. Now 

 W[illiam] holds it in demesne. Then as now 

 3 bordars. Then (there was) half a plough, now 

 2 oxen ; 40 acres of meadow and half a saltpan. 

 It was then worth 10 shillings, now 20. The 

 whole of Ilsinghetuna [Islington] is i^ leagues in 

 length and half a league in breadth, and renders 

 12 pence of (every) 20 shillings of geld. 



Mideltuna [Middleton] was held by T[ur]- 

 chill for a manor and for 2 ploughlands. Now 

 W[illiam] (holds it) in demesne. Then as now 

 (there were) 4 villeins and 6 bordars and 4 serfs, 

 30 acres of meadow ; 2 ploughs on the demesne. 

 Then i plough belonging to the men, now a 

 half ; I mill, i fishery, 8 saltpans. Then as now 

 I rouncey. Then 2 cows. Then i6 swine, 

 now 10. Then 80 sheep, now 70. It was then 

 worth 100 shillings, now 7 pounds. 



RuNGHETUNA [Runcton, (North)] was also held 

 by Turchill {idem) T.R.E. for a manor and for 

 I ploughland. Now W[illiam] (holds it) in 

 demesne. Then as now (there were) 2 bordars, 

 20 acres of meadow, i plough on the demesne, 

 half a plough belonging to the men. To this 

 manor belonged {jac') 7 sokemen T.R.E. with 

 {de) 60 acres. Then (they had) 2 ploughs, now 

 I ; 8 acres of meadow. The whole is worth 60 

 shillings. In Mideltuna [Middleton] W[illiam] 

 holds in demesne 6 freemen with {de) i plough- 

 land. Then as now (they had) i plough, wood- 

 (land) for 100 swine. They are worth 24 

 shillings and 8 pence. Of 2 (of them) Stigand 

 had the soke. And it was made over {liberata) to 

 Rafrid for i ploughland. 



Gaituna [Gayton] is held by Uluoi (as) i 

 ploughland, which T[ur]chill held T.R.E. Then 

 (there were) 8 bordars, now 6 ; 12 acres of 

 meadow. Then as now i plough on the 

 demesne. Then and afterwards half a plough 

 belonging to the men, now 2. And it is worth 

 20 shillings. 



Masincham [Massingham] is held by Ralf, 

 son of Herluin, which Goduin, a freeman, held 

 T.R.E. '(as) I ploughland.' Then as now 6 

 villeins. Then i plough on the demesne. It 

 was then worth 10 shillings, now 5. Of this the 

 predecessor of William de Warenne {IVarenna) 

 had the commendation only, and the soke (is) ia 

 the king's manor of Masincham [Massingham]. 



Dochinga [Docking] Hundret 



Brecham [Bircham, (Great)] was held by Bern 

 under King Edward (as) I ploughland. Now 

 f. 222b. 



R[oger] of Evreux {Ebrois) holds (it). Then 

 (there was) I plough, afterwards none, now i. 



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