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HOLDERS OF LANDS 4 villeins, now 5. Then and now 8 bordars. Then 4 serfs, now 2 : 10 acres ot meadow. Then i mill, now none. Then as now i plough. f. 3ogb. Then as now i plough on the demesne, and I plough belonging to the men : I rouncey, • 7 beasts, 6 swine, 28 sheep, 7 sokemen (with) half a ploughland. Then as now 2 ploughs, 3 acres of meadow, 3 bordars. Wood(land) for 5 swine. It is worth 40 shillings. GiLDECROSS [GUILTCROSS] HuNDRET GuiDENHAM [Quiddenham] is held by Gos- celin from the abbot, which St. Edmund held for half a ploughland with the soke. Then as now 2 villeins, I bordar, 3 acres of meadow ; half a plough on the demesne, and 2 oxen belonging to the men. Then (there was) I mill. It is worth 10 shillings. In NoRTUNA [(Bio) Norton] the same (Gos- celin) holds i ploughland which I sokeman of St. Edmund held. Then as now 5 villeins and then 3 bordars, now 5 : i acre of meadow. Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne, and half a plough belonging to the men. Wood- (land) for 10 swine, I mill, and I sokeman (with) half an acre. Now 3 rounceys, 12 beasts, 10 swine, 45 sheep, 6 hives of bees. It is worth 30 shillings. It is i league in length and a half in breadth, whoever holds there, and (renders) 8f pence of geld. To the church (belong) 5 acres, worth 10 pence. In Gadesthorp [Gasthorpe] a freeman held 30 acres T.R.E. ; now a certain Englishman {^Anglicus) (holds) of the abbot. (There is) now I bordar, (and) 3 acres of meadow. Then half a plough, now I. It was then worth 5 shillings, now 10. Of this the abbot had the commenda- tion T.R.E. The soke (is) in the king's (manor of) Cheninghala [Kenninghall]. In Snareshul [Snarehill] Fulcher holds 30 acres of the abbot which I sokeman held. Then as now i bordar, half a plough. It is worth 2 shillings. In Herlinga [Harling, (West)] Ricuard holds I ploughland from the abbot which St. Edmund held T.R.E. Then as now 4 villeins, 3 bordars, I serf, 3 acres of meadow. Then i plough on the demesne, now 2. Then as now 2 ploughs belonging to the men ; i rouncey, 8 beasts, 3 swine. Then 120 sheep, now 180. It was then worth 20 shillings, now 40. Lawendic [Launditch] Hundret Wenlinga [Wendling] is held by the same R[icuard] of the abbot, which St. Edmund held for I ploughland. (There are) 2 villeins, 6 bor- dars, 6 acres of meadow, I plough on the demesne, and i^ ploughs belonging to the men. VVood(land) for 100 swine and I sokeman (with) 12 acres. Then as now i bordar. Then i plough, now a half. Then as now i mill, 19 swine. It was then worth 20 shillings, now 30. It is 9 furlongs in length, and 6 in breadth, and (renders) 2^ pence of geld. Feorhoo [Forehoe] Hundret Marthingeforda [iMarlingford] was held by St. Edmund T.R.E. Then as now 4 villeins, and I serf. Then i plough, now 2, and l^ ploughs belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 8 swine, 6 acres of meadow. Then as now 2 mills, 2 rounceys, 22 beasts, 8 swine, 130 sheep, 9 goats, and 3 sokemen. Then as now it was worth 40 shillings. It is i league in length and 3^ furlongs in breadth (and) renders 6^ pence of geld. Others hold land there. Blafelda [Blofield] Hi;ndret BucHANAHAM [Buckenham (Ferry)] is held of the abbot by Roger, which St. Edmund held f. 210. T.R.E. assigned to the monks' table [ad victum). Now Roger Bigot holds it from St. Edmund for i ploughland. Then as now 8 bordars and i plough on the demesne. Then and afterwards 2 ploughs belonging to the men, now a half: 9 acres of meadow. Then 2 rounceys, now I. Then 2 beasts, now nothing. Now 6 swine, 21 sheep. Then and afterwards it was worth 30 shillings, now 20. And (it is) 11 furlongs in length and 6 in breadth, and (renders) 20 pence of geld, whoever holds there. To this manor belong {adjacent) 10 free- men by commendation (with) 60 acres, (and) 6 acres of meadow. Then and afterwards 5 ploughs, now l. Then and afterwards it was worth 10 shillings, now 20. Heinesteda [Henstead] Hundret Castrum [Caister (St. Edmund's)] now as then is held by St. Edmund for a manor and for 3 ploughlands. Then as now 10 villeins and 7 bordars, and 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 4 ploughs belonging to the men. (There are) 6 acres of meadow, half a mill : now 3 rounceys, 5 beasts, 30 swine, 40 sheep ; and 4 sokemen with [(le) 25 acres of land, by the king's grant with all custom, and they belong to impertinent in) this manor, as the hundret testifies. It was then worth 40 shillings, now 100. It is 6 furlongs in length and 4 in breadth, and (renders) 1 6 pence of geld, and several [p/ures) hold there. To the church (belong) 11 acres, worth 16 pence. Broc [Brooke] was held by Earl Gurt T.R.E., and King William gave it to St. Edmund when he first came to St. Edmund's (as) 4 ploughlands. Then (there were) 33 villeins, now 38. Then as now 3 serfs. Now 3 ploughs on the demesne and 6 ploughsbelonging to the men. Wood(!and) for 30 swine, 9 acres of meadow. Now 5 roun- ceys, 14 beasts, 40 swine. Now 65 sheep and 131