HOLDERS OF LANDS 



In Wella [Upwell] 6 freemen held 2 plough- 

 lands and 15 acres. Then as now (they had) 2 

 ploughs and 9 bordars. They are worth 26 

 shillings and 8 pence. And 3 of them were 

 commended to Hermer's predecessor. And all 

 of these were seized (occupavit) by Wihenoc. 



[Freebridge Hundret and a Half] 



In Weswenic [West Winch] Wihenoc added 

 (to his manor) I freeman with {de) 30 acres. 

 Then as now (he had) 4 villeins (and) 6 acres of 

 meadow. He is worth 5 shillings. 



[Clackclose Hundret] 



Herluin, Ivo's man, has seized (invasit) 1 

 freeman in Phincha[m] [Fincham], with {de) 

 15 acres. And he is worth 16 pence. Also 

 (Et) ij acres which Mainard seized {invasit), 

 and it is worth g pence. 



[South Greenhoe Hundret] 



In PiCHENHAM [Pickenham] (there was) i 

 freeman (with) id acres. Wihenoc seized this, 

 and it is worth 20 pence. 



[Clackclose Hundret] 



In Fordham' the Abbot of Ely holds of 

 St. Etheldreda^ 30 acres 'which a freeman (for- 

 merly) held.' Then as now (there were) 3 

 bordars, and half a plough. It is worth 4 shil- 

 lings. Of this he had nothing but the commen- 

 dation. In RiSTONA [Ryston] (there are) 3 

 freemen (with) 6 acres. They are worth 16 

 pence. In this he had nothing but the com- 

 mendation, and St. Benet (of Ramsey) the soke. 



Hundret and a Half of Fredebruge 

 [Freebridge] 



In Lena [Lynn] (there is) i freeman * (with) 

 13 acres and I saltpan. He is worth 4 shillings. 

 'The abbot of Ely held this, and it was in 

 Stigand's soke.' 



In Ilsinghatuna [Islington] William de 

 Scohies held 2 freemen with (de) 6 acres. They 

 are worth 12 pence. 



f. 276b. 



Scerepha[m] [Shropham] Hundret 



In Culvercestona [Kilverstone] i freeman 

 by commendation only (holds) 1 1 acres. He is 

 worth 8 pence. Walter de Caen {Gadomo) 

 holds this of Robert (Malet). 



' Cf. Ini}. Elien. (Hamilton), p. 137. 

 ' Inq. Elien. inserts ' one sokeman with.' 

 ' Inq. Elien. omits. 

 * Inq. Elien. ' sokeman.' 



'' Inq. Elien. (p. 131), 'over this land Stigand had 

 the so ice.' 



[Freebridge Hundret and a Half] 



In Lesiet [Leziate] Robert Malet held 

 2 freemen (with) 60 acres, (and) 4 acres of 

 meadow. Then (they had) i plough, i bordar, 

 (and) I mill. They are worth 5 shillings. Of 

 these Roger Bigot's predecessor had only the 

 commendation. 



[Diss Half Hundret] 



In Gessinga [Gissing] Drogo, Robert Malet's 

 man, has seized {invasit) 10 acres of the de- 

 mesne land of St. Edmund, and it is worth 

 20 pence. In Frietuna [Fritton] (there is) 



1 freeman of King Edward with {de) 15 acres 

 whom William Malet held. R[obert] (Malet) 

 lately held him {modo tenehat). And because he 

 has now at length acknowledged {tandem cognovit) 

 that (the man) is not of his father's fief {feudo) he 

 has made him over {dimisit) into the king's hand(s). 

 And he has half a plough and 2 bordars. He is 

 worth 40 pence. William the Fat {Grossus) held 

 of Robert, in Feruessella [Fersfield], i freeman 

 of Alsi by commendation, with 4 acres, whom 

 W[illiam] Malet held on the day on which he 

 was alive and dead. And Walter {Galterus) now 

 holds him of R[obert]. But Robert Malet replies 

 {contradicit) that he did not know (it) until the 

 day on which he was entered on the return {in- 

 hreviatus). He then ploughed with 2 oxen, now 

 with I. He is worth 8 pence. In Dice [Diss] 

 (there is) I ° freeman (with) 5 acres of the 

 demesne of the manor whom W[illiam] Malet 

 held : but he did not belong {pertinuit) to his 

 fief {feudum). As before {eodem modo) (Robert) 

 asserts {offert) that he did not know. (He has) 



2 oxen (and) is worth lo pence. 



[South Greenhoe Hundret] 



Germund, Walter Gifart's man, has seized 

 {invasit) 4 acres of Suafha[m] [SwafFham], 

 Count Alan's manor. 



William de Warenne holds half a ploughland 

 in Bradeham [Bradenham] which Godric held. 

 Then as now (there were) 5 villeins and 2 bordars 

 and I serf ; I plough on the demesne, I plough 

 belonging to the men, and 2 freemen holding land 

 (ploughed by) 2 oxen. (There is) wood(land) 

 for 20 swine (and) 4 acres of meadow. It was 

 then worth 10 shillings and now the same 

 {similiter), but William's men say that he has had 

 {habuit) nothing from it. This land was held 

 by W[illiam] before [Ralf] suffered forfeiture 

 {forisfaceret): but, as the hundret testifies, R[alf] 

 held it when he suffered forfeiture {forisfecit), and 

 afterwards R[obert] Blund (held it) at farm from 

 the king. And Godric (answered for it) in the 

 king's treasury, in his return {in thesauro Regis in 

 hrevi sua) at {pj-o) 20 shillings, and afterwards it 



Substituted for ' 5.' 



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