THE HOLDERS OF LANDS commendation of the Abbot of Ely. Then and afterwards 2 ploughs, now i^ ploughs. And 2 acres of meadow. Worth 8j. Roger holds in demesne. Plumesgate [Plomesgate] Hundret (At) NoRDBERiA [ ]'" Edwin the priest, a sokeman under the Abbot, held 30 acres as a manor T.R.E. Then as now i plough. And 4 beasts, and 8 swine. Then 60 sheep, now 40. Then and afterwards it was worth 20s., and now a like sum. In the same (vill) 49 freemen (have been) added to this manor with 26o|^ acres. Then as now 10 ploughs. And 2 acres of meadow. Wood- (land) for 8 swine. Then and afterwards it was worth 10//'., now 11 A". All these men were in the Abbot's soke and commendation, and one (was) wholly a sokeman, by name Godric. In Gliemham [Glemham] (is) a freeman with 5 acres, worth i2d. (This is) in demesne. The soke (is) the Abbot's. IX. LAND OF WILLIAM DE SCOIES BOSEMERA [BosMERE] HuNDRET (At) Blacham [Blakenham] Aluric the thegn held T.R.E. i carucate of land as a manor. Then as now 6 bordars. And then i plough on the demesne, now 2. And half a plough be- longing to the men. 5 acres of meadow. Then fol. 353A. as now 2 mills. now 4 And 7 A church with i acre, (worth) I rouncey. Then 2 beasts, swine, now 1 1. Then 12 Then sheep, now 14. 2d. To this manor Hardwin added 28 freemen with 171 acres and i bordar. Brunard holds 60 acres of this land and i plough. Worth 15*. Then 6 ploughs, afterwards and now 2. Then 10 acres of meadow. And 2 (third) parts of a mill. The manor was then as now worth 3//. ; and the freemen 451. The King and the Earl (have) soke over the whole. It is 5 furlongs long, and 5 broad. And (pays) jd. in geld. This manor (was set) to farm for three years at i2/«. each year, and an ounce of gold for {in) the three years together by way of fine {geriuma) ; but the men who thus received it to farm have all been ruined (confusi). "' Inq. El. (p. 148) reads : 'In Norberia (are) freemen belonging to Sudburne with 290^ 50 acres, whereof the abbot had sac and soke and commenda- tion T.R.E. and two of these, Alfuric and ^dwin, could not give or sell their land.' In the summary of the lands taken from the abbey by Roger (p. 187) these freemen are said to have belonged to ' Bercham.' Blachebruna [Blackbourn] Hundret Westuna [(Market) Weston] Huard de Ver- non holds of William, which Aluric, a freeman, held T.R.E. as a manor ; i carucate of land, and 8 acres in Torp [Thorpe]. Then 4 villeins, now 2. Then as now i plough on the demesne. And I plough belonging to the men. 2 acres of meadow. Wood(land) for 10 swine. Now 2 rounceys. Then as now 10 swine. Then 15 sheep, now 80. A church with 4 acres. Worth 20s. And 3 freemen (hold) i carucate with 20 acres. Then 3 ploughs. 3 acres of meadow. Worth 20J. Of this land Hugh, William's man, appropriated [invasit) 25 acres against the Abbot. They could give and sell their land T.R.E., but commendation and soke and sac remained in Saint Edmund's possession. And in the same (vill were) losokemen under Saint Edmund with all customs T.R.E., but Hardwin held them in King William's time : and they have 60 acres of land. Then 2 ploughs, now half. Worth 41. It is 7 furlongs long, and 5 broad. And pays <)d, in geld. Others hold (land) therein. [Blything] manor of Cokeli a freeman held it. In the Hundret of Blidinga William de Scoies has the [Cookley], T.R.E. Wluric fol. 354. Then as now 6 carucates of land. Then 6 villeins, and now 2. Then 6 bordars, now 11. Then as now i serf. Then as now 2 ploughs on the demesne. Then as now 2 ploughs belonging to the men. Then as now wood(laivd) for 4 score swine. And 6 acres of meadow. And I mill. Then 2 rounceys. And then as now I cow, 8 swine, 7 sheep, 30 goats, and 2 hives of bees. And half a church with I acre. And upon this manor Huard de Vernun and Robert de Vals are enfeoffed (casati) ; and Huard's share is worth 50J. and Robert's share 8s. It is 14 furlongs long, and 7 broad. And it renders in the King's geld y^d. Claindunk [Claydon] Hundret In TuROLUESTUNA [Thurlston] (were) 2 free- men (with) 5 (acres ?), and i bordar. Then half a plough. Worth i^d. X. LANDS OF HERMER DE FERRIERES Blachrune [Blackbourn] Hundret Osmund, a freeman, over whom Saint Edmund had commendation T.R.E. and soke and sac, held Bernincham [Barningham] as a manor. Half a carucate of land. Then as now i villein, and 2 bordars. And i plough on the demesne. And half a plough (belonging to the men). And 2 acres of meadow. Worth I oj. Saint Edmund (has) the soke. 489 62
