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 HOLDERS OF LANDS now the same; then as now i6 villeins and 4 bordars. Then 3 serfs, afterwards and now i, and 8 acres of meadow. Then 2 ploughs be- longing to the men, afterwards and now i^ ; then I mill, half a fishery. Then i rouncey and now the same {similiter) and 2 beasts. And f. 136. 14 swine and 44 sheep, and 4 sokemen (with) 60 acres. Then it was worth 70 shillings, after- wards and now no. Here used to belong (Jacehat) T.R.E. I freewoman (with) 30 acres of land ; afterwards Ralf the earl had (this) for 3 years before he made forfeiture, and when he made forfeiture- Afterwards Robert Blund held (this) and Godric (held it) to farm for 30 shil- lings with other land. Siward has once more {iterum) joined this [illatn) to this manor and does not pay Godric the farm ; and W[illiam] de Noiers has added 4 sokemen of St. Benet's with 4 acres of land. The whole is I league in length and half (a league) in breadth and pays 6 pence (for a geld) of 20 shillings whoever may hold there. HUNDRET OF GrIMESHOU [GrIMSHOE] Methelwalde [Methwold] was held by Stigand ^ T.R.E. (as) 20 ploughlands. Then 28 villeins, afterwards 24, now 18. Then 4 bordars, afterwards 8, now 13 ; then as now 24 serfs, 30 acres of meadow ; then 6 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now 5. Then 23 ploughs belonging to themen,^ afterwards 13, now 7 ; then as now 2| mills, 7 fisheries on the demesne, 4 rounceys, 12 beasts, 84 swine, 800 sheep, 27 hives of bees. Here then as now belonged I outlying estate Wetinga [Weeting] ; then as now 3 villeins and i bordar and 3 serfs and 1 acre of meadow. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now I ; then I plough belonging to the men : then as now 2 rounceys. In Feltwella [Feltwell] 60 acres of land. And in Tedforda [Thet- ford] half a ploughland, and 5 bordars' T.R.E., now 3, and 2 messuages [mamure) are vacant, ^i church^ ; and i church of St. Helen with I ploughland and i villein, and there could be 1 plough. In Halingheia [Hilgay] i freeman, 30 acres of land, I plough, and in Wella [Upwell, or Out- well] 3 bordars ; and in the whole manor there could be 8 ploughs (in use). Then it was worth 20 pounds, now 30 ; and it is 2 leagues in length and half a league in breadth, and pays f. 136b. 2 shillings and i halfpenny in a geld of 20 shil- ' /. E. (Hamilton, I.C.C. p. I95)says Stigand held these lands of Ely at a food rent. This entry occurs in /. E. (ibid. p. 137). ^ I.E.' villeins.' '' with 5 acres of land,' /. E. ' I. E. omits. lings. And 4 freemen^ belonged [jacent] to this manor T.R.E. ; now W[illiam] de War[enne] has (them). Crokestuna [Croxton] was held by Stigand T.R.E. ; then as now 5 ploughlands. Then 8 villeins, afterwards 4, now none ; now 4 bor- dars. Then 5 serfs, afterwards 4, now none. Then 3 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now 2. Then 2 ploughs belonging to the m.en ; then I mill, which afterwards Ralf the earl took " in King William's time,'^ and 3 acres of meadow ; then as now i rouncey, 6 beasts, 19' swine, 215 sheep. Here used to belong T.R.E. 17 sokemen. Of these W[illiam] de War[enne] has 16 and Ralf de Toeni (one*). Then it was worth 10 pounds, now it is worth 40 shillings, but it pays 100 shillings ; and 3 ploughs could be (used). The whole is 'i^ leagues in breadth [sic: length], and I in breadth,' and pays 12 pence in a geld of 20 shil- lings.i" HuNDRET OF LaWENDIC [LaUNDITCh] Meleham [Mileham] was held by Stigand T.R.E. (as) 10 ploughlands; then as now 20 vil- leins and 44 bordars. Then 6 serfs, afterwards and now I, and 10 acres of meadow ; then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne, and I plough could be restored. Then 24 ploughs belonging to the men, afterwards and now 1 9, and 5 could be restored; wood(land) for 1,000 swine ; then as now I mill and i saltpan, and 3 sokemen (with) I ploughland and I acre. Then and afterwards 12 villeins, now 4 ; then as now 10 bordars, and 4 acres of meadow. Then I plough on the demesne, afterwards and now half (a plough), and a half could be restored. Then 4 ploughs belonging to the men, after- wards and now 2, and the others could be re- stored ; then wood(land) for 1 00 swine, now for 50. And 4 sokemen (with) 30 acres of land and I bordar ; then as now i plough and 4 acres of meadow. And I sokeman (with) I ploughland, and 1 sokeman (with) 8 acres ; between the whole 10 bordars and 5 acres of meadow. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now 3; now I plough belonging to the men, wood(land) for 10 swine. And 7 sokemen (with) 40 acres f. 137- of land and I bordar and 4 acres of meadow ; ^ I.E. ' sokemen.' ° /. E. omits. '/.£■. 18. * /. E. does not omit. '/.£.' I league in length and a half in breadth.' '" /. E. adds, ' Claim of St. Audrey. Medeluuolda was mensal land of the monks {jacebat ad inctum monachorum) and the abbot made it over (j>rcstavii) to Stigand on condition that after his death it should be restored to the abbey. And the hundred bears wit- ness that (it belonged) to the abbey, and Crochestuna likewise. These manors Stigand held on the day on which King Edward was alive and dead'.' 63