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THE HOLDERS OF LANDS half a plough. And i bordar. And I acre of meadow. Worth 51. Sanfort [Samford] Hundret HiNTLESHAM [Hintlesham] Stigand held T.R.E. as a manor, and for 10 carucates and 40 acres of land. Then as now 25 villeins and 17 bordars and 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then 1 6 ploughs belonging to the men, afterwards and now 12. 10 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 30 swine. Then as now I mill and i^ churches with 35 acres of free land. Then 2 rounceys, now i, 8 beasts, 30 swine, 200 sheep. Then worth 10//'., now 22(/;.) by weight. It is I league and 2 furlongs in length, and I league in breadth, and (pays) i^z^- in geld. In the same (vill are) 8 sokemen, with i caru- cate and 70 acres of land. Then as now i villein, and 3 bordars and 4 ploughs. 3 acres of meadow and i salt-pan. The whole is included in the above price. Stigand had soke and sac, Stigand held Branfort [Bramford] T.R.E, as a manor and as 10 carucatesof land. Then as now 28 villeins and 7 bordars. Then 4 serfs, now 2. Then as now 3 ploughs in demesne. fol. 289A. Then 13 ploughs belonging to the men. After- wards and now 10, 22 acres of meadow. I mill. A church (having) 30 acres of free land. 6 rounceys, 24 beasts, 20 swine, 90 sheep. Then worth 10//., now 22//. by weight. It is I league in length and 10 furlongs in breadth, and (pays) I3^(/. in geld. In the same (vill) 3 sokemen (hold) 9^ acres. Then I plough, now 2 oxen. This is included in the same valuation. Stigand (had) soke and sac. In the same (vill) Brun a freeman (held) by commendation 30 acres for a manor, now 2 villeins and 2 bordars. Then i plough, now half a plough. And it is worth 51. included in the same valuation. Harold had soke in Bergholt, and this was added in the time of Bishop Arfast. LANDS OF THE KING BELONGING TO THE KINGDOM OF WHICH PICOT HAS CHARGE TiNCHOu [Thingoe] Hundret King Edward held Baro [Barrow] as a manor and as 7 carucates of land. Then 6 villeins, now 15. Then 4 bordars, now 10. Then 2 serfs, now I. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, now 3. Then 5 ploughs belonging to the men, now 14. Wood(land) for 8 swine. 3 acres of mea- dow, I mill. A church with 1 7 acres of free land. Then 16 swine, now 40, Now too sheep, and 60 goats. And i sokeman with 30 acres. Then as now i plough. The whole was then worth 10//'., now 20(/:'.) by weight. It is I league lorig, and 8 furlongs broad. And pays jd. geld. RiSEBRUGB [RiSBRIDGE] HuNDRET Algar held Bademondesfelda [Badmondis- field in Wickhambrook] T.R.E. as a manor and as 10 carucates of land. Then and afterwards 18 villeins, now 14. Then as now 14 bordars, and 4 serfs. And 5 ploughs on the demesne. And 10 ploughs belonging to the men. 7 acres of meadow. Wood (land) for 60 swine. 2 rounceys, 7 beasts, 88 swine, 24 sheep, and 25 goats. A church with lojf acres of free land. And there were 12 freemen with 2 J carucates of land. Algar (had) the soke and commendation ; and they did not render payment (««ittOT) T.R.E. Then and afterwards 3^ ploughs, now 2^ ploughs. Nine acres of meadow. The manor was then worth 7//'., now 10//. And the freemen render 4.0s. It is 12 furlongs long, and 8 broad. And pays 13^^. in geld. fol. 290. OF THIS ROGER BIGOT HAS CHARGE IN THE KING'S HAND From the half hundred and from the borough of Gepeswiz [Ipswich] T.R.E. Queen Edith had two-thirds and Earl Gurth one-third. The Queen also had in her demesne a grange to which T.R.E. belonged 4 carucates of land, and the like now. Of this land 12 freemen dwelling upon other land of their own now as then hold 80 acres (bound) to (do) service and (render) cus- tom to the King. And there are 10 other men, bordars, who have not land of their own, but dwell upon 86 acres of the aforesaid land. Furthermore to the demesne of the aforesaid grange belong 2 burgesses who render to the King 6d. by way of custom. And (there were) then 2 ploughs on the demesne, and the like afterwards, now I. Then 3 beasts, now 8. Then 2 rounceys, now I . Then 1 4 goats, now 7. Then 40 sheep, now 13. And the villeins now as then have 6 ploughs. This land is 8 furlongs in length, and the like in breadth. And it renders nothingto the King's geld. In the borough there were T.R.E. 538 bur- gesses rendering custom to the King, and they had 40 acres of land. But now there are no burgesses who render custom, and 100 poor burgesses who cannot render to the King's geld but one penny a head {de suis capitibus). And among the whole of them in like manner they have 40 acres of land. And 328 burgages {mansiones) within the borough lie waste, which 429