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A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK fol. 296*. Now Hamo holds of the Count. Then as now 8 bordars, and i serf. And 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then half a plough (belonging to the men). And 4 acres of meadow. Now 8 swine, and 20 sheep. Then it was worth 20;., now 40X. In Blachessala [Blaxhall] Brotho a freeman held 12 acres. Worth 2s. The Count (holds) (this) in demesne. The soke (is) the Abbot's. In the same (vill) Edric Grim a freeman half under commendation to Malet's predecessor and half to the Abbot of Ely (held) 20 acres. Worth 4.od. Hamo holds of the Count. In Perreham [Parham] 3 freemen (held) 16 acres. Worth 32^/. In Wantesden [Wantisden] Oslac a freeman held 3 acres. Worth 6d. In the same (vill) Edilt a freeman (held) 8 acres. Worth i6d. Now the Count holds in demesne. In Blachessala [Blaxhall] Uluric a freeman (held) 4 acres. Worth 8^. (Now the Count holds) in demesne. The soke (is) the Abbot's. Plumesgate [Plomesgate] Hundret Cesefortda [Chillesford **] the Count holds in demesne. Olf a freeman under soke and com- mendation of the Abbot of Ely T.R.E. (held) as a manor 80 acres. Then as now I villein, and 4 bordars. Then and afterwards li ploughs on the demesne, now I. Then and afterwards l^ ploughs belonging to the men, now I. A church with 5 acres of free land. Worth 13^. and 4^. And 3 freemen (held) 20 acres. Then as now i plough. Worth 40;/. (At) Carletuna [Carlton] Hamo holds of the Count I carucate of land as a manor. Edric Grim under commendation half to the Abbot of Ely and half to Robert Malet's predecessor (held it) ; and William Malet was seised thereof. Then as now I villein, and 3 bordars, and I serf. And 2 ploughs on the demesne. And half a plough belonging to the men. And half a fishery. And 2 acres of meadow. Worth 60J. In demesne then as now i rouncey. And 100 sheep, now 170. And a freeman under commendation (held) 2 acres. Included in the same valuation. It is 9 furlongs long, and 4 in breadth, and (pays) 2od. in geld. And on the demesne (were) 8 freemen with 60 acres. (Of them) Stain and Aluric (were) under sub-commen- dation to Malet's predecessor,^ and William " Formerly 'Chesilford' ; FeuJ. Jids, v, 85. " ' Edric Grim ' ; Inj. El. 149. fol. 297. Malet was seised thereof, and the others (were) under commendation to the Abbot of Ely. Then as now 2 ploughs. Worth s. and ^d. The soke over the whole (belongs) to the Abbot of Ely. At Gliemham" [Glemham] the aforesaid Edric (held) in demesne 20 acres, and this be- longs to Chetelberia [Kettleburgh] and it is worth ^od. The soke is the Abbot's. In the same (vill) Sparhavoc a freeman held 60 acres as a manor under commendation to Edric Robert Malet's predecessor ; and William Malet was seised thereof. Then as now i bordar. And i plough. Half a church with 10 acres and half a plough. Worth lo^ In the same (vill were) 8 freemen with 60 acres. Leuric, Edric, Ulmar, Hunepot a half (freeman), Godric, Almar, Leuric, Ulmar. All these (were) under sub-commendation to Malet's predecessor. Then 4 ploughs, afterwards and now 3. Worth los. In the same (vill) a freeman (held) 4 acres. Worth id. It (i.e. Glemham) is i league long, and half a league broad. And renders 20d. in geld. In Thieue Gliemham [(? Little) Glemham] Ustred a freeman under commendation to Bishop Ailmar T.R.E. (held) 20 acres. Then half a plough, now I plough. And I acres of meadow. And 2 freemen under commendation (held) 5 acres. Then it was worth 6;., now 51. In Sternesfelda [Sternfield] Osbern a free- man T.R.E. (held) 24 acres. Then as now half a plough. Worth 4;. The Count now (holds) in demesne. In the same (vill) 2 freemen (have been) added with 8^ acres. Worth i?>d. (The Count now holds) in demesne. The soke is the Abbot's. In BuREsiART*' [Bruisyard] Olf held 85 acres as a manor. Then as now 3 villeins, and 7 bor- dars. Then 2 ploughs on the demesne, after- wards and now I plough. Then as now 2 ploughs belonging to the men. And 2 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 10 swine, 2 rounceys and 17 beasts. Then 9 swine, now 15. Then 40 sheep, now 6, and 1 5 goats. In the same (vill) Edric a freeman held 91 acres as a manor. Then and afterwards 2 ploughs, now I. And I bordar. 2 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for lO swine. Then and afterwards it was worth 60J., and now 60/. Hamo holds of the Count. Ralph the Staller (had) the soke T.R.E. In the same (vill) Starling^' a freeman under commendation half to the predecessor of Malet,

  • ' ' Glamessam,' ' Gelemesham ' ; ibid. 149, 186.

" ' Burusgert,' ' Burchierth ' ; ibid. " ' Sterdincg ' ; ibid. 438