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 THE HOLDERS OF LANDS Then 2 horses. Then y beasts, now I. Then 60 swine, now 9. Then 140 sheep. Then it was worth 6//., afterwards (and) now 4/;'. To this manor Norman son of Tan(c)red (Taured) added 7 freemen with 25 acres. Thereof Saint Edmund had soke and commendation. Then 1 plough. Worth 3;. A church (with) 50 acres, and 2 acres of meadow. Then i plough, now 2 oxen, and 2 villeins. Worth 6j. It is i league long, and 8 furlongs broad, and (pays) 5/f. in geld. In the same (vill) a freeman (held) i^ caru- cates of land as a manor. Then 6 villeins, now fol. 349. 7, and 2 bordars. Then 2 serfs, now i. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, now 1. Then i plough belonging to the men, now half a plough. 5 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 4 swine, and 2 beasts. Then 26 swine, now 14. Then 30 sheep, now 13, and 13 goats. Then it was worth 60J., now 40J. Thereof Richard's pre- decessor, Wisgar to wit, had commendation and soke. Saint Edmund had the six forfeitures. BiscoPES [Bishop's] Hundret (At) Wettingaham [Whittingham] Uluric the thegn held T.R.E. i^ carucates of land as a manor. Then 9 bordars, afterwards and now 14. Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 2 ploughs belonging to the men, after- wards and now i. Wood(land) for 100 swine. 16 acres of meadow. And 4 acres of free land. Then as now 5 beasts. Then 20 swine, now 18. Then 30 goats, now 40. And i hive of bees. Then as now worth 6oj. The soke (is) in Hoxa [Hoxne]. (At) Menham [Mendham] the same (Uluric) held T.R.E. as a manor i carucate of land and 40 acres. Then as now I villein. Then 6 bordars, afterwards and now lo. Then as now I plough on the demesne. Then 3 ploughs belonging to the men, afterwards and now i^. Wood(land) for 100 swine. 10 acres of meadow. Then as now i mill. And 3 men with 20 acres of land. Then I plough, now half a plough. And the fourth part of a church with 10 acres. Those men could not give and sell their land. But yet the soke is in Hoxa [Hoxne]. Thereto belong 60 acres and they are part of {jacent in) Weibrada [Weybread]. Then as now 2 villeins, and 2 bordars. Wood(Iand) for 6 swine. 3 acres of meadow. Then as now worth 4/;. In Weibrada [Weybread] 4^ freemen under commendation (held) 35^^ acres. Then 2 ploughs, afterwards i, and now half a plough. Worth 10s. In Statebroc [Stradbroke] 2 freemen under commendation (held) 30 acres. Wood(land) for 8 swine. Then i plough, afterwards and now half a plough. Worth 10s. In CiKELiNGA [Chickering] a freeman under commendation (held) 24 acres. Wood(land) for 4 swine. And half an acre of meadow. Then and (afterwards ?) half a plough, now none. Worth 4y. In Weibrada [Weybread] (are) 4 acres of demesne land. fol. 349*. In Menham [Mendham] 3 freemen with i carucate of land. Of these William Malet was seised. Two were under the commendation of Robert Malet's predecessor and the third of Bishop Ailmar with the fourth part of the land. Then as now i villein. Then 6 bordars, now 9. Wood(land) for 60 swine, 5 acres of meadow. In the same (vill were) 2 men with 3 acres. And then half a plough, now 2 oxen. In the same (vill was) a freeman with 15 acres. Ulf his (Roger de Poictou's) predecessor had the commendation T.R.E. Then half a plough. The whole is worth 561. Over the whole the soke is in Hoxa [Hoxne], the Bishop's (manor). COLENESSE [COLNEIS] HuNDRET In Halmeleia [Hemley] (are) 10 acres which belong to Cleopetona [Clopton]. 2 bor- dars have 2 oxen. (This) is included in the valuation of Clopton. TiNGOHOu [Thingoe] Hundret At Resebi [Risby] Ulmar the thegn held 2 carucates of land under Stigand. Then 6 bor- dars, now 3. Then 4 serfs, now none. Then 2 ploughs, now I. And 2 acres of meadow. And half a mill. Then worth bos., now 20J. In Brocle [Brockley] (were) 3 freemen. Saint Edmund had commendation and soke over one ot these, and he could not sell ; over the other 2 the King had commendation, but they could sell in Saint Edmund's soke. Among them all 60 acres of land. And i villein, and I serf. Then as now I plough. And i^ acres of meadow. Then as now worth los. Babenberga [Babergh] two Hundrets Ulric, King Edward's thegn, held Boesteda [Boxted] as 2 carucates of land. Then and afterwards 2 villeins, now i. Then and now I I bordars. Then 4 serfs, afterwards and now 3. Then 3 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards and now 2. And half a plough belonging to the men. And 15 acres of meadow. Wood- (land) for 5 swine. Then 3 horses, when R[alph] 485