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 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 95