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 A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK worth 20S., now los. A church with lo acres of free land. It is lO furlongs long, and 6 broad. And (pays) loi. in geld whoever may be the tenant therein. In ToRPE [Thorpe] i6 freemen under (Hugh's) predecessor by commendation only (held) I carucate of land within the soke of the King and the Earl ; and 2 bordars under them. Then and afterwards 3 ploughs among them all, now I. And 3 acres of meadow. Then and afterwards worth 30s. Now worth scarcely 10s. It is 5 furlongs long and 3 broad. And (pays) Sd. in geld whoever may be the tenant there. In Ultuna [ ], (now held) in demesne, 3 freemen under the said Gutmund by commenda- tion only (held) half a carucate of land within the soke of the King and Earl and 13 acres. Then and afterwards 3 bordars, now i. Then as now I plough. And 4 acres of meadow. And I mill. But the Count of Moretaine claims half. And the Hundred testifies (in his favour). Then and afterwards worth i2j., and now a like amount. In CiLTUNA [Chilton'"] and in Torstuna [ ] Hugh holds in demesne, by livery of seisin as he says, 16 sokemen who used to belong to Tornei [Thorney] King Edward's manor with every (sort of) custom, as the Hun- dred testifies, and they have i carucate of land, and 7 bordars. Then and afterwards 4 ploughs among them all, now 3 ploughs, and 6 acres of meadow. Then and afterwards worth 50J., now 30J. The whole is 4 furlongs long and 3 broad. And (pays) Sd. in geld. And all fol. 409A. these freemen with commendation and soke were delivered, so all Hugh's men say, as 2 manors of 5 carucates of land. In Dagaworda [Dagworth] Breme a free- man under King Edward, who was killed at the battle of Hastings, held, and he had I J carucates of land, but (this land) was delivered to Hugh as half a carucate by exchange. And the soke (belonged) to the King and the Earl. Then as now 1 1 bordars, and 3 serfs. Then and always 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then and after- wards 2 ploughs belonging to the men, now I plough. Wood(land) for 60 swine. And 9 acres of meadow. And I mill. I church with- out land, and half a church with 30 acres of land and i ^ acres of meadow. Then 1 3 beasts, now 10, and 12 swine, 16 sheep, and 40 goats. Then as now worth 601. In the same manor (was) Bremere a freeman by commendation only, and he had 11 J acres, and I bordar. Then and afterwards half a plough, now none. Worth 31. •" In Stowmarket. William son of Gross holds this manor of Hugh de Montfort. In Newetuna [(Old) Newton], (now held) in demesne, Alwin de Mellesam [Mendlesham] held 1 freeman with half a carucate of land, now Hugh holds by exchange ; under him were 2 bordars. Then as now i plough. And i^ acres of meadow. And now 40 sheep, and 3 swine. Then as now worth 40J. In the same (vill) Hugh holds in demesne by exchange by livery {ex liheratione) 2 freemen, of whom the soke was in the Hundred, and they have 27 acres. Then as now half n plough. Worth 5/. In Dagaworda [Dagworth] Hugh holds half a freeman having 20 acres. Worth 3;. In Torneia [Thorney] Roger de Candos holds I carucate of land of Hugh, which was de- mesne land in the King's manor and soke T.R.E., but it was delivered (to Hugh) as i carucate of land. This land Ralph the Staller had in pawn {in vadimonio) from Toli the Sheriff, as the Hundred heard say ; but (the Court) neither saw the writs nor the feoffor {Hberatorem) ; and Ralph (held) on the day of King Edward's death ; and afterwards Ralph his son. And he (Roger) had 4 villeins, and 3 bordars, and 2 serfs. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, now i. Then as now 2 ploughs belonging to the men. And 4 acres of meadow. fol. 410. And 1 mill. Wood(land) for 4 swine. Now 10 swine, and 30 sheep. Then as now worth 60J. And in the same (vill) the same (Roger) holds 2 freemen having 20 acres. Then and after- wards I plough, now half (a plough). Worth od. This is by exchange. Thewardestreu [Thedwastre] Hundret In Begatona [Bacton] a freeman under Edith the Rich held 40 acres of land T.R.E. Now Hugh de Montfort holds (them) through exchange. Then as now half a plough. Worth Half Hundred of Gepeswiz [Ipswich] In the borough Hugh has in demesne i bur- gage {mansura), and it belongs to Nechetuna [Nacton]. The King has all the customs. Bosemara [Bosmere] Hundret At Betesfort [Battisford] Roger de Candos holds of Hugh the land which Aluric a freeman held T.R.E. as a manor, viz. i carucate of land. Then as now 8 bordars. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, now I. And half a plough be- longing to the men. 6 acres of meadow. Wood- 546