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HOLDERS OF LANDS HUNDRET AND A HaLF [of] MiTTEFORDE [Midford] HoKELiNKA [Hockering] was held by Sigar, a freeman, T.R.E. (as) 4 ploughlands. And then as now (there were) 3 villeins and 23 bordars and f. 328. 4 serfs. Then (there were) 4 ploughs on the demesne, now 5. Then (there were) 7 ploughs belonging to the men, now 5. Wood(land) for 200 swine, and 15 acres of meadow, and ij mills. Then as now 9 beasts and 33 swine. Then 80 sheep, now 113. And (there were) then 3 sokemen, now 7 (with) 60 acres of land. It was then worth 4 pounds, now 1 00 shillings. To this manor belong 10^ freemen (with) 2 ploughlands. In ToDDENCHAM [Tuddenham, (North)] Richard holds 1 1 bordars. Then as now (there were) 5 ploughs and 10 acres of meadow. Then as now 2 mills. Then as now it was worth 4 pounds. The whole of Hochelinga [Hockering] is half a league in length and a half in breadth, and (renders) Sg- pence of geld. And Totdenham [Tuddenham, (North)] (is) 5 furlongs in length and 4 in breadth, and (renders) 2 1 pence of geld whoever holds there. 1 (There are) 2 churches (eccksia) (with) 20 acres, and they are worth 16 pence.i In Mateshala [Mattishall] (are) 14 freemen (with) 2^ ploughlands and 20 acres and 12 vil- leins, and 5 ploughs and 6 acres of meadow. (There is) i church with 20 acres, and it is worth 16 pence. It was then worth 60 shillings, now 43, and it is 7 furlongs in length and 6 in breadth, and (renders) 36^ pence of geld. In East Tudenham [East Tuddenham] (are) 6 freemen (with) half a ploughland and 3 acres. One has 4 bordars. Then as now (there were) 1^ ploughs and 2 acres of meadow. And they are worth 14 shillings and 8 pence. All this was delivered to him {sibt) for land, and to his predecessor. In Mateshala [Mattishall] ^ (there were) 5 freemen T.R.E. (with) 2 ploughlands. Then as now 4 bordars. Then 4 ploughs, now 2 ; 10 acres of meadow. And they were then worth 20 shillings, but now 32 (shillings) and 4 pence. They have their soke from the abbot. HuNDRET [of] WaLESSAM [WaLSHAM] In Bastuic [Woodbastwick] Godric, a free- man, had 4 sokemen T.R.E. belonging to (j>er- 1 Interlined. ' The Ely placttum (Inq. Com. Cant. Hamilton, p. 1 90) states that 7 men in Mattishall had been seized by Eudo son of Clamatoc, who could neither give nor sell nor do anything else without the abbot (of Ely's) leave. tlnentes in) Grossa[m] [Wroxham], holding among them (with) 7 acres of land, and i villein with {de) 15 acres of land. Tunestalle [Tunstall] was held by the same Godric T.R.E. for a manor. Now Turold holds 60 (acres). Then (there were) 3 bordars, now 5, and 8 acres of meadow. Then as now (he f. MBb. had) I plough between himself and the men. Now as then it is worth 10 shillings, and the soke is the king's. In Bastuic [Woodbastwick] Ulketel and Withri, Harold's men, held 4^ sokemen and 6 bordars, 11 acres of land, i acre of meadow. Then as now (there was) half a plough. And they are included in the valuation of Grossaha[m] [Wroxham]. In the same vill Ulketel held 40 acres of land, (and) 4 acres of meadow. It is included in the valuation {appretiatum est). Hundret [of] Blafelda [Blofield] In Plum[m]esteda [Plumstead] (is) i bordar, ^Godric's man,' with {de) 9 acres of land. Now as then he ploughs with 2 oxen. They are in- cluded in the valuation of Wrossham [Wrox- ham]. In Blafelda [Blofield] (are) 2 bordars with (de) 1 2 acres of land, I acre of meadow. They are included in the valuation of Wrossham [Wroxham.] Hundret [of] Heinestede [Henstead] In Castra [Caister (St. Edmund's)] are 5^ freemen of Godwin {Goduini) with {de) 4.2^ acres of land, and 2 acres of meadow. Then as now (they had) half a plough, and it belongs to {pertinet in) Merkeshalle [Markshall ^]. In Castra [Caister (St. Edmund's)] furthermore {adhuc) there is I ploughland. On the demesne (is) half a mill, and it is included in the valuation of M[er]kessale [Markshall]. Half Hundret [of] Dice [Diss] Regedona [Roydon] was held by Lefric son of Bose, the king's thane, for a manor. Now Hugh holds it. Then and afterwards (there were) 9 villeins, now 5. Then and afterwards (there were) 12 bordars, now 11. Then as now (there was) i serf. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, and 2 ploughs belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 30 swine, and 4 acres of meadow. Then as now 2 horses {equi) in the homestead {aula). Then as now 6 beasts. Then 40 swine, now 30. Then 60 sheep, now 22 (and one) goat. And 6 sokemen with {de) 23 acres of land. Then and afterwards (they had) I plough, now a half. Then as now it was worth 40 shillings. (And it is) 10 furlongs in length, and 8 in breadth, and (renders) 9 pence of geld. ' Interlined. * See f. 230. 151