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 A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK In Weibrada [Weybread] (is) a sokeman with 2 acres, worth lod. In WiLEBi [Wilby] (is) a sokeman with 40 acres and I bordar and I plough. 2 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 20 swine. Then worth los., now 8j. Waneforda [Wangford] Hundret (At) HuMBRESFELDA [Homersfield] Elmer the Bishop T.R.E. held a manor of 5 carucates of land ; now Bishop William holds it. Then as now 16' villeins. Then as now 12 bordars. Then as now 4 serfs. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, now 3. Then 10 ploughs be- longing to the men, now 5 ; and 5 might be restocked there. 12 acres of meadow. Then wood(land) for 600 swine, now for 200. I mill. A church with 12 acres. And (there were) 3 horses when he took it over, and (are) now. Then as now 6 beasts. Then as now 26 swine. 200 sheep. Then with the soke worth 12//., now it renders (reddidit) 16/i. Over the ferting of Almeham [Elmham] Bishop William has soke and sac except over Bishop Stigand's men ; and B[aldwin] the Abbot accord- ing to the testimony of the Hundred had a writ of King Edward (testifying) that he ought him- self to have soke and sac over Saint Edmund's land and over his men. In Barsham [Barsham] (are) 16 acres and 2 bordars and half a plough. Worth 2s. fol. 379*. XVIIII. FEE OF THE BISHOP OF THETFORD Hertesmara [Hartismere] Hundret In Iacheslea [Yaxley] and in Thrandestuna fThrandeston] Bishop Aylmar held T.R.E. I carucate of land as a manor. Then as now 5 bordars. And I plough. 2 acres of meadow. Worth 20J. And (the manor) belongs to the church of Hoxna [Hoxne]. In Seilanda [Syleham] a freeman under Stigand (held) 2 carucates of land and 12 bor- dars and 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 4 ploughs belonging to the men, now 2. And 5 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 60 swine. And I mill. Then as now worth 6oj. This Ailmar (and) Arfast held. In Menneham [Mendham] Ulf the thegn held T.R.E. i carucate of land, afterwards Ailmar and Arfast (had it). Then as now i vil- lein. And 10 bordars. And 1 plough on the demesne. Then 3 ploughs, now I i. And 6 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 60 swine. And I mill. And 2 freemen (having) 1 1 acres by commendation and half a plough. The eighth part of a church with 40 acres and half a plough. More land belongs to it but is accounted for [in breviata) in Norfolc [Norfolk]."' Then worth 30^., now 60;. In Denham [Denham] 5 freemen under Aimer (held) 60 acres and I plough. Worth los. In HoRAM [Horham] 7 freemen by commen- dation (held) 42 acres. And then as now 1^ ploughs. Wood(land) for 16 swine. In WiLEBi [Wilby] a freeman (held) 10 acres. In CiCCHELiGA [Chickering] a freeman (held) 16 acres and 2 bordars. Then as now half a plough. A church with 8 acres. The whole is worth 20^ In HoRAM [Horham] 2 freemen by commen- dation and soke (held) 1 9 acres and half a plough. Worth 3J. and lod. In WiLEBEY [Wilby] a freeman (held) 40 acres by commendation and soke. Then as now I bordar. And I plough. And 2 acres of mea- dow. Wood(land) for 20 swine. Then worth I Ox., now 8j. In WiGHEFELDA [Wingfield] a freeman by commendation and soke (held) 10 acres, worth 20^. In CiccHELiNGA [Chickering] a freeman by commendation held 28 acres and 3 bordars. Then as now half a plough. Worth 5/. In the same (vill) a freeman (held) 40 acres and half a plough. Wood(land) for 12 swine. Half an acre of meadow. Worth 6j. and id. In the same (vill) a freewoman (held) 8 acres. Robert Malet's predecessor had commendation T.R.E. Worth ltd. Ailmar had soke and sac. In Badingelelda [Bedingfield] 2 freemen held 30 acres by commendation and I plough. Then worth 6i., now ioj. fol. 380. Hundret of Losa [Loes] In Framalingaham [Framlingham] a freeman under commendation of Bishop Almar (held) 20 acres of land and half a plough. Worth 41. Hertesmara [Hartismere] Hundret In AcLE [Oakley] a freeman Algar by com- mendation to Saint Edmund T.R.E. (held) 14 acres and half a plough, and half an acre of meadow. Worth 2x. Drogo holds from the Bishop. >" See f .C.ff. iVfl// ii, 118.
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